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撰

撰

Translingual

Han character

撰 (radical 64 手+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 手口山金 (QRUC), four-corner 57081, composition ⿰扌巽)

References

  • KangXi: page 456, character 23
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12753
  • Dae Jaweon: page 805, character 16
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1964, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+64B0

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 撰

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (巽) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
撰 *sɡroːnʔ, *sɡronʔ
饌 *sɡroːnʔ, *sɡrons
譔 *skʰon, *sɡronʔ, *sɡrons
鐉 *skʰon
選 *sqʰonʔ, *sqʰons
繏 *sqʰons
潠 *sqʰons, *sqʰuːns
蟤 *skron
僎 *sɡronʔ, *sɡrons, *skun
襈 *sɡrons, *ɡrons
巽 *sqʰuːns
簨 *sqʰunʔ

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 撰 撰
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 崇 (20) 崇 (20)
Final (韻) 刪 (70) 仙 (80)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division (等) II Chongniu III
Fanqie 雛鯇切 士免切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /d͡ʒˠuanX/ /d͡ʒˠiuᴇnX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɖ͡ʐʷᵚanX/ /ɖ͡ʐʷᵚiɛnX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /d͡ʒuɐnX/ /d͡ʒiuænX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ɖ͡ʐwaɨnX/ /ɖ͡ʐwianX/
Li
Rong		 /d͡ʒuanX/ /d͡ʒjuɛnX/
Wang
Li		 /d͡ʒwanX/ /d͡ʒĭwɛnX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ɖ͡ʐʱwanX/ /ɖ͡ʐʱi̯wɛnX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 zhuàn zhuàn
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 撰
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 zhuàn
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ dzrjwenX ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[dz]ro[n]ʔ/
English create, invent

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 撰 撰
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 14153 14162
Phonetic
component		 巽 巽
Rime
group		 元 元
Rime
subdivision		 3 3
Corresponding
MC rime		 撰 撰
Old
Chinese		 /*sɡroːnʔ/ /*sɡronʔ/
Notes 集韻改雛免切以與棧別

Definitions

撰

  1. to compose, to write, to compile

Compounds

  • 修撰
  • 憑空杜撰／凭空杜撰
  • 撰寫／撰写 (zhuànxiě)
  • 撰文
  • 撰次
  • 撰稿
  • 撰稿人
  • 撰著
  • 撰述
  • 撰錄／撰录
  • 杜撰 (dùzhuàn)
  • 結撰／结撰
  • 編撰／编撰
  • 自撰

Japanese

Kanji

撰

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

撰 • ‎(chan, cheon) (hangeul 찬, 천, revised chan, cheon, McCune-Reischauer ch'an, ch'ŏn, Yale chan, chen)

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Vietnamese

Han character

撰 (soạn, chọn, chộn, dọn, dốn, rộn, soảng, soạng)

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