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Translingual
Han character
盞 (Kangxi radical 108, 皿+8, 13 strokes, cangjie input 戈戈月廿 (IIBT), four-corner 53107, composition ⿱戔皿)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 795, character 13
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23020
- Dae Jaweon: page 1210, character 9
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2565, character 6
- Unihan data for U+76DE
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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殘
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*zlaːn, *zaːns
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戔
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*zlaːn
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帴
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*zlaːn, *saːns, *ʔslenʔ, *ʔsleːn, *sreːd
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虥
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*zreːn, *zreːn, *zreːnʔ, *zraːns
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盞
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*ʔsreːnʔ
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醆
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*ʔsreːnʔ, *ʔljenʔ
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琖
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*ʔsreːnʔ
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剗
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*sʰreːnʔ
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棧
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*zreːnʔ, *zraːns, *zrenʔ
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輚
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*zreːnʔ, *zraːns
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嶘
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*zreːnʔ
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錢
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*ʔslenʔ, *zlen
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俴
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*ʔslenʔ, *zlenʔ
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籛
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*ʔslenʔ, *ʔslens, *ʔsleːn
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淺
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*sʰlenʔ, *ʔsleːn
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濺
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*ʔsens, *ʔseːn
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踐
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*zlenʔ
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諓
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*zlenʔ, *zlens
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餞
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*zlenʔ, *zlens
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賤
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*zlens
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綫
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*slens
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箋
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*ʔsleːn
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牋
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*ʔsleːn
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *ʔsreːnʔ) : phonetic 戔 (OC *zlaːn) + semantic 皿 (“vessel”).
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Note:
- chóaⁿ - vernacular;
- chán - literary.
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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盞
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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zhǎn
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Middle Chinese
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‹ tsrɛnX ›
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Old Chinese
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/*rarʔ/
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English
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cup
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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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盞
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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5984
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Phonetic component
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戔
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Rime group
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元
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Rime subdivision
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2
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Corresponding MC rime
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醆
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Old Chinese
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/*ʔsreːnʔ/
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Notes
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同琖見方言
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Definitions
盞
- small cup or container
- Classifier for lamps, lanterns, or cups of drink.
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
盞 (“(classifier for lamps)”)
Compounds
Descendants
Others:
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Definitions
盞 (Cantonese)
- (of lifestyle or enjoyment) enjoyable
- will only
Derived terms
Japanese
Kanji
盞
(Hyōgai kanji)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
盞 • (jan) (hangeul 잔, revised jan, McCune–Reischauer chan, Yale can)
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Vietnamese
Han character
盞 (trản, chén)