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Translingual
Han character
銓 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+6, 14 strokes, cangjie input 金人一土 (COMG), four-corner 88114, composition ⿰釒全)
- weigh, measure
- select officials
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1304, character 21
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40378
- Dae Jaweon: page 1807, character 10
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4199, character 8
- Unihan data for U+9293
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 拴
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*sroːn, *sʰlon
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| 栓
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*sroːn, *sron
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| 跧
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*ʔsroːn, *ʔsron, *ʔslun
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| 痊
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*sʰlon
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| 詮
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*sʰlon
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| 荃
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*sʰlon
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| 銓
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*sʰlon
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| 筌
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*sʰlon
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| 輇
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*sʰlon, *djon
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| 硂
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*sʰlon
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| 佺
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*sʰlon
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| 駩
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*sʰlon
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| 絟
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*sʰlon, *sʰlod
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| 恮
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*sʰlon, *ʔsron
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| 峑
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*sʰlon
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| 全
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*zlon
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| 仝
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*zlon, *doːŋ
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| 牷
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*zlon
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Pronunciation
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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銓
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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10708
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Phonetic
component
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全
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Rime
group
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元
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Rime
subdivision
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3
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Corresponding
MC rime
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詮
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Old
Chinese
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/*sʰlon/
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Definitions
銓
- to estimate
- to select
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
銓
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
銓 • (jeon) (hangeul 전, revised jeon, McCune–Reischauer chŏn, Yale cen)
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