Definify.com
Definition 2025
巛
巛
Translingual
| Stroke order | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| |||
Han character
巛 (radical 47 巛+0, 3 strokes, cangjie input 女女女 (VVV) or X女女女 (XVVV), composition ⿲𡿨𡿨𡿨)
- river
- Kangxi radical #47, ⼮ (“river”).
References
- KangXi: page 323, character 18
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8669
- Dae Jaweon: page 624, character 3
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1097, character 8
- Unihan data for U+5DDB
Chinese
|
simp. and trad. |
巛 | |
|---|---|---|
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄢ
- Wade-Giles: ch'uan1
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuan
- IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯a̠n⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: cyun1
- Yale: chyūn
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsyn1
- IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰyːn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhon
- Hakka Romanization System: con
- Hagfa Pinyim: con4
- IPA: /t͡sʰon⁵⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhoan / chhng
- Tâi-lô: tshuan / tshng
- Phofsit Daibuun: zhoafn, zhngf
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰuan⁴⁴/, /t͡sʰŋ̍⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰuan³³/, /t͡sʰŋ̍³³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰuan⁴⁴/, /t͡sʰŋ̍⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰuan⁴⁴/, /t͡sʰŋ̍⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰuan⁴⁴/, /t͡sʰŋ̍⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien)
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 巛 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 溪 (29) |
| Final (韻) | 魂 (55) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 苦昆切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/kʰuən/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/kʰuon/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/kʰuən/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/kʰwən/ |
| Li Rong |
/kʰuən/ |
| Wang Li |
/kʰuən/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/kʰuən/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
kūn |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 巛 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
chuān |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ tsyhwen › |
| Old Chinese |
/*t.l̥u[n]/ (MC -jwen is irregular) |
| English | stream, river |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 巛 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 1630 |
| Phonetic component |
川 |
| Rime group |
文 |
| Rime subdivision |
2 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
坤 |
| Old Chinese |
/*kʰuːn/ |
References
Japanese
Kanji
巛
- This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text
{{rfdef}}.
Readings
Etymology
| Historical forms of the character 巛
| ||
|---|---|---|
| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Bamboo and silk script |
 |
 |
 |
| Characters in the same phonetic series (川) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 川 | *kʰjon |
| 釧 | *kʰjons |
| 巛 | *kʰuːn |
| 巡 | *sɢljun |
| 馴 | *sɢljun |
| 紃 | *sɢljun, *ɢljun |
| 甽 | *kljuns, *kʷeːnʔ |
| 順 | *ɢljuns |
| 訓 | *qʰuns |