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弦
弦
See also: 絃
Translingual
Han character
弦 (radical 57 弓+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 弓卜女戈 (NYVI), four-corner 10232, composition ⿰弓玄)
References
- KangXi: page 357, character 31
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9754
- Dae Jaweon: page 674, character 13
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 993, character 7
- Unihan data for U+5F26
Chinese
trad. | 弦/絃 | |
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simp. | 弦 |
Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (玄) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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Old Chinese | |
弦 | *ɡeːn |
絃 | *ɡeːn, *qʰʷeːn |
舷 | *ɡeːn |
痃 | *ɡeːn |
胘 | *ɡeːn, *ɡʷeːn |
蚿 | *ɡeːn |
伭 | *ɡeːn |
婱 | *ɡeːn |
玄 | *ɡʷeːn |
眩 | *ɡʷeːn, *ɡʷeːn |
玹 | *ɡʷeːn, *ɡʷeːn |
玆 | *ɡʷeːn |
詃 | *kʷeːn |
泫 | *ɡʷeːn |
鉉 | *ɡʷeːn |
炫 | *ɡʷeːn |
袨 | *ɡʷeːn |
衒 | *ɡʷeːn |
惤 | *ɡʷreːŋ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɡeːn) : semantic 弓 (“bow”) + phonetic 玄 (OC *ɡʷeːn).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): jin4, jyun4
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hièn / hiàn
- Min Dong (BUC): hièng
- Min Nan (POJ): hiân
- Wu (Wiktionary): hhi (T3)
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˊ
- Wade-Giles: hsien2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyan
- IPA (key): /ɕi̯ɛn³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing, erhua-ed)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˊㄦ
- Wade-Giles: hsianrh2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyal
- IPA (key): /ɕjɑɻ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing, nonstandard literary)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢˊ
- Wade-Giles: hsüan2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyuan
- IPA (key): /ɕy̯ɛn³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: jin4, jyun4
- Yale: yìhn, yùhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: jin4, jyn4
- IPA (key): /jiːn²¹/, /jyːn²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hièn
- Hakka Romanization System: hienˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: hian2
- IPA: /hi̯en¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hiàn
- Hakka Romanization System: hianˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: hian2
- IPA: /hi̯an¹¹/
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: hièng
- IPA (key): /hieŋ⁵³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiân
- Tâi-lô: hiân
- Phofsit Daibuun: hieen
- IPA (Xiamen): /hiɛn²⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɛn²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɛn¹³/
- IPA (Taipei): /hiɛn²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɛn²³/
- (Hokkien)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: hhi (T3)
- IPA (key): /ɦi²³/
- (Shanghainese)
- Dialectal data▼
Variety | Location | 弦 |
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Mandarin | Beijing | /ɕian³⁵/ |
Harbin | /ɕian²⁴/ | |
Tianjin | /ɕian⁴⁵/ | |
Jinan | /ɕiã⁴²/ | |
Qingdao | /ɕyã⁴²/ | |
Zhengzhou | /ɕyan⁴²/ | |
Xi'an | /ɕiã²⁴/ | |
Xining | /ɕiã²⁴/ | |
Yinchuan | /ɕian⁵³/ | |
Lanzhou |
/ɕiɛ̃n⁵³/ 彈~子 /ɕyɛ̃n⁵³/ 續~ |
|
Ürümqi | /ɕian⁵¹/ | |
Wuhan | /ɕiɛn²¹³/ | |
Chengdu | /ɕyan³¹/ | |
Guiyang | /ɕian²¹/ | |
Kunming | /ɕiɛ̃³¹/ | |
Nanjing | /ɕyen²⁴/ | |
Hefei | /ɕyĩ⁵⁵/ | |
Jin | Taiyuan | /ɕye¹¹/ |
Pingyao | /ɕye̞¹³/ | |
Hohhot | /ɕye³¹/ | |
Wu | Shanghai | /ɦi²³/ |
Suzhou | /ɦiɪ¹³/ | |
Hangzhou | /ɦiẽ̞²¹³/ | |
Wenzhou | /ji³¹/ | |
Hui | Shexian | /ɕye⁴⁴/ |
Tunxi | ||
Xiang | Changsha | /ɕiẽ¹³/ |
Xiangtan | /ɕiẽ¹²/ | |
Gan | Nanchang | /ɕyɵn⁴⁵/ 三~ |
Hakka | Meixian | /hian¹¹/ |
Taoyuan | /hien¹¹/ | |
Cantonese | Guangzhou | /jin²¹/ |
Nanning | /jin²¹/ | |
Hong Kong | /jyn²¹/ | |
Min | Xiamen (Min Nan) | /hian³⁵/ |
Fuzhou (Min Dong) | /hieŋ⁵³/ | |
Jian'ou (Min Bei) | /xyiŋ²¹/ | |
Shantou (Min Nan) | /hĩ⁵⁵/ | |
Haikou (Min Nan) |
/hin³¹/ /i³¹/ |
Rime | |
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Character | 弦 |
Reading # | 1/1 |
Initial (聲) | 匣 (33) |
Final (韻) | 先 (85) |
Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
Openness (開合) | Open |
Division (等) | IV |
Fanqie | 胡田切 |
Reconstructions | |
Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ɦen/ |
Pan Wuyun |
/ɦen/ |
Shao Rongfen |
/ɣɛn/ |
Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ɦɛn/ |
Li Rong |
/ɣen/ |
Wang Li |
/ɣien/ |
Bernard Karlgren |
/ɣien/ |
Expected Mandarin Reflex |
xián |
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
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Character | 弦 |
Reading # | 1/1 |
Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
xián |
Middle Chinese |
‹ hen › |
Old Chinese |
/*[ɢ]ˤi[n]/ |
English | string of bow or instrument |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; |
Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
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Character | 弦 |
Reading # | 1/1 |
No. | 14020 |
Phonetic component |
玄 |
Rime group |
元 |
Rime subdivision |
2 |
Corresponding MC rime |
賢 |
Old Chinese |
/*ɡeːn/ |
Definitions
弦
- string
- crescent
- spring of a clock
- (music) string on a musical instrument
- (music) stringed instruments or music played by stringed instruments
- (mathematics) chord
- (geometry) hypotenuse
- (figuratively) wife
- A surname.
Compounds
Derived terms from 弦
References
Japanese
Kanji
弦
- bowstring
Readings
Compounds
Korean
Hanja
弦 • (hyeon) (hangeul 현, revised hyeon, McCune-Reischauer hyŏn, Yale hyen)
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Vietnamese
Han character
弦 (huyền)
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