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莧
莧
See also: 苋
Translingual
Han character
莧 (radical 140 艸+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 廿月山山 (TBUU), four-corner 44216)
References
- KangXi: page 1035, character 9
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31074
- Dae Jaweon: page 1494, character 9
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3218, character 3
- Unihan data for U+83A7
Chinese
| trad. | 莧 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 苋 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 莧
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|---|
| Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (見) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 涀 | *ɡeːlʔ, *kʰeːns, *ɡeːns |
| 莧 | *ɡreːns |
| 粯 | *ɡreːns |
| 晛 | *ŋl'eːns, *ɡeːnʔ |
| 筧 | *keːnʔ |
| 絸 | *keːnʔ |
| 垷 | *keːnʔ, *ɡeːnʔ |
| 挸 | *keːnʔ |
| 見 | *keːns, *ɡeːns |
| 俔 | *kʰeːns, *ɡeːnʔ |
| 蜆 | *kʰeːns, *qʰeːnʔ, *ɡeːnʔ |
| 硯 | *ŋɡeːn, *ŋɡeːns |
| 峴 | *ɡeːnʔ |
| 哯 | *ɡeːnʔ |
| 睍 | *ɡeːnʔ |
| 現 | *ɡeːns |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˋ
- Wade-Giles: hsien4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiann
- IPA (key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: jin6
- Yale: yihn
- Cantonese Pinyin: jin6
- IPA (key): /jiːn²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 莧 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 匣 (33) |
| Final (韻) | 山 (73) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 侯襇切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ɦˠɛnH/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ɦᵚænH/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ɣænH/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ɦəɨnH/ |
| Li Rong |
/ɣɛnH/ |
| Wang Li |
/ɣænH/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ɣănH/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
xiàn |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 莧 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 6185 |
| Phonetic component |
見 |
| Rime group |
元 |
| Rime subdivision |
2 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
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| Old Chinese |
/*ɡreːns/ |
| Notes | 見爾雅 |
Definitions
莧
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