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蠲

蠲

Translingual

Han character

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

  1. eliminate, clear away, cleanse
  2. centipede

References

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

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 蠲

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 蠲
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

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
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /kwen/
Pan
Wuyun		 /kʷen/
Shao
Rongfen		 /kuɛn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /kwɛn/
Li
Rong		 /kuen/
Wang
Li		 /kiwen/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /kiwen/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 juān
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

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Compounds

  • 蠲免
  • 蠲削
  • 蠲減／蠲减
  • 蠲滌／蠲涤
  • 蠲租
  • 蠲苛
  • 蠲賦／蠲赋
  • 蠲除
  • 蠲體／蠲体
  • 馬蠲／马蠲

Japanese

Kanji

蠲

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

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

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