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㘣

㘣

㘣	U+3623, 㘣 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-3623

← 㘢
[U+3622]

CJK Unified Ideographs Extension A

㘤 →
[U+3624]

Translingual

Han character

㘣 (radical 31 囗+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 田口月 (WRB), composition ⿴囗肙)

compasses
(same as 圓) round, circular

References

KangXi: page 218, character 17

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 719, character 6

Unihan data for U+3623

Chinese

simp. and trad.		㘣

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): xuān (xuan¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): syun⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: xuān
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢ
  - Wade-Giles: hsüan¹
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuan
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: syun⁴
  - Yale: syùhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: syn⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕyːn²¹/

Middle Chinese: /hwen/▼

Rime
Character	㘣
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	先 (86)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	火玄切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hwen/
Pan Wuyun	/hʷen/
Shao Rongfen	/xuɛn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hwɛn/
Li Rong	/xuen/
Wang Li	/xiwen/
Bernard Karlgren	/xiwen/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xuān

Old Chinese▼
(Baxter-Sagart): /*s-[ɢ]ʷe[n]/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	㘣
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xuán
Middle Chinese	‹ zjwen ›
Old Chinese	/*s-[ɢ]ʷe[n]/
English	compasses
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Definitions

㘣

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