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Definition 2024


Translingual

Han character

(radical 61 +9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 心十一一 (PJMM), four-corner 93016, composition)

  1. relax

References

  • KangXi: page 393, character 26
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10891
  • Dae Jaweon: page 730, character 3
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2331, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+6103

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*qʰrolʔ, *qʰonʔ
*qʰoːn, *ɡoːn, *qʰon
*ɡoːn, *ɡɯːŋ
*ɡoːn
*ɡoːn, *kɯːŋ
*ɡoːn
*sqʰon
*qʰonʔ
*qʰonʔ
*ɡʷaːn
*ɡʷaːn, *ɢʷan
*sqʰʷan
*sqʰʷan, *qʰʷanʔ
*sqʰʷan
*sqʰʷans
*qʰʷan
*qʰʷan
*qʰʷan
*qʰʷan
*qʰʷan
*qʰʷan
*ɢʷan
*qʰʷans

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (16) (32)
Final () (78) (66)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division () III III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/siuᴇn/ /hʉɐnX/
Pan
Wuyun
/sʷiɛn/ /hʷiɐnX/
Shao
Rongfen
/sjuæn/ /xiuɐnX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/swian/ /huanX/
Li
Rong
/siuɛn/ /xiuɐnX/
Wang
Li
/sĭwɛn/ /xĭwɐnX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/si̯wɛn/ /xi̯wɐnX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
xuān xuǎn
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 14007 14016
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*sqʰʷan/ /*qʰʷanʔ/

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings


Korean

Hanja

(seon) (hangeul , revised seon, McCune-Reischauer sŏn, Yale sen)

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