蠲

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蠲 U+8832, 蠲
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8832
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 		CJK Unified Ideographs 蠳 →

Translingual

Han character

蠲 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+17, 23 strokes, cangjie input 廿廿田中戈 (TTWLI), four-corner 86127, composition ⿰益蜀)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1103, character 18
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33873
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1566, character 28
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2573, character 24
  • Unihan data for U+8832

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 蠲

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 蠲
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (益) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
隘 *qreːɡs
賹 *qreːɡs
搤 *qreːɡs, *qreːɡ
縊 *qleːɡs, *qleɡs
螠 *qleɡs
謚 *ɢliɡs, *qleɡ
諡 *ɢliɡs
蠲 *kʷliːŋ
溢 *liɡ
鎰 *liɡ
齸 *lig, *qleg
貖 *qreːɡ
益 *qleɡ
嗌 *qleɡ
膉 *qleɡ
鷁 *ŋɡleːɡ
艗 *ŋɡleːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kʷliːŋ) : semantic 蜀 + phonetic 益 (OC *qleɡ).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 蠲
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 先 (86)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 古玄切
Baxter kwen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kwen/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kʷen/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kuɛn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kwɛn/
Li
Rong 		/kuen/
Wang
Li 		/kiwen/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/kiwen/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		juān
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		gyun1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 蠲
Reading # 1/1
No. 15075
Phonetic
component 		益
Rime
group 		眞
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		涓
Old
Chinese 		/*kʷliːŋ/

Definitions

蠲

  1. (literary) to remit; to eliminate
  2. (literary) to cleanse; to make clear
  3. (literary) to manifest; to display
  4. (literary) julid

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

蠲

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): けん (ken)、けい (kei)、け (ke)
  • Kun: やすで (yasude)

Korean

Hanja

蠲 • (gyeon) (hangeul 견, revised gyeon, McCune–Reischauer kyŏn, Yale kyen)

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