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See also:
U+8E9A, 躚
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8E9A

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 157, +16, 23 strokes, cangjie input 口一卜一山 (RMYMU), four-corner 61131, composition 𧾷)

  1. wander about, walk around
  2. revolve

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1236, character 4
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 37985
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1708, character 26
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3747, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+8E9A

Chinese

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Glyph origin

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (16) (16)
Final () (85) (77)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () IV III
Fanqie
Baxter sen sjen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/sen/ /siᴇn/
Pan
Wuyun
/sen/ /siɛn/
Shao
Rongfen
/sɛn/ /sjæn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/sɛn/ /sian/
Li
Rong
/sen/ /siɛn/
Wang
Li
/sien/ /sĭɛn/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/sien/ /si̯ɛn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
xiān xiān
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
sin1 sin1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 10237 10239
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*sen/ /*seːn/
Notes

Definitions

  1. dancing; swirling
  2. (Hokkien) walking back and forth; wandering; roving; roaming

Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. to move effortlessly

Readings

  • Go-on: せん (sen)せん (sen, historical)
  • Kan-on: せん (sen)せん (sen, historical)
  • Kun: まう (mau, 躚う)

Compounds

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese (MC sen|sjen).

Pronunciation

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

(eumhun 춤출 (chumchul seon))

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