詮

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See also: 诠
詮 U+8A6E, 詮
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8A6E
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Translingual

Han character

詮 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+6, 13 strokes, cangjie input 卜口人一土 (YROMG), four-corner 08614, composition ⿰訁全)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1158, character 4
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35435
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1624, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3967, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+8A6E

Chinese

trad. 詮
simp. 诠

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (全) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
拴 *sroːn, *sʰlon
栓 *sroːn, *sron
跧 *ʔsroːn, *ʔsron, *ʔslun
痊 *sʰlon
詮 *sʰlon
荃 *sʰlon
銓 *sʰlon
筌 *sʰlon
輇 *sʰlon, *djon
硂 *sʰlon
佺 *sʰlon
駩 *sʰlon
絟 *sʰlon, *sʰlod
恮 *sʰlon, *ʔsron
峑 *sʰlon
全 *zlon
仝 *zlon, *doːŋ
牷 *zlon

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sʰlon) : semantic 言 + phonetic 全 (OC *zlon).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 詮
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 清 (14)
Final (韻) 仙 (78)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 此緣切
Baxter tshjwen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/t͡sʰiuᴇn/
Pan
Wuyun 		/t͡sʰʷiɛn/
Shao
Rongfen 		/t͡sʰjuæn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/t͡sʰwian/
Li
Rong 		/t͡sʰiuɛn/
Wang
Li 		/t͡sʰĭwɛn/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/t͡sʰi̯wɛn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		quān
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		cyun1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 詮
Reading # 1/1
No. 10706
Phonetic
component 		全
Rime
group 		元
Rime
subdivision 		3
Corresponding
MC rime 		詮
Old
Chinese 		/*sʰlon/

Definitions

詮

  1. † to explain

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

詮

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. discussion

Readings

Definitions

Kanji in this term
詮
かい
Grade: S
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 詮 – see the following entry.
【甲斐かい】
value, reward, avail, being fruitful or worth doing
Alternative spelling
効
(This term, 詮, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

詮 • (jeon) (hangeul 전, revised jeon, McCune–Reischauer chŏn, Yale cen)

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Vietnamese

Han character

詮: Hán Nôm readings: thuyên

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