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冼

冼

冼	U+51BC, 冼 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-51BC

← 冻
[U+51BB]

CJK Unified Ideographs

冽 →
[U+51BD]

Translingual

Han character

冼 (radical 15 冫+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 戈一竹土山 (IMHGU), four-corner 3411₁, composition ⿰冫先)

References

KangXi: page 132, character 11

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1633

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 297, character 6

Unihan data for U+51BC

Chinese

simp. and trad.		冼

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): xiǎn (xian³)

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sin²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: xiǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˇ
  - Wade-Giles: hsien³
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shean
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sin²
  - Yale: sín
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sin²
  - IPA ^(key): /siːn³⁵/

Old Chinese▼
(Zhengzhang): /*sɯːnʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	冼
Reading #	1/1
No.	13465
Phonetic component	先
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	銑
Old Chinese	/*sɯːnʔ/
Notes	洗姓新分化字

Definitions

冼

A surname.

Japanese

Kanji

冼

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

On: しょう (shō)

Kun: さむい (samui)