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褰
褰
Translingual
Han character
褰 (radical 145 衣+10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 十廿金女 (JTCV), four-corner 30732, composition ⿱𡨄衣)
- underclothing
- to pick up one's skirts
References
- KangXi: page 1122, character 32
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34513
- Dae Jaweon: page 1590, character 23
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3106, character 10
- Unihan data for U+8930
Chinese
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simp. and trad. |
褰 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 褰
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|---|---|
| Large seal script | Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (寒) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 寒 | *ɡaːn |
| 蹇 | *kranʔ, *kanʔ |
| 謇 | *kranʔ |
| 搴 | *kranʔ, *kʰran |
| 藆 | *kranʔ |
| 騫 | *kʰran |
| 褰 | *kʰran |
| 攐 | *kʰran |
| 鑳 | *ɡranʔ |
| 寋 | *ɡanʔ |
| 鶱 | *qʰan |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢ
- Wade-Giles: ch'ien1
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chian
- IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: hin1
- Yale: hīn
- Cantonese Pinyin: hin1
- IPA (key): /hiːn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 褰 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 溪 (29) |
| Final (韻) | 仙 (79) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | Chongniu III |
| Fanqie | 去乾切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/kʰˠiᴇn/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/kʰᵚiɛn/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/kʰiæn/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/kʰian/ |
| Li Rong |
/kʰjɛn/ |
| Wang Li |
/kʰĭɛn/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/kʰi̯ɛn/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
qiān |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 褰 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
qiān |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ khjen › |
| Old Chinese |
/*kʰra[n]/ |
| English | trousers; lift up (a garment) |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 褰 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 4876 |
| Phonetic component |
寒 |
| Rime group |
元 |
| Rime subdivision |
1 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
愆 |
| Old Chinese |
/*kʰran/ |
Definitions
褰
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Compounds
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Vietnamese
Han character
- Hán Việt: khiên
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