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U+8930, 褰
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8930

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 145, +10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 十廿金女 (JTCV), four-corner 30732, composition 𡨄)

  1. underclothing
  2. to pick up one's skirts

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1122, character 32
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34513
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1590, character 23
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3106, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+8930

Chinese

trad.
simp. #

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (29)
Final () (79)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter khjen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kʰˠiᴇn/
Pan
Wuyun
/kʰᵚiɛn/
Shao
Rongfen
/kʰiæn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kʰian/
Li
Rong
/kʰjɛn/
Wang
Li
/kʰĭɛn/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kʰi̯ɛn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
qiān
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
hin1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
qiān
Middle
Chinese
‹ khjen ›
Old
Chinese
/*kʰra/
English trousers; lift up (a garment)

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
Reading # 1/1
No. 4876
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kʰran/

Definitions

  1. to lift (clothes, sheets)
  2. underclothing
  3. to pick up one's skirts

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. to pull up (raise a garment covering the lower half of the body)

Readings

  • On (unclassified): けん (ken)こん (kon)
  • Kun: はかま (hakama)

Korean

Hanja

(eum (geon))

  1. (clothing) roll up
  2. outspread
  3. open up
  4. baggy trousers worn by Koreans

Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: khiên

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References