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Translingual
Han character
愆 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 竹弓心 (HNP), four-corner 21332, composition ⿱衍心)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 393, character 35
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10900
- Dae Jaweon: page 730, character 9
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2322, character 14
- Unihan data for U+6106
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 愆
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*kʰran
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| 衍
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*lanʔ, *lans
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kʰran) : phonetic 衍 (OC *lanʔ, *lans) + semantic 心 (“heart”).
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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愆
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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qiān
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ khjen ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*C.qʰra/
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| English
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exceed, err
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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愆
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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14375
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Phonetic
component
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衍
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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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愆
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Old
Chinese
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/*kʰran/
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Definitions
愆
- (literary) fault; mistake; error; transgression
- (literary) to exceed; to surpass; to pass (time); to delay
- (obsolete) to suffer an intractable illness
Compounds
Further reading
Japanese
Kanji
愆
(Hyōgai kanji)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
愆 (eum 건 (geon))
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Vietnamese
Han character
愆: Hán Nôm readings: khiền, khiên
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