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栴
栴
Translingual
Han character
栴 (radical 75 木+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 木人月卜 (DOBY), four-corner 48947, composition ⿰木⿱𠂉丹)
References
- KangXi: page 523, character 24
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14737
- Dae Jaweon: page 912, character 3
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1200, character 5
- Unihan data for U+6834
Chinese
|
simp. and trad. |
栴 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (丹) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 丹 | *taːn |
| 旃 | *tjan |
| 栴 | *tjan |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄓㄢ
- Wade-Giles: chan1
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jan
- IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂa̠n⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: zin1
- Yale: jīn
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzin1
- IPA (key): /t͡siːn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 栴 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 章 (23) |
| Final (韻) | 仙 (77) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 諸延切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/t͡ɕiᴇn/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/t͡ɕiɛn/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/t͡ɕjæn/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/cian/ |
| Li Rong |
/t͡ɕiɛn/ |
| Wang Li |
/t͡ɕĭɛn/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/t͡ɕi̯ɛn/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
zhān |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 栴 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 1982 |
| Phonetic component |
丹 |
| Rime group |
元 |
| Rime subdivision |
1 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
𩜾 |
| Old Chinese |
/*tjan/ |
Definitions
栴
Japanese
Kanji
栴
Readings
Compounds
- 栴檀 (センダン, sendan) bead tree (Melia azedarach）; white sandalwood
- 栴檀は双葉より芳し. cf. w:ja:ビャクダン#栴檀は双葉より芳し.
- Genius displays itself even in childhood. Literally, the white sandalwood is fragrant since the seed leaf, though this may be exaggerated too much.
- 栴檀は双葉より芳し. cf. w:ja:ビャクダン#栴檀は双葉より芳し.
See also
- 白檀 (ビャクダン, byakudan) white sandalwood (Santalum album)
Korean
Hanja
栴 • (jeon) (hangeul 전, revised jeon, McCune-Reischauer chŏn, Yale cen)
- (단향목) sandalwood
Compounds
- 栴檀 (전단, jeondan) sandalwood [1]
See also
- 檀香 (단향, danhyang) sandalwood
- 白檀 (백단, baegdan) white sandalwood (Santalum album)
- 檀 (단, dan) birch; sandalwood
- 楝 (연, yeon) bead tree
Notes
- ↑ This meaning is contrasted with Japanese making sense of bead tree or Melia azedarach.