搴

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搴 U+6434, 搴
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6434
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Translingual

Han character

搴 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 十廿金手 (JTCQ), four-corner 30502, composition ⿱𡨄手)

  1. extract
  2. seize
  3. pluck up

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 448, character 15
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12519
  • Dae Jaweon: page 799, character 7
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1928, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+6434

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 搴

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 搴
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (寒) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
寒 *ɡaːn
蹇 *kranʔ, *kanʔ
謇 *kranʔ
搴 *kranʔ, *kʰran
藆 *kranʔ
騫 *kʰran
褰 *kʰran
攐 *kʰran
鑳 *ɡranʔ
寋 *ɡanʔ
鶱 *qʰan

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 搴
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 仙 (79)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 九輦切
Baxter kjenX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kˠiᴇnX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kᵚiɛnX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kiænX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kianX/
Li
Rong 		/kjɛnX/
Wang
Li 		/kĭɛnX/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ki̯ɛnX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		jiǎn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		gin2
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 搴 搴
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 4873 4878
Phonetic
component 		寒 寒
Rime
group 		元 元
Rime
subdivision 		1 1
Corresponding
MC rime 		蹇 愆
Old
Chinese 		/*kranʔ/ /*kʰran/
Notes 同攓

Definitions

搴

  1. to remove by pulling out
  2. to recruit (candidates for a position)
  3. to get; to gain; to acquire; to draw; to obtain

Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

搴

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. take
  2. hoist
  3. pull out
  4. shrink

Readings

  • On (unclassified): けん (ken)
  • Kun: とる (toru, 搴る)、ぬく (nuku, 搴く)

Vietnamese

Han character

搴: Hán Nôm readings: khiên

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