箭

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箭 U+7BAD, 箭
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Translingual

Han character

箭 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 竹廿月弓 (HTBN), four-corner 88221, composition ⿱𥫗前)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 889, character 34
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 26193
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1317, character 13
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 2994, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+7BAD

Chinese

trad. 箭
simp. # 箭

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 箭
Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Bronze inscriptions Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (前) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
媊 *ʔslel, *ʔslenʔ
煎 *ʔslen, *ʔslens
湔 *ʔslen, *ʔslens, *ʔsleːn, *zleːn
鬋 *ʔslen, *ʔslenʔ, *ʔslens
剪 *ʔslenʔ
翦 *ʔslenʔ
譾 *ʔslenʔ
揃 *ʔslenʔ
箭 *ʔslens
葥 *ʔslens
前 *zleːn
騚 *zleːn
歬 *zleːn

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ʔslens) : semantic 竹 (“bamboo”) + phonetic 前 (OC *zleːn).

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Note:
  • chiàn - literary;
  • chìⁿ - vernacular.
Rime
Character 箭
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 精 (13)
Final (韻) 仙 (77)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 子賤切
Baxter tsjenH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/t͡siᴇnH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/t͡siɛnH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/t͡sjænH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/t͡sianH/
Li
Rong 		/t͡siɛnH/
Wang
Li 		/t͡sĭɛnH/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/t͡si̯ɛnH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		jiàn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		zin3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 箭
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		jiàn
Middle
Chinese 		‹ tsjenH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*en-s/
English arrow

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 箭
Reading # 1/1
No. 10250
Phonetic
component 		前
Rime
group 		元
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		箭
Old
Chinese 		/*ʔslens/

Definitions

箭

  1. (archery, weaponry) arrow (Classifier: 支 m c mn)
  2. type of bamboo

Synonyms

  • (arrow):
Dialectal synonyms of 箭 (“arrow”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 箭, 矢
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 箭
Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 箭
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 箭
Xi'an 箭
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 箭
Cantonese Hong Kong 箭
Taishan 箭
Gan Nanchang 箭
Eastern Min Fuzhou 箭
Southern Min Tainan 箭
Penang (Hokkien) 箭

Compounds

Descendants

  • → Vietnamese: tên

Japanese

Kanji

箭

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • Go-on: せん (sen)
  • Kan-on: せん (sen)
  • Kun: や (ya, 箭)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
箭
や
Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Noun

Kanji in this term
箭
や
Hyōgai
kun'yomi

箭(や) • (ya) 

  1. Alternative spelling of 矢 (“arrow”).

Korean

Hanja

箭 (eumhun 화살 전 (hwasal jeon))

  1. hanja form? of 전 (“arrow”)

Vietnamese

Han character

箭: Hán Nôm readings: tiến, tiễn, tên

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
箭

Noun

箭

  1. chữ Hán form of tiễn (“arrow”).
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