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U+5257, 剗
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5257

[U+5256]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+5258]
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Translingual

Han character

(radical 18 +8, 10 strokes, cangjie input 戈戈中弓 (IILN), composition)

  1. to pare
  2. to exterminate, to abolish
  3. spade

References

  • KangXi: page 141, character 5
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2036
  • Dae Jaweon: page 320, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 343, character 19
  • Unihan data for U+5257

Chinese

trad.
simp.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*zlaːn, *zaːns
*zlaːn
*zlaːn, *saːns, *ʔslenʔ, *ʔsleːn, *sreːd
*zreːn, *zreːn, *zreːnʔ, *zraːns
*ʔsreːnʔ
*ʔsreːnʔ, *ʔljenʔ
*ʔsreːnʔ
*sʰreːnʔ
*zreːnʔ, *zraːns, *zrenʔ
*zreːnʔ, *zraːns
*zreːnʔ
*ʔslenʔ, *zlen
*ʔslenʔ, *zlenʔ
*ʔslenʔ, *ʔslens, *ʔsleːn
*sʰlenʔ, *ʔsleːn
*ʔsens, *ʔseːn
*zlenʔ
*zlenʔ, *zlens
*zlenʔ, *zlens
*zlens
*slens
*ʔsleːn
*ʔsleːn

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (19)
Final () (73)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () II
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡ʃʰˠɛnX/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʈ͡ʂʰᵚænX/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡ʃʰænX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʈ͡ʂʰəɨnX/
Li
Rong
/t͡ʃʰɛnX/
Wang
Li
/t͡ʃʰænX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʈ͡ʂʰănX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
chǎn
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 5987
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*sʰreːnʔ/
Notes

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of (chǎn).

Compounds

  • 一剗一刬
  • 剗刷刬刷
  • 剗削刬削
  • 剗卻刬却
  • 剗地刬地
  • 剗子箭刬子箭
  • 剗惡除奸刬恶除奸
  • 剗新刬新
  • 剗滅刬灭
  • 剗草除根刬草除根
  • 剗著刬著
  • 剗襪刬袜
  • 剗跡刬迹
  • 剗除刬除
  • 剗革刬革
  • 剗馬刬马

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. to level off
  2. to trim
  3. to pare down

Readings


Korean

Hanja

(jan) (hangeul , revised jan, McCune-Reischauer chan)

  1. to level off
  2. to trim
  3. to pare down