璇

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璇 U+7487, 璇
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7487
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Translingual

Han character

璇 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+11, 15 strokes, cangjie input 一土卜尸人 (MGYSO), four-corner 18181, composition ⿰𤣩旋)

  1. beautiful jade
  2. star

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 741, character 5
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21203
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1150, character 23
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1135, character 16
  • Unihan data for U+7487

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (旋) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
旋 *sɢʷan, *sɢʷans
漩 *sɢʷan, *sɢʷans
璇 *sɢʷan
琁 *sɢʷan
蜁 *sɢʷan
嫙 *sɢʷan, *sɢʷans
鏇 *sɢʷan, *sɢʷans
縼 *sɢʷans

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sɢʷan) : semantic 玉 (“jade”) + phonetic 旋 (OC *sɢʷan, *sɢʷans).

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.
 璇
alternative forms 璿／璇
琁
㻽

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 璇
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 邪 (17)
Final (韻) 仙 (78)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 似宣切
Baxter zjwen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ziuᴇn/
Pan
Wuyun 		/zʷiɛn/
Shao
Rongfen 		/zjuæn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/zwian/
Li
Rong 		/ziuɛn/
Wang
Li 		/zĭwɛn/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/zi̯wɛn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		xuán
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		cyun4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 璇
Reading # 1/1
No. 14045
Phonetic
component 		旋
Rime
group 		元
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		旋
Old
Chinese 		/*sɢʷan/
Notes 同琁

Definitions

璇

  1. (literary) fine jade

Compounds

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.
 璇
alternative forms 𥖄
鏇／旋
鑽／钻

Pronunciation

Definitions

璇

  1. diamond

Compounds

References

  • 莆田市荔城区档案馆 , editor (2022), “璇”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 270.

Japanese

Kanji

璇

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • Go-on: ぜん (zen)
  • Kan-on: せん (sen)

Korean

Hanja

璇 • (seon) (hangeul 선, revised seon, McCune–Reischauer sŏn, Yale sen)

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Vietnamese

Han character

璇: Hán Nôm readings: tuyền, toàn, triền

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