柬
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See also: 東
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Translingual
Han character
柬 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 木田火 (DWF), four-corner 50906, composition ⿻束丷)
Derived characters
- 𠋖, 𠷬, 堜, 媡, 𢃿, 徚, 揀, 湅, 暕, 𮌥, 楝, 㱫, 煉, 𤗛, 瑓, 𥈵, 朄, 𥻂, 𧍴, 𠒵, 諫(谏), 𧹯, 𨃀, 𨐤, 鍊(𫔀), 鰊(𬶠), 𢒞, 㪝, 㼑, 𣍃, 𧡴(𫌫), 𣞰, 鶫, 𣱨, 萰, 闌(阑), 𬮔
- 練 (Exception: All regions except Japan which contains 東 instead)
Further reading
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 520, character 19
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14655
- Dae Jaweon: page 908, character 14
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1179, character 4
- Unihan data for U+67EC
Chinese
| simp. and trad. |
柬 | |
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| 2nd round simp. | 𫠣 | |
Glyph origin
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| Western Zhou | Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Bronze inscriptions | Chu slip and silk script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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| 蘭 | *ɡ·raːn |
| 攔 | *ɡ·raːn |
| 欄 | *ɡ·raːn |
| 瀾 | *ɡ·raːn, *ɡ·raːns |
| 讕 | *ɡ·raːn, *ɡ·raːnʔ, *ɡ·raːns |
| 闌 | *ɡ·raːn |
| 韊 | *ɡ·raːn |
| 幱 | *ɡ·raːn |
| 籣 | *ɡ·raːn |
| 躝 | *ɡ·raːn |
| 爛 | *ɡ·raːns |
| 爤 | *ɡ·raːns |
| 鑭 | *ɡ·raːns |
| 糷 | *ɡ·raːns |
| 斕 | *ɡ·reːn |
| 揀 | *kreːnʔ, *ɡ·reːns |
| 柬 | *kreːnʔ |
| 暕 | *kreːnʔ |
| 諫 | *kraːns |
| 練 | *ɡ·reːns |
| 鍊 | *ɡ·reːns |
| 煉 | *ɡ·reːns |
| 楝 | *ɡ·reːns |
| 萰 | *ɡ·reːns |
| 堜 | *ɡ·reːns |
| 湅 | *ɡ·reːns |
Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 束 (“tie”) + 八 (“individually”).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): gaan2
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kián
- Eastern Min (BUC): gāng
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 5ci
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎn
- Wade–Giles: chien3
- Yale: jyǎn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jean
- Palladius: цзянь (czjanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: gaan2
- Yale: gáan
- Cantonese Pinyin: gaan2
- Guangdong Romanization: gan2
- Sinological IPA (key): /kaːn³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kián
- Hakka Romanization System: gianˋ
- Hagfa Pinyim: gian3
- Sinological IPA: /ki̯an³¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: gāng
- Sinological IPA (key): /kaŋ³³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
- Wu
- Middle Chinese: keanX
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*kˤrnʔ/
- (Zhengzhang): /*kreːnʔ/
Definitions
柬
- † Alternative form of 揀／拣 (jiǎn, “to pick; to select”)
- letter; note; invitation
- Short for 柬埔寨 (Jiǎnpǔzhài, “Cambodia”).
- † Alternative form of 簡／简 (jiǎn)
Compounds
Japanese
See also 柬する
Kanji
柬
Readings
Compounds
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Vietnamese
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