倩
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Translingual
Han character
倩 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+8, 10 strokes, cangjie input 人手一月 (OQMB), four-corner 25227, composition ⿰亻青(GHTV) or ⿰亻靑(JK))
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 109, character 1
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 791
- Dae Jaweon: page 231, character 10
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 170, character 1
- Unihan data for U+5029
Chinese
| trad. | 倩 | |
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| simp. # | 倩 | |
| 2nd round simp. | ⿰亻𰀈 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 倩 |
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 s05678 Transcribed ancient scripts  L33219  L33220 |
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References:
Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
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| Old Chinese | |
|---|---|
| 猜 | *sʰlɯː |
| 輤 | *sʰleːns |
| 綪 | *sʰleːns, *ʔsreːŋ |
| 倩 | *sʰleːns, *sʰleŋs |
| 棈 | *sʰleːns |
| 蒨 | *sʰeːns |
| 篟 | *sʰeːns |
| 生 | *sʰleːŋ, *sreŋs |
| 牲 | *sreŋ |
| 笙 | *sreŋ |
| 甥 | *sreŋ |
| 鉎 | *sreŋ, *sleːŋ |
| 珄 | *sreŋ |
| 鼪 | *sreŋ, *sreŋs |
| 猩 | *sreŋ, *seːŋ |
| 狌 | *sreŋ |
| 眚 | *sreŋʔ |
| 貹 | *sreŋs |
| 崝 | *zreːŋ |
| 精 | *ʔsleŋ, *ʔsleŋs |
| 菁 | *ʔsleŋ |
| 鶄 | *ʔsleŋ, *sʰleːŋ |
| 蜻 | *ʔsleŋ, *sʰleːŋ |
| 鼱 | *ʔsleŋ |
| 婧 | *ʔsleŋ, *zleŋs, *zleŋʔ |
| 睛 | *ʔsleŋ, *sʰleŋʔ |
| 箐 | *ʔsleŋ |
| 聙 | *ʔsleŋ |
| 旌 | *ʔsleŋ |
| 清 | *sʰleŋ |
| 圊 | *sʰleŋ |
| 請 | *sʰleŋʔ, *zleŋs, *zleŋ |
| 凊 | *sʰleŋs |
| 䝼 | *zleŋs, *zleŋ |
| 靚 | *zleŋs |
| 情 | *zleŋ |
| 晴 | *zleŋ |
| 夝 | *zleŋ |
| 靜 | *zleŋʔ |
| 靖 | *zleŋʔ |
| 睲 | *seŋʔ, *seːŋs |
| 惺 | *seŋʔ, *seːŋ |
| 性 | *sleŋs |
| 姓 | *sleŋs |
| 靗 | *l̥ʰeŋs |
| 鯖 | *ʔljeŋ, *sʰleːŋ |
| 青 | *sʰleːŋ |
| 靘 | *sʰleːŋ, *sʰleːŋs |
| 掅 | *sʰleːŋs |
| 胜 | *sleːŋ |
| 曐 | *sleːŋ |
| 星 | *sleːŋ |
| 鮏 | *sleːŋ |
| 腥 | *seːŋ, *seːŋs |
| 鯹 | *seːŋ |
| 醒 | *seːŋ, *seːŋʔ, *seːŋs |
| 篂 | *seːŋ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *sʰleːns, *sʰleŋs) : semantic 人 + phonetic 青 (OC *sʰleːŋ).
Etymology 1
Pronunciation 1
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): sin6 / sin3
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhian
- Eastern Min (BUC): chiéng
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ceng4
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 5chi
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: ciàn
- Wade–Giles: chʻien4
- Yale: chyàn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiann
- Palladius: цянь (cjanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: sin6 / sin3
- Yale: sihn / sin
- Cantonese Pinyin: sin6 / sin3
- Guangdong Romanization: xin6 / xin3
- Sinological IPA (key): /siːn²²/, /siːn³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhian
- Hakka Romanization System: qian
- Hagfa Pinyim: qian4
- Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi̯an⁵⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: chiéng
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰiɛŋ²¹³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Puxian Min
- (Putian, Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: ceng4
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰɛŋ⁴²/
- (Putian, Xianyou)
- Southern Min
- Wu
- Middle Chinese: tshenH
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*sʰleːns/
Definitions
倩
Compounds
Pronunciation 2
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): cing3 / sin3 / sin6
- Eastern Min (BUC): chiáng
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): cia4 / ciaⁿ4
- Southern Min
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: cìng
- Wade–Giles: chʻing4
- Yale: chìng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chinq
- Palladius: цин (cin)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: ciàn
- Wade–Giles: chʻien4
- Yale: chyàn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiann
- Palladius: цянь (cjanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: cing3 / sin3 / sin6
- Yale: ching / sin / sihn
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsing3 / sin3 / sin6
- Guangdong Romanization: qing3 / xin3 / xin6
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰɪŋ³³/, /siːn³³/, /siːn²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: chiáng
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰiɑŋ²¹³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Puxian Min
- (Putian)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: cia4
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰia⁴²/
- (Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: ciaⁿ4
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰĩã⁴²/
- (Putian)
- Southern Min
Note:
- chhiàⁿ - (colloquial);
- chhèng - (literary).
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: ciah4
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshiah
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰiaʔ²/
- Middle Chinese: tshjengH
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*sʰleŋs/
Definitions
倩
- † to ask someone to do something
- † to have the aid of
- † to borrow
- (Min) to employ; to hire
- (Teochew) to beg; to plea; to please; to excuse oneself. Example: 倩食 (ciah4 ziah8) is a very polite way of asking people to eat.
- (Hokkien) to urge; to entrust
- † son-in-law
- † servant; domestic servant
- Alternative form of 銃 / 铳 (chòng). Only used in 飯匙倩 / 饭匙倩.
See also
Compounds
Etymology 2
| For pronunciation and definitions of 倩 – see 歉 (“deficient; lacking; insufficient; to apologize; etc.”). (This character is the second-round simplified form of 歉). |
Notes:
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Japanese
Kanji
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Readings
- Go-on: しょう (shō)、せん (sen)
- Kan-on: せい (sei)、せん (sen)
- Kun: うつくしい (utsukushii, 倩しい)、つらつら (tsuratsura, 倩)
Korean
Hanja
倩 (eum 천 (cheon))
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Vietnamese
Han character
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