絹

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See also: 绢
絹 U+7D79, 絹
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7D79
← 絸
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 絺 →

Translingual

Han character

絹 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 女火口月 (VFRB), four-corner 26927, composition ⿰糹肙)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 924, character 21
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27470
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1359, character 20
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3404, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+7D79

Chinese

trad. 絹
simp. 绢

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (肙) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
絹 *kʷens
狷 *kʷens, *kʷeːns
蜎 *ɡʷenʔ, *qʷen, *qʷeːn
弲 *qʰʷen, *qʷeːn
娟 *qʷen
悁 *qʷen
捐 *ɢʷen
涓 *kʷeːn
鵑 *kʷeːn
睊 *kʷeːn, *kʷeːns
焆 *kʷeːn, *qred, *qʷeːd
鞙 *kʷeːn, *ɡʷeːnʔ
埍 *kʷeːnʔ, *ɡʷeːnʔ
罥 *kʷeːnʔ, *kʷeːns
羂 *kʷleːnʔ
瓹 *kʷeːns
梋 *qʰʷeːn
鋗 *qʰʷeːn
駽 *qʰʷeːn, *qʰʷeːns
琄 *ɡʷeːnʔ
剈 *qʷeːn
肙 *qʷeːns

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kʷens) : semantic 糸 (“thread”) + phonetic 肙 (OC *qʷeːns). The character conveys the meaning of "silk."[1]

References

  1. ^ Digital Shinjigen 2017

Pronunciation

Note:
  • koàn - literary;
  • kìn - vernacular.
    Rime
    Character 絹
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (聲) 見 (28)
    Final (韻) 仙 (78)
    Tone (調) Departing (H)
    Openness (開合) Closed
    Division (等) III
    Fanqie 吉掾切
    Baxter kjwienH
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/kiuᴇnH/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/kʷiɛnH/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/kjuænH/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/kwianH/
    Li
    Rong         		/kiuɛnH/
    Wang
    Li         		/kĭwɛnH/
    Bernard
    Karlgren         		/ki̯wɛnH/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		juàn
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		gyun3
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 絹
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		juàn
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ kjwienH ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*ʷen-s/
    English a kind of silk stuff

    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 絹
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 16061
    Phonetic
    component         		肙
    Rime
    group         		元
    Rime
    subdivision         		2
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		絹
    Old
    Chinese         		/*kʷens/

    Definitions

    絹

    1. fine silk tabby; thin, tough silk fabric.

    Descendants

    Sino-Xenic (絹):
    • → Korean: 견(絹) (gyeon)
    • → Vietnamese: quyến (絹)

    Compounds

    Japanese

    Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedia ja

    Kanji

    絹

    (Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)

    Readings

    • Go-on: けん (ken, Jōyō)
    • Kan-on: けん (ken, Jōyō)
    • Kun: きぬ (kinu, 絹, Jōyō)

    Etymology

    Kanji in this term
    絹
    きぬ
    Grade: 6
    kun'yomi

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    絹(きぬ) • (kinu) 

    1. silk

    Derived terms

    References

    1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
    2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

    Korean

    Hanja

    絹 (eumhun 비단 견 (bidan gyeon))

    1. hanja form? of 견 (“silk”)

    Vietnamese

    Chữ Hán

    絹: Hán Nôm readings: quyên, quyến

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