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U+4F7A, 佺
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F7A

[U+4F79]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+4F7B]

Translingual

Han character

(radical 9 +6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 人人一土 (OOMG), four-corner 28214, composition)

  1. fairy
  2. celestial being

References

  • KangXi: page 100, character 29
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 568
  • Dae Jaweon: page 213, character 7
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 149, character 13
  • Unihan data for U+4F7A

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character


References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (large seal) and
  • Xu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*sroːn, *sʰlon
*sroːn, *sron
*ʔsroːn, *ʔsron, *ʔslun
*sʰlon
*sʰlon
*sʰlon
*sʰlon
*sʰlon
*sʰlon, *djon
*sʰlon
*sʰlon
*sʰlon
*sʰlon, *sʰlod
*sʰlon, *ʔsron
*sʰlon
*zlon
*zlon, *doːŋ
*zlon

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (14)
Final () (78)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡sʰiuᴇn/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡sʰʷiɛn/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡sʰjuæn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/t͡sʰwian/
Li
Rong
/t͡sʰiuɛn/
Wang
Li
/t͡sʰĭwɛn/
Bernard
Karlgren
/t͡sʰi̯wɛn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
quān
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 10712
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
3
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*sʰlon/

Definitions

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Compounds

  • 偓佺

References


Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings


Korean

Hanja

(jeon) (hangeul , revised jeon, McCune-Reischauer chŏn)

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