筌

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筌 U+7B4C, 筌
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7B4C
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 		CJK Unified Ideographs 筍 →

Translingual

Han character

筌 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 竹人一土 (HOMG), four-corner 88104, composition ⿱𥫗全)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 882, character 28
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25995
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1312, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 2967, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+7B4C

Chinese

trad. 筌
simp. # 筌

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (全) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
拴 *sroːn, *sʰlon
栓 *sroːn, *sron
跧 *ʔsroːn, *ʔsron, *ʔslun
痊 *sʰlon
詮 *sʰlon
荃 *sʰlon
銓 *sʰlon
筌 *sʰlon
輇 *sʰlon, *djon
硂 *sʰlon
佺 *sʰlon
駩 *sʰlon
絟 *sʰlon, *sʰlod
恮 *sʰlon, *ʔsron
峑 *sʰlon
全 *zlon
仝 *zlon, *doːŋ
牷 *zlon

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 筌
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 清 (14)
Final (韻) 仙 (78)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 此緣切
Baxter tshjwen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/t͡sʰiuᴇn/
Pan
Wuyun 		/t͡sʰʷiɛn/
Shao
Rongfen 		/t͡sʰjuæn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/t͡sʰwian/
Li
Rong 		/t͡sʰiuɛn/
Wang
Li 		/t͡sʰĭwɛn/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/t͡sʰi̯wɛn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		quān
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		cyun1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 筌
Reading # 1/1
No. 10709
Phonetic
component 		全
Rime
group 		元
Rime
subdivision 		3
Corresponding
MC rime 		詮
Old
Chinese 		/*sʰlon/

Definitions

筌

  1. bamboo fish trap

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

筌

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

  • Go-on: せん (sen)
  • Kan-on: せん (sen)
  • Kun: うえ (ue, 筌)、うけ (uke, 筌)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
筌
うえ
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 筌 – see the following entry.
【うえ】
a device placed in a river used to capture fish
(This term, 筌, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
筌
うけ
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 筌 – see the following entry.
【うけ】
a device placed in a river used to capture fish
(This term, 筌, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
筌
せん
Hyōgai
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

筌(せん) • (sen) 

  1. a device placed in a river used to capture fish

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

筌 (eumhun 통발 전 (tongbal jeon))

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