穿

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穿 U+7A7F, 穿
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Translingual

Stroke order
9 strokes

Han character

穿 (Kangxi radical 116, 穴+4, 9 strokes, cangjie input 十金一女竹 (JCMVH), four-corner 30241, composition ⿱穴牙)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 863, character 18
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25436
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1291, character 17
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2722, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+7A7F

Chinese

Glyph origin

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) : 穴 (“cave”) + 牙 (“tooth”) – to penetrate through, to pass through.

Etymology 1

trad. 穿
simp. # 穿
alternative forms 䆤
䆥

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan ; cognate with Tibetan རྟོལ (rtol, “to bore; to pierce; to perforate”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

Note:
  • chhng/chhuiⁿ - vernacular;
  • chhoan - literary.
    • (Teochew)
      • Peng'im: ceng1 / cuang1 / cuêng1
      • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshṳng / tshuang / tshueng
      • Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰɯŋ³³/, /t͡sʰuaŋ³³/, /t͡sʰueŋ³³/
Note:
  • ceng1 - vernacular;
  • cuang1/cuêng1 - literary (cuêng1 - Chaozhou).
Rime
Character 穿 穿
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 昌 (24) 昌 (24)
Final (韻) 仙 (78) 仙 (78)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 昌緣切 尺絹切
Baxter tsyhwen tsyhwenH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/t͡ɕʰiuᴇn/ /t͡ɕʰiuᴇnH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/t͡ɕʰʷiɛn/ /t͡ɕʰʷiɛnH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/t͡ɕʰjuæn/ /t͡ɕʰjuænH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/cʰwian/ /cʰwianH/
Li
Rong 		/t͡ɕʰiuɛn/ /t͡ɕʰiuɛnH/
Wang
Li 		/t͡ɕʰĭwɛn/ /t͡ɕʰĭwɛnH/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/t͡ɕʰi̯wɛn/ /t͡ɕʰi̯wɛnH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		chuān chuàn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		cyun1 cyun3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 穿
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		chuān
Middle
Chinese 		‹ tsyhwen ›
Old
Chinese 		/*tʰo/
English bore through

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 穿 穿
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 1638 1639
Phonetic
component 		穿 穿
Rime
group 		元 元
Rime
subdivision 		3 3
Corresponding
MC rime 		穿 釧
Old
Chinese 		/*kʰljon/ /*kʰljons/

Definitions

穿

  1. to penetrate; to pierce
  2. to pass through; to cross
  3. to string; to chain
    唔該你同我穿返條鞋帶。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    唔该你同我穿返条鞋带。 [Cantonese, simp.]
    m4 goi1 nei5 tung4 ngo5 cyun1 faan1 tiu4 haai4 daai3-2.
    Help me put my shoelace back through the holes.
  4. to wear; to put on (clothing); to have (clothing) on
    我們穿綠色的運動鞋。 [MSC, trad.]
    我们穿绿色的运动鞋。 [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒmen chuān lǜsè de yùndòngxié.
    We wear green sneakers.
  5. placed after verbs to indicate “thoroughly; completely”
  6. (web fiction, used in combination) Short for 穿越 (chuānyuè, “to time-travel”).
    明穿文  ―  Míng‐chuān wén  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    魂穿  ―  húnchuān  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    穿清  ―  chuān Qīng  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Synonyms
  • (to wear):
Dialectal synonyms of 穿 (“to wear (clothes)”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 裳, 著
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 穿1
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 穿1
Taiwan 穿1
Harbin 穿1
Malaysia 穿1
Singapore 穿1
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 穿1
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 穿1
Central Plains Mandarin Wanrong 穿1
Xi'an 穿1
Xining 穿1
Xuzhou 穿1
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 穿1
Lanzhou 穿1
Ürümqi 穿1
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 穿1
Wuhan 穿1
Guiyang 穿1
Guilin 穿1
Liuzhou 穿1
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 穿1
Yangzhou 穿1
Hefei 穿1
Cantonese Guangzhou 著
Hong Kong 著
Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) 著
Macau 著
Guangzhou (Panyu) 著
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 著
Guangzhou (Conghua) 著
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 著
Foshan 著
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 著
Foshan (Shunde) 著
Foshan (Sanshui) 著
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 著
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 著
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 著
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 著
Zhuhai (Doumen) 著
Jiangmen (Baisha) 著
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 著
Taishan 著
Kaiping (Chikan) 著
Enping (Niujiang) 著
Heshan (Yayao) 著
Dongguan 著
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 著
Yangjiang 著
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 著
Singapore (Guangfu) 著
Gan Nanchang 穿1
Lichuan 著
Pingxiang 穿1
Hakka Meixian 著
Xingning 著
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) 著
Huidong (Daling) 著
Dongguan (Qingxi) 著
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 著
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 著
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 著
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 著
Changting 著
Wuping 著
Wuping (Pingyu) 著
Liancheng 著
Ninghua 著
Yudu 著
Ruijin 著
Shicheng 著
Shangyou (Shexi) 著
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 著
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 著
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 著
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 著
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 著
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 著
Kuching (Hepo) 著
Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) 著
Singkawang 著
Huizhou Jixi 穿1, 著
Jin Taiyuan 穿1
Xinzhou 穿1
Northern Min Jian'ou 穿2
Songxi 穿2
Zhenghe 穿2
Jianyang 穿2
Wuyishan 穿2
Pucheng (Shibei) 穿2
Eastern Min Fuzhou 穿2
Fuzhou (Changle) 穿2
Lianjiang 穿2
Fuqing 穿2
Pingtan 穿2
Yongtai 穿2
Minqing 穿2
Gutian 穿2
Pingnan 穿2
Luoyuan 穿2
Fu'an 穿2
Ningde 穿2
Xiapu 穿2
Zherong 穿2
Shouning 穿2
Zhouning 穿2
Fuding 穿2
Singapore (Fuqing) 穿2
Southern Min Xiamen 穿2
Xiamen (Tong'an) 穿2
Quanzhou 穿2
Jinjiang 穿2
Nan'an 穿2
Shishi 穿2
Hui'an 穿2
Anxi 穿2
Yongchun 穿2
Dehua 穿2
Zhangzhou 穿2
Zhangzhou (Longhai) 穿2
Zhangzhou (Changtai) 穿2
Hua'an 穿2
Nanjing 穿2
Pinghe 穿2
Zhangpu 穿2
Yunxiao 穿2
Zhao'an 穿2
Dongshan 穿2
Taipei 穿2
New Taipei (Sanxia) 穿2
Kaohsiung 穿2
Kinmen 穿2
Penghu (Magong) 穿2
Penang (Hokkien) 穿2
Singapore (Hokkien) 穿2
Manila (Hokkien) 穿2
Longyan 穿2
Zhangping 穿2
Datian 穿2, 裝
Chaozhou 穿2
Shantou 穿2
Singapore (Teochew) 穿2
Leizhou 穿2
Haikou 穿2
Qionghai 穿2
Singapore (Hainanese) 穿2
Puxian Min Putian 穿2
Xianyou 穿2
Central Min Yong'an 穿2
Sanming (Sanyuan) 穿2
Sanming (Shaxian) 穿2
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 穿2
Zhongshan (Sanxiang) 穿2
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 穿1
Wu Shanghai 著, 穿1 †
Shanghai (Songjiang) 著
Shanghai (Jiading) 著
Shanghai (Shuangcaodun, Baoshan) 著
Shanghai (Luodian, Baoshan) 著
Shanghai (Chongming) 著
Suzhou 著
Suzhou (Wujiang) 著
Suzhou (Lili, Wujiang) 著
Suzhou (Shengze, Wujiang) 著
Wuxi 著
Changshu 著
Kunshan 著
Taicang 著
Jiaxing 著
Jiashan 著
Pinghu 著
Tongxiang 穿1
Haiyan 穿1
Changzhou 穿1
Liyang 穿1
Changzhou (Jintan) 穿1
Yixing 穿1
Danyang 穿1
Huzhou 著
Anji 穿1
Deqing 著
Hangzhou 穿1
Hangzhou (Yuhang) 穿1
Hangzhou (Lin'an) 穿1
Hangzhou (Fuyang) 穿1
Hangzhou (Xiaoshan) 穿1
Tonglu 著
Tonglu (Wusheng) 穿1
Shaoxing 穿1
Zhuji 穿1
Shengzhou 著
Xinchang 著
Ningbo 穿1
Ningbo (Zhenhai) 穿1
Ningbo (Fenghua) 著
Yuyao 穿1
Cixi 著
Xiangshan 著
Ninghai 著
Zhoushan 穿1
Taizhou (Huangyan) 著
Tiantai 著
Xianju 著
Linhai 著
Wenling 著
Wenzhou 著
Yueqing 著
Yongjia (Fenglin) 著
Rui'an 著
Wencheng 著
Qingtian 著
Jinyun 著
Wuyi (Liucheng) 著
Yunhe 著
Jingning 著
Longquan 著
Quzhou 著
Suichang 著
Jiangshan 著
Changshan 著
Kaihua 著
Longyou 著
Jinhua 著, 穿1
Jinhua (Tangxi) 著
Yiwu 穿1
Yongkang 穿1
Pujiang 穿1
Dongyang 穿1
Pan'an 穿1
Wuyi 著
Lanxi 著
Shangrao 著
Shangrao (Guangfeng) 著
Yushan 著
Pucheng 著
Xiang Changsha 穿1
Loudi 穿1
Shuangfeng 穿1
Note †: Proscribed
Antonyms
  • (antonym(s) of “to wear”): 脫／脱 (tuō), (dialectal) 褪 (tùn)

See also

Etymology 2

trad. 穿
simp. # 穿
alternative forms 頌／颂
撐／撑

From 上 (OC *djaŋʔ, *djaŋs) (Yang, 2016).

Pronunciation

Definitions

穿

  1. (Min) to wear; to put on (clothing); to have (clothing) on
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 穿 (“to wear (clothes)”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 裳, 著
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 穿1
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 穿1
Taiwan 穿1
Harbin 穿1
Malaysia 穿1
Singapore 穿1
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 穿1
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 穿1
Central Plains Mandarin Wanrong 穿1
Xi'an 穿1
Xining 穿1
Xuzhou 穿1
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 穿1
Lanzhou 穿1
Ürümqi 穿1
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 穿1
Wuhan 穿1
Guiyang 穿1
Guilin 穿1
Liuzhou 穿1
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 穿1
Yangzhou 穿1
Hefei 穿1
Cantonese Guangzhou 著
Hong Kong 著
Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) 著
Macau 著
Guangzhou (Panyu) 著
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 著
Guangzhou (Conghua) 著
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 著
Foshan 著
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 著
Foshan (Shunde) 著
Foshan (Sanshui) 著
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 著
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 著
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 著
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 著
Zhuhai (Doumen) 著
Jiangmen (Baisha) 著
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 著
Taishan 著
Kaiping (Chikan) 著
Enping (Niujiang) 著
Heshan (Yayao) 著
Dongguan 著
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 著
Yangjiang 著
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 著
Singapore (Guangfu) 著
Gan Nanchang 穿1
Lichuan 著
Pingxiang 穿1
Hakka Meixian 著
Xingning 著
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) 著
Huidong (Daling) 著
Dongguan (Qingxi) 著
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 著
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 著
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 著
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 著
Changting 著
Wuping 著
Wuping (Pingyu) 著
Liancheng 著
Ninghua 著
Yudu 著
Ruijin 著
Shicheng 著
Shangyou (Shexi) 著
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 著
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 著
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 著
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 著
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 著
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 著
Kuching (Hepo) 著
Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) 著
Singkawang 著
Huizhou Jixi 穿1, 著
Jin Taiyuan 穿1
Xinzhou 穿1
Northern Min Jian'ou 穿2
Songxi 穿2
Zhenghe 穿2
Jianyang 穿2
Wuyishan 穿2
Pucheng (Shibei) 穿2
Eastern Min Fuzhou 穿2
Fuzhou (Changle) 穿2
Lianjiang 穿2
Fuqing 穿2
Pingtan 穿2
Yongtai 穿2
Minqing 穿2
Gutian 穿2
Pingnan 穿2
Luoyuan 穿2
Fu'an 穿2
Ningde 穿2
Xiapu 穿2
Zherong 穿2
Shouning 穿2
Zhouning 穿2
Fuding 穿2
Singapore (Fuqing) 穿2
Southern Min Xiamen 穿2
Xiamen (Tong'an) 穿2
Quanzhou 穿2
Jinjiang 穿2
Nan'an 穿2
Shishi 穿2
Hui'an 穿2
Anxi 穿2
Yongchun 穿2
Dehua 穿2
Zhangzhou 穿2
Zhangzhou (Longhai) 穿2
Zhangzhou (Changtai) 穿2
Hua'an 穿2
Nanjing 穿2
Pinghe 穿2
Zhangpu 穿2
Yunxiao 穿2
Zhao'an 穿2
Dongshan 穿2
Taipei 穿2
New Taipei (Sanxia) 穿2
Kaohsiung 穿2
Kinmen 穿2
Penghu (Magong) 穿2
Penang (Hokkien) 穿2
Singapore (Hokkien) 穿2
Manila (Hokkien) 穿2
Longyan 穿2
Zhangping 穿2
Datian 穿2, 裝
Chaozhou 穿2
Shantou 穿2
Singapore (Teochew) 穿2
Leizhou 穿2
Haikou 穿2
Qionghai 穿2
Singapore (Hainanese) 穿2
Puxian Min Putian 穿2
Xianyou 穿2
Central Min Yong'an 穿2
Sanming (Sanyuan) 穿2
Sanming (Shaxian) 穿2
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 穿2
Zhongshan (Sanxiang) 穿2
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 穿1
Wu Shanghai 著, 穿1 †
Shanghai (Songjiang) 著
Shanghai (Jiading) 著
Shanghai (Shuangcaodun, Baoshan) 著
Shanghai (Luodian, Baoshan) 著
Shanghai (Chongming) 著
Suzhou 著
Suzhou (Wujiang) 著
Suzhou (Lili, Wujiang) 著
Suzhou (Shengze, Wujiang) 著
Wuxi 著
Changshu 著
Kunshan 著
Taicang 著
Jiaxing 著
Jiashan 著
Pinghu 著
Tongxiang 穿1
Haiyan 穿1
Changzhou 穿1
Liyang 穿1
Changzhou (Jintan) 穿1
Yixing 穿1
Danyang 穿1
Huzhou 著
Anji 穿1
Deqing 著
Hangzhou 穿1
Hangzhou (Yuhang) 穿1
Hangzhou (Lin'an) 穿1
Hangzhou (Fuyang) 穿1
Hangzhou (Xiaoshan) 穿1
Tonglu 著
Tonglu (Wusheng) 穿1
Shaoxing 穿1
Zhuji 穿1
Shengzhou 著
Xinchang 著
Ningbo 穿1
Ningbo (Zhenhai) 穿1
Ningbo (Fenghua) 著
Yuyao 穿1
Cixi 著
Xiangshan 著
Ninghai 著
Zhoushan 穿1
Taizhou (Huangyan) 著
Tiantai 著
Xianju 著
Linhai 著
Wenling 著
Wenzhou 著
Yueqing 著
Yongjia (Fenglin) 著
Rui'an 著
Wencheng 著
Qingtian 著
Jinyun 著
Wuyi (Liucheng) 著
Yunhe 著
Jingning 著
Longquan 著
Quzhou 著
Suichang 著
Jiangshan 著
Changshan 著
Kaihua 著
Longyou 著
Jinhua 著, 穿1
Jinhua (Tangxi) 著
Yiwu 穿1
Yongkang 穿1
Pujiang 穿1
Dongyang 穿1
Pan'an 穿1
Wuyi 著
Lanxi 著
Shangrao 著
Shangrao (Guangfeng) 著
Yushan 著
Pucheng 著
Xiang Changsha 穿1
Loudi 穿1
Shuangfeng 穿1
Note †: Proscribed
Antonyms
  • (Hokkien, Teochew) 褪 (thǹg)

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

穿

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

  1. put on (to the feet)
  2. dig
  3. pierce
  4. drill

Readings

  • Go-on: せん (sen)
  • Kan-on: せん (sen)
  • Kun: うがつ (ugatsu, 穿つ)、はく (haku, 穿く)

Derived terms

Korean

Hanja

穿 (eumhun 뚫을 천 (ttureul cheon))

  1. hanja form? of 천 (“to put on”)

Vietnamese

Han character

穿: Hán Nôm readings: xuyên, xoen

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