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Translingual
Han character
荐 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+6, 10 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 9 strokes in simplified Chinese and Japanese, cangjie input 廿大中木 (TKLD), four-corner 44247, composition ⿱艹存)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1031, character 6
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30951
- Dae Jaweon: page 1490, character 6
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3201, character 4
- Unihan data for U+8350
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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荐
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*zlɯːns
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洊
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*zlɯːns
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臶
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*zlɯːns, *zluːns
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栫
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*zlɯːns, *zluːns
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袸
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*zlɯːns, *zluːn
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存
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*zluːn
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拵
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*zluːn
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *zlɯːns) : semantic 艸 + phonetic 存 (OC *zluːn).
Etymology 1
Etymology 2
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-tswa-n (“grass”); cognate with Tibetan རྩྭ (rtswa, “grass”) (STEDT).
Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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荐
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荐
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Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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jiàn
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jiàn
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Middle Chinese
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‹ dzenH ›
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‹ dzenH ›
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Old Chinese
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/*N-tsˁə-s/
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/*ˁə-s/
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English
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grass, herb
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twice; a second time
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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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荐
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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1900
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Phonetic component
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存
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Rime group
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文
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Rime subdivision
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1
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Corresponding MC rime
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荐
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Old Chinese
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/*zlɯːns/
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Definitions
荐
- straw mat
- fodder grass
- repeatedly
- ‡ to gather
- Alternative form of 薦/荐 (jiàn, “to recommend”)
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
荐
(Hyōgai kanji)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
荐 • (cheon, geon) (hangeul 천, 건, revised cheon, geon, McCune–Reischauer ch'ŏn, kŏn, Yale chen, ken)
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Vietnamese
Han character
荐: Hán Nôm readings: tiến
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References