荃

荃 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+6, 10 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 9 strokes in mainland China and Japanese, cangjie input 廿人一土 (TOMG), four-corner 4410₄, composition ⿱艹全)

1. calamus
2. pickled leaf mustard
3. fish tackle
4. fine cloth

• 𣗎, 醛

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1030, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30934
• Dae Jaweon: page 1489, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3206, character 13
• Unihan data for U+8343

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *sʰlon) : semantic 艹 (“grass/plant”) + phonetic 全 (OC *zlon).

荃

1. ^† (literary) Acorus calamus, sweet flag, a species of flowering plant with psychoactive chemicals.
2. ^† (literary, figurative) ruler (of a country)

   • 荃不察余之忠情兮，反信讒而齌怒。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     荃不察余之忠情兮，反信谗而𱌗怒。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Verses of Chu, 4^th century BCE – 2^nd century CE

     Quán bù chá yú zhī zhōng qíng xī, fǎn xìn chán ér jìnù.

     But the Fragrant One refused to examine my true feelings: He lent ear, instead, to slander, and raged against me.

3. (Hong Kong) Short for 荃灣／荃湾 (Quánwān, “Tsuen Wan”).

• 菖蒲 (chāngpú)
• ^†(literary) 荪

(Hyōgai kanji)

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• On (unclassified): せん (sen)、そん (son)、せつ (setsu)、せち (sechi)、さつ (satsu)
• Kun: からしあえ (karashiae)

荃 • (jeon) (hangeul 전, revised jeon, McCune–Reischauer chŏn, Yale cen)

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荃: Hán Nôm readings: thuyên

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