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U+8551, 蕑
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8551

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 140, +12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 廿日弓月 (TANB), four-corner 44227, composition )

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1057, character 35
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31954
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1520, character 22
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3297, character 12
  • Unihan data for U+8551

Chinese

trad.
simp. 𰱇

Etymology 1

Variant of (OC *ɡ·raːn).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (28)
Final () (73)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () II
Fanqie
Baxter kean
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kˠɛn/
Pan
Wuyun
/kᵚæn/
Shao
Rongfen
/kæn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kəɨn/
Li
Rong
/kɛn/
Wang
Li
/kæn/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/kăn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jiān
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gaan1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
jiān
Middle
Chinese
‹ kɛn ›
Old
Chinese
/*k.rˁan/ (dialect: *k.rˁ- > *kˁr-)
English orchid

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.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 6233
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kreːn/

Definitions

  1. (literary) thoroughwort (Eupatorium)

Etymology 2

Variant of (OC *reːn).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (28)
Final () (73)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () II
Fanqie
Baxter kean
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kˠɛn/
Pan
Wuyun
/kᵚæn/
Shao
Rongfen
/kæn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kəɨn/
Li
Rong
/kɛn/
Wang
Li
/kæn/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/kăn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jiān
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gaan1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
jiān
Middle
Chinese
‹ kɛn ›
Old
Chinese
/*k.rˁe/ (dialect: *k.rˁ- > kˁr-)
English lotus fruit (Ode 145.2)

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.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 6233
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kreːn/

Definitions

  1. (literary) lotus seed

Japanese

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): かん (kan)げん (gen)
  • Kun: ふじばかま (fujibakama)