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Translingual

Han character

(radical 61 +11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 心尸水土 (PSEG), four-corner 97014, composition)

  1. miserly, parsimonious, stingy

References

  • KangXi: page 400, character 8
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11140
  • Dae Jaweon: page 740, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2345, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+6173

Chinese

trad.
simp.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*kʰaːn, *kʰriːn, *ɡiːn, *kʰins
*kʰriːn, *kʰiːn
*kʰriːn
*ɡriːn, *ɡriːns
*kiːn
*kiːn, *kiːns
*kiːn
*kʰiːnʔ
*kʰiːns, *kʰins
*ɡiːn
*ɡiːn, *ɢrin
*ɡiːnʔ
*kiŋs
*ɡiŋ
*ɡiŋ
*ɡjinʔ
*hŋiŋʔ
*kinʔ
*ŋɡriŋ
*kʰreːŋ
*kʰreːŋ
*kʰreːŋ

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (29)
Final () (73)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () II
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kʰˠɛn/
Pan
Wuyun
/kʰᵚæn/
Shao
Rongfen
/kʰæn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kʰəɨn/
Li
Rong
/kʰɛn/
Wang
Li
/kʰæn/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kʰăn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
qiān
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 1327
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kʰriːn/

Definitions

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Compounds

  • 不打慳不打悭
  • 分淺緣慳分浅缘悭
  • 分薄緣慳分薄缘悭
  • 大破慳囊大破悭囊
  • 好事多慳好事多悭
  • 好事天慳好事天悭
  • 慳吝悭吝
  • 慳吝苦剋悭吝苦克
  • 慳嗇霖悭啬霖
  • 慳囊悭囊
  • 慳錢悭钱
  • 破慳破悭
  • 粉吝紅慳粉吝红悭
  • 緣慳分淺缘悭分浅
  • 緣慳命蹇缘悭命蹇
  • 老慳老悭

References


Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings


Korean

Hanja

(gan) (hangeul , revised gan, McCune-Reischauer kan, Yale kan)

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Vietnamese

Han character

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