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諫
諫
Translingual
Han character
諫 (radical 149 言+9, 16 strokes, cangjie input 卜口木田火 (YRDWF), four-corner 05696, composition ⿰訁柬)
References
- KangXi: page 1170, character 17
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35724
- Dae Jaweon: page 1636, character 6
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3995, character 9
- Unihan data for U+8AEB
Chinese
| trad. | 諫 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 谏 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 諫
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|---|---|---|
| Bronze inscriptions | Large seal script | Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (柬) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 蘭 | *ɡ·raːn |
| 攔 | *ɡ·raːn |
| 欄 | *ɡ·raːn |
| 瀾 | *ɡ·raːn, *ɡ·raːns |
| 讕 | *ɡ·raːn, *ɡ·raːnʔ, *ɡ·raːns |
| 闌 | *ɡ·raːn |
| 韊 | *ɡ·raːn |
| 幱 | *ɡ·raːn |
| 籣 | *ɡ·raːn |
| 躝 | *ɡ·raːn |
| 爛 | *ɡ·raːns |
| 爤 | *ɡ·raːns |
| 鑭 | *ɡ·raːns |
| 糷 | *ɡ·raːns |
| 斕 | *ɡr·reːn |
| 揀 | *kreːnʔ, *ɡ·reːns |
| 柬 | *kreːnʔ |
| 暕 | *kreːnʔ |
| 諫 | *kraːns |
| 練 | *ɡ·reːns |
| 鍊 | *ɡ·reːns |
| 煉 | *ɡ·reːns |
| 楝 | *ɡ·reːns |
| 萰 | *ɡ·reːns |
| 堜 | *ɡ·reːns |
| 湅 | *ɡ·reːns |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kraːns) : 言 (“say”) + 柬.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˋ
- Wade-Giles: chien4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiann
- IPA (key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: gaan3
- Yale: gaan
- Cantonese Pinyin: gaan3
- IPA (key): /kɑːn³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 諫 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 刪 (69) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 古晏切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/kˠanH/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/kᵚanH/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/kɐnH/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/kaɨnH/ |
| Li Rong |
/kanH/ |
| Wang Li |
/kanH/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/kanH/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
jiàn |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 諫 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 6140 |
| Phonetic component |
柬 |
| Rime group |
元 |
| Rime subdivision |
1 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
諫 |
| Old Chinese |
/*kraːns/ |
Definitions
諫
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Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
諫
Readings
Vietnamese
Han character
諫 (gián)
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