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斂
斂
See also: 敛
Translingual
Han character
斂 (radical 66 攴+13, 17 strokes, cangjie input 人人人大 (OOOK), four-corner 88840, composition ⿰僉攵)
References
- KangXi: page 476, character 2
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13407
- Dae Jaweon: page 830, character 33
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1478, character 7
- Unihan data for U+6582
Chinese
| trad. | 斂 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 敛 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 斂
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|---|---|---|
| Bronze inscriptions | Large seal script | Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (僉) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| Old Chinese | |
| 厱 | *raːm, *kʰreːm, *kʰlam |
| 歛 | *qʰlaːm |
| 臉 | *ɡr·reːmʔ, *skʰlam, *kramʔ |
| 醶 | *ɡr·reːmʔ, *skʰraːmʔ |
| 鹼 | *kreːmʔ, *skʰlam |
| 薟 | *ɡ·ram, *ɡ·ramʔ, *qʰram |
| 匳 | *ɡ·ram |
| 獫 | *ɡ·ram, *ɡ·ramʔ, *ɡ·rams, *qʰramʔ |
| 蘞 | *ɡ·ram, *ɡ·ramʔ, *qʰlam |
| 籢 | *ɡ·ram |
| 斂 | *ɡ·ramʔ, *ɡ·rams |
| 瀲 | *ɡ·ramʔ, *ɡ·rams |
| 撿 | *ɡ·ramʔ, *kramʔ |
| 羷 | *ɡ·ramʔ |
| 殮 | *ɡ·rams |
| 簽 | *skʰlam |
| 僉 | *skʰlam |
| 憸 | *skʰlam, *skʰlamʔ, *sqʰlam, *qʰramʔ |
| 譣 | *skʰlam, *qʰramʔ |
| 檢 | *kramʔ |
| 瞼 | *kramʔ |
| 儉 | *ɡramʔ |
| 顩 | *ŋramʔ, *rlɯmʔ, *kʰrɯmʔ |
| 嬐 | *ŋramʔ |
| 嶮 | *ŋramʔ, *hŋramʔ |
| 噞 | *ŋramʔ, *ŋrams |
| 驗 | *ŋrams |
| 險 | *qʰramʔ |
| 劒 | *kams |
| 劍 | *kams |
| 𩏩 | *qʰam |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄢˇ
- Wade-Giles: lien3
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lean
- IPA (key): /li̯ɛn²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄢˋ
- Wade-Giles: lien4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liann
- IPA (key): /li̯ɛn⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: lim6, lim5
- Yale: lihm, líhm
- Cantonese Pinyin: lim6, lim5
- IPA (key): /liːm²²/, /liːm¹³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liám
- Tâi-lô: liám
- Phofsit Daibuun: liarm
- IPA (Xiamen): /liam⁵³/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /liam⁵⁵⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /liam⁵³/
- IPA (Taipei): /liam⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /liam⁴¹/
- (Hokkien)
| Rime | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 斂 | 斂 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 來 (37) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 鹽 (153) | 鹽 (153) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 良冉切 | 力驗切 |
| Reconstructions | ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/liᴇmX/ | /liᴇmH/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/liɛmX/ | /liɛmH/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ljæmX/ | /ljæmH/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/liamX/ | /liamH/ |
| Li Rong |
/liɛmX/ | /liɛmH/ |
| Wang Li |
/lĭɛmX/ | /lĭɛmH/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/li̯ɛmX/ | /li̯ɛmH/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
liǎn | liàn |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 斂 | 斂 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
liǎn | liàn |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ ljemX › | ‹ ljemH › |
| Old Chinese |
/*[r][a]mʔ/ | /*[r][a]m-s/ |
| English | gather | dress a corpse |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | ||
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 斂 | 斂 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 10190 | 10197 |
| Phonetic component |
僉 | 僉 |
| Rime group |
談 | 談 |
| Rime subdivision |
1 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
斂 | 殮 |
| Old Chinese |
/*ɡ·ramʔ/ | /*ɡ·rams/ |
Definitions
斂
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References
- Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典)
- (Cantonese) Multi-function Chinese Character Database (漢語多功能字庫)
Japanese
Kanji
斂
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
斂 • (ryeom>yeom) (hangeul 렴>염, revised ryeom>yeom, McCune-Reischauer ryŏm>yŏm, Yale lyem>yem)
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Vietnamese
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