芊

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芊 U+828A, 芊
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-828A
← 芉
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 芋 →

Translingual

Han character

芊 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 廿竹十 (THJ), four-corner 44402, composition ⿱艹千)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1018, character 7
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30669
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1476, character 7
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3175, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+828A

Chinese

trad. 芊
simp. # 芊

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (人) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
千 *sn̥ʰiːn
仟 *sn̥ʰiːn
芊 *sn̥ʰiːn, *sn̥ʰiːns
阡 *sn̥ʰiːn
汘 *sn̥ʰiːn
迁 *sn̥ʰiːn
杄 *sn̥ʰiːn
人 *njin
仁 *njin
朲 *njin
佞 *neːŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *sn̥ʰiːn, *sn̥ʰiːns) : semantic 艸 + phonetic 千 (OC *sn̥ʰiːn).

Pronunciation 1

Rime
Character 芊
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 清 (14)
Final (韻) 先 (85)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 蒼先切
Baxter tshen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/t͡sʰen/
Pan
Wuyun 		/t͡sʰen/
Shao
Rongfen 		/t͡sʰɛn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/t͡sʰɛn/
Li
Rong 		/t͡sʰen/
Wang
Li 		/t͡sʰien/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/t͡sʰien/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		qiān
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		cin1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 芊
Reading # 1/2
No. 10794
Phonetic
component 		人
Rime
group 		眞
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		千
Old
Chinese 		/*sn̥ʰiːn/

Definitions

芊

  1. of plants, exuberant

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Rime
Character 芊
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 清 (14)
Final (韻) 先 (85)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 倉甸切
Baxter tshenH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/t͡sʰenH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/t͡sʰenH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/t͡sʰɛnH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/t͡sʰɛnH/
Li
Rong 		/t͡sʰenH/
Wang
Li 		/t͡sʰienH/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/t͡sʰienH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		qiàn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		cin3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 芊
Reading # 2/2
No. 10799
Phonetic
component 		人
Rime
group 		眞
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		蒨
Old
Chinese 		/*sn̥ʰiːns/

Definitions

芊

  1. Only used in 芊萰.

Japanese

Kanji

芊

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): せん (sen)
  • Kun: しげる (shigeru)

Korean

Hanja

芊 • (cheon) (hangeul 천, revised cheon, McCune–Reischauer ch'ŏn, Yale chen)

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Vietnamese

Han character

芊: Hán Nôm readings: thiên

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