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旃

旃

Translingual

Han character

旃 (radical 70 方+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 卜尸人月卜 (YSOBY), four-corner 0824₇, composition ⿸⿰方𠂉丹)

silk banner with bent pole

References

KangXi: page 482, character 17

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13640

Dae Jaweon: page 844, character 10

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2178, character 4

Unihan data for U+65C3

Chinese

simp. and trad.		旃

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (丹) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
丹	*taːn
旃	*tjan
栴	*tjan

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): zhān (zhan¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zin¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: zhān
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄢ
  - Wade-Giles: chan¹
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jan
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂa̠n⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zin¹
  - Yale: jīn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzin¹
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡siːn⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: /t͡ɕiᴇn/▼

Rime
Character	旃
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	仙 (77)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	諸延切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕiᴇn/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕiɛn/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕjæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cian/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiɛn/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭɛn/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯ɛn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhān

Old Chinese▼
(Zhengzhang): /*tjan/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	旃
Reading #	1/1
No.	1981
Phonetic component	丹
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	𩜾
Old Chinese	/*tjan/

Definitions

旃

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Compounds

嚼旃
廣夏細旃／广夏细旃
戎旃

旃檀
旃毛
旃荼羅／旃荼罗

旃裘
旃車／旃车

Japanese

Kanji

旃

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

On: せん (sen)

Kun: はた (hata)

Korean

Hanja

旃 • ‎(jeon) (hangeul 전, revised jeon, McCune-Reischauer chŏn, Yale cen)

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