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Translingual
Han character
謇 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+10, 17 strokes, cangjie input 十廿金口 (JTCR), four-corner 30601, composition ⿱𡨄言)
- stutter
- speak out boldly
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1174, character 23
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35791
- Dae Jaweon: page 1639, character 8
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4009, character 8
- Unihan data for U+8B07
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 寒
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*ɡaːn
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| 蹇
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*kranʔ, *kanʔ
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| 謇
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*kranʔ
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| 搴
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*kranʔ, *kʰran
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| 藆
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*kranʔ
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| 騫
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*kʰran
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| 褰
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*kʰran
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| 攐
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*kʰran
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| 鑳
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*ɡranʔ
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| 寋
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*ɡanʔ
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| 鶱
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*qʰan
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Pronunciation
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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謇
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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4872
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Phonetic
component
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寒
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Rime
group
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元
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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蹇
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Old
Chinese
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/*kranʔ/
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Definitions
謇
- (literary) stuttering; stammering
- (literary) honest; upright; forthright; loyal
- (Classical) Meaningless sentence-initial particle.
- a surname
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
謇
(Hyōgai kanji)
- stutter
- speak frankly
Readings
Korean
Hanja
謇 • (geon) (hangeul 건, revised geon, McCune–Reischauer kŏn, Yale ken)
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Vietnamese
Han character
謇: Hán Việt readings: kiển
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References