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Translingual
Han character
湍 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 水山一月 (EUMB), four-corner 32127, composition ⿰氵耑)
- rapid water current, rapids
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 636, character 25
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17825
- Dae Jaweon: page 1043, character 23
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1677, character 10
- Unihan data for U+6E4D
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 揣
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*toːlʔ, *sʰrolʔ
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| 褍
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*toːlʔ, *toːn
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| 惴
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*tjols
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| 圌
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*djol, *djon
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| 篅
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*djol, *djon
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| 瑞
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*djols
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| 端
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*toːn
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| 剬
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*toːn, *tjonʔ
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| 偳
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*toːn, *tʰoːn
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| 鍴
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*toːn
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| 耑
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*toːn
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| 踹
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*toːns, *djonʔ
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| 湍
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*tʰoːn, *tjon
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| 煓
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*tʰoːn
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| 貒
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*tʰoːn, *tʰoːns
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| 諯
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*stʰons, *tjon, *tʰjons, *djon
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| 顓
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*tjon
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| 喘
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*tʰjonʔ
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| 遄
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*djon
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| 輲
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*djon
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| 椯
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*djon
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| 歂
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*djon, *djonʔ
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| 腨
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*djonʔ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *tʰoːn, *tjon) : semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 耑 (OC *toːn).
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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湍
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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tuān
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ thwan ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*tʰˁor/
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| English
|
rushing water
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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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湍
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湍
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| Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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| No.
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2507
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2515
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Phonetic
component
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耑
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耑
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Rime
group
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元
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元
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Rime
subdivision
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3
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3
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Corresponding
MC rime
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湍
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專
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Old
Chinese
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/*tʰoːn/
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/*tjon/
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Definitions
湍
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Compounds
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Japanese
Kanji
湍
(Hyōgai kanji)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
湍 (eum 단 (dan))
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Vietnamese
Han character
湍: Hán Nôm readings: suyền, đoan, thoan, thoăn, thuân
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