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See also:
U+5257, 剗
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5257

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 18, +8, 10 strokes, cangjie input 戈戈中弓 (IILN), composition )

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 141, character 5
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2036
  • Dae Jaweon: page 320, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 343, character 19
  • Unihan data for U+5257

Chinese

trad.
simp.

Glyph origin

Etymology 1

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (19)
Final () (73)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () II
Fanqie
Baxter tsrheanX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡ʃʰˠɛnX/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʈ͡ʂʰᵚænX/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡ʃʰænX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʈ͡ʂʰəɨnX/
Li
Rong
/t͡ʃʰɛnX/
Wang
Li
/t͡ʃʰænX/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ʈ͡ʂʰănX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
chǎn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
caan2
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 5987
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*sʰreːnʔ/
Notes

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of (chǎn, to root up; to level off; to raze; to destroy; to abolish; to exterminate)

Compounds

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation


Definitions

  1. Only used in 一剗一刬.

Japanese

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. to level off
  2. to trim
  3. to pare down

Readings

  • On (unclassified): さん (san)せん (sen)
  • Kun: けずる (kezuru, 剗る)たいらにする (tairanisuru)

Korean

Hanja

(jan) (hangeul , revised jan, McCune–Reischauer chan)

  1. to level off
  2. to trim
  3. to pare down