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U+8E10, 踐
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8E10

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Traditional
Shinjitai
Simplified

Han character

(Kangxi radical 157, +8, 15 strokes, cangjie input 口一戈戈 (RMII), four-corner 63153, composition 𧾷)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1227, character 17
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 37608
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1699, character 20
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3714, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+8E10

Chinese

trad.
simp.

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *zlenʔ) : semantic (foot) + phonetic (OC *zlaːn).

According to 学研漢和大字典 (Kenkyūsha Kanwa Dai Jiten), the is also to be interpreted in its meaning of “small” (see 戔戔戋戋 (jiānjiān)), in which case this character signifies the act of walking in small steps, making it also an ideogrammic compound (會意会意) .

Pronunciation


Note:
  • chiān/chiǎn/chán - literary;
  • chiān - vernacular (俗, Quanzhou).

    Rime
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial () (15)
    Final () (77)
    Tone (調) Rising (X)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division () III
    Fanqie
    Baxter dzjenX
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang
    /d͡ziᴇnX/
    Pan
    Wuyun
    /d͡ziɛnX/
    Shao
    Rongfen
    /d͡zjænX/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank
    /d͡zianX/
    Li
    Rong
    /d͡ziɛnX/
    Wang
    Li
    /d͡zĭɛnX/
    Bernhard
    Karlgren
    /d͡zʱi̯ɛnX/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex
    jiàn
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex
    zin6
    BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)
    jiàn
    Middle
    Chinese
    ‹ dzjenX ›
    Old
    Chinese
    /*aʔ/
    English tread, trample

    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. 6004
    Phonetic
    component
    Rime
    group
    Rime
    subdivision
    2
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    Old
    Chinese
    /*zlenʔ/

    Definitions

    1. to trample; to tread upon; to walk on
    2. to ascend (to the throne); to inherit
    3. to implement; to carry out; to fulfil
    4. to follow; to abide by
    5. to experience
    6. orderly; well-organised

    Compounds

    Japanese

    Shinjitai

    Kyūjitai

    Kanji

    (Hyōgai kanjikyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form )

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    Readings

    • On (unclassified): せん (sen)
    • Kun: ふむ (fumu)

    Korean

    Hanja

    (cheon) (hangeul , revised cheon, McCune–Reischauer ch'ŏn, Yale chen)

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