筍
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See also: 笋
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Translingual
Han character
筍 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 竹心日 (HPA) or 難竹心日 (XHPA), four-corner 88627, composition ⿱𥫗旬)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 883, character 2
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25997
- Dae Jaweon: page 1312, character 3
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 2969, character 2
- Unihan data for U+7B4D
Chinese
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 筍 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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| Old Chinese | |
|---|---|
| 枃 | *skins |
| 笉 | *skʰinʔ |
| 郇 | *ɡʷreːn, *sqʰʷin |
| 絢 | *qʰʷiːns |
| 眴 | *qʰʷiːns, *ɡʷiːns, *sqʰʷin, *qʰʷjins, *ŋʷjin |
| 盷 | *ɡʷiːn |
| 訇 | *ɡʷiːn, *qʰʷreːŋ |
| 迿 | *ɡʷiːns, *sqʰʷins |
| 姰 | *ɡʷiːns, *sqʰʷin |
| 畇 | *l'iːŋ, *sqʰʷin, *sɢʷin, *ɢʷin |
| 荀 | *sqʰʷin |
| 詢 | *sqʰʷin |
| 洵 | *sqʰʷin, *sɢʷin |
| 恂 | *sqʰʷin |
| 峋 | *sqʰʷin |
| 珣 | *sqʰʷin |
| 槆 | *sqʰʷin |
| 筍 | *sqʰʷinʔ |
| 箰 | *sqʰʷinʔ |
| 旬 | *sɢʷin |
| 殉 | *sɢʷins |
| 徇 | *sɢʷins |
| 侚 | *sɢʷins |
| 均 | *kʷin |
| 鈞 | *kʷin |
| 袀 | *kʷin |
| 汮 | *kʷin, *kʷrin |
| 呁 | *kʷins |
| 筠 | *ɡʷin |
| 荺 | *ɢʷin, *ɡʷinʔ |
| 匀 | *ɢʷin |
| 韵 | *ɢʷins |
| 輷 | *qʰʷreːŋ, *qʰʷreːŋs |
| 揈 | *qʰʷreːŋ |
| 鍧 | *qʰʷreːŋ |
| 渹 | *qʰʷreːŋ |
| 赹 | *ɡʷeŋ |
| 憌 | *ɡʷeŋ |
| 惸 | *ɡʷeŋ |
| 咰 | *sqʰʷrid |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *sqʰʷinʔ): semantic 竹 (“bamboo”) + phonetic 旬 (OC *sɢʷin).
Etymology 1
| trad. | 筍/笋 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 笋 | |
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard)
- (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): sen3
- Cantonese
- Gan (Wiktionary): sun3
- Hakka
- Jin (Wiktionary): sung2
- Northern Min (KCR): sě̤ng
- Eastern Min (BUC): sūng
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 5sen
- Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): sen3
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄣˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: sǔn
- Wade–Giles: sun3
- Yale: swǔn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: soen
- Palladius: сунь (sunʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /su̯ən²¹⁴/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: sen3
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: sen
- Sinological IPA (key): /sən⁵³/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: seon2
- Yale: séun
- Cantonese Pinyin: soen2
- Guangdong Romanization: sên2
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɵn³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: lhun2
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɬun⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Gan
- (Nanchang)
- Wiktionary: sun3
- Sinological IPA (key): /sun²¹³/
- (Nanchang)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sún
- Hakka Romanization System: sunˋ
- Hagfa Pinyim: sun3
- Sinological IPA: /sun³¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
- Hakka Romanization System: sunˊ
- Sinological IPA: /sun²⁴/
- (Meixian)
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Jin
- (Taiyuan)+
- Wiktionary: sung2
- Sinological IPA (old-style): /suŋ⁵³/
- (Taiyuan)+
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: sě̤ng
- Sinological IPA (key): /sœyŋ²¹/
- (Jian'ou)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: sūng
- Sinological IPA (key): /suŋ³³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
- Wu
- Xiang
- (Changsha)
- Wiktionary: sen3
- Sinological IPA (key): /sən⁴¹/
- (Changsha)
- Dialectal data
- Middle Chinese: swinX
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*s-qʷiʔ/
- (Zhengzhang): /*sqʰʷinʔ/
Definitions
筍
- bamboo shoot
- (literary, or in compounds) tender; young
- † Alternative form of 簨 (sǔn, “horizontal beam on which bells hang”)
Synonyms
- (bamboo shoot):
Dialectal synonyms of 竹筍 (“bamboo shoots”)
Compounds
- 冬筍 / 冬笋 (dōngsǔn)
- 孟宗泣筍 / 孟宗泣笋
- 接筍 / 接笋
- 春筍 / 春笋
- 春筍怒發 / 春笋怒发
- 歹竹出好筍 / 歹竹出好笋 (dǎi zhú chū hǎo sǔn)
- 毛筍 / 毛笋 (máosǔn)
- 玉筍 / 玉笋 (yùsǔn)
- 石筍 / 石笋 (shísǔn, “stalagmite”)
- 竹筍 / 竹笋 (zhúsǔn, “bamboo shoot”)
- 筍乾 / 笋干 (sǔngān)
- 筍子 / 笋子 (sǔnzi)
- 筍尖 / 笋尖 (sǔnjiān)
- 筍席 / 笋席
- 筍條 / 笋条
- 筍皮 / 笋皮
- 筍眼 / 笋眼
- 筍簴 / 笋簴 (sǔnjù)
- 筍脯 / 笋脯
- 筍虡 / 笋虡 (sǔnjù)
- 筍螺 / 笋螺
- 筍輿 / 笋舆
- 筍雞 / 笋鸡 (sǔnjī)
- 筍鞋 / 笋鞋
- 筍鞭 / 笋鞭
- 筍鴨 / 笋鸭
- 綠竹筍 / 绿竹笋
- 苞筍 / 苞笋
- 茭白筍 / 茭白笋
- 萵筍 / 莴笋 (wōsǔn, “asparagus lettuce”)
- 蘆筍 / 芦笋 (lúsǔn, “asparagus”)
- 雨後春筍 / 雨后春笋 (yǔhòuchūnsǔn)
- 麻竹筍 / 麻竹笋
Etymology 2
| trad. | 筍/笋 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 笋 | |
| alternative forms | 順／顺 郇 | |
From 順／顺 (seon6, “smooth; successful”).
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: seon2
- Yale: séun
- Cantonese Pinyin: soen2
- Guangdong Romanization: sên2
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɵn³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
Definitions
筍
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
筍
Readings
- Go-on: しゅん (shun)←しゆん (syun, historical)
- Kan-on: しゅん (shun)←しゆん (syun, historical)
- Kan’yō-on: じゅん (jun)←じゆん (zyun, historical)
- Kun: たけのこ (takenoko, 筍)
Korean
Hanja
筍 • (sun) (hangeul 순, revised sun, McCune–Reischauer sun, Yale swun)
Vietnamese
Han character
筍: Hán Nôm readings: duẫn, sũn, hũn
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