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Definition 2024


Translingual

Han character

(radical 85 +7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 水口月 (ERB), four-corner 36127)

  1. brook, stream
  2. select
  3. pure

References

  • KangXi: page 627, character 2
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17541
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1029, character 6
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1624, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+6D93

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*kʷens
*kʷens, *kʷeːns
*ɡʷenʔ, *qʷen, *qʷeːn
*qʰʷen, *qʷeːn
*qʷen
*qʷen
*ɢʷen
*kʷeːn
*kʷeːn
*kʷeːn, *kʷeːns
*kʷeːn, *qred, *qʷeːd
*kʷeːn, *ɡʷeːnʔ
*kʷeːnʔ, *ɡʷeːnʔ
*kʷeːnʔ, *kʷeːns
*kʷleːnʔ
*kʷeːns
*qʰʷeːn
*qʰʷeːn
*qʰʷeːn, *qʰʷeːns
*ɡʷeːnʔ
*qʷeːn
*qʷeːns

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (28)
Final () (86)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () IV
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kwen/
Pan
Wuyun
/kʷen/
Shao
Rongfen
/kuɛn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kwɛn/
Li
Rong
/kuen/
Wang
Li
/kiwen/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kiwen/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
juān
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 16069
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kʷeːn/

Definitions

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Compounds

  • 涓流
  • 涓涓
  • 涓滴
  • 涓滴歸公涓滴归公
  • 涓潔涓洁
  • 龐涓庞涓

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings


Korean

Hanja

(yeon) (hangeul , revised yeon, McCune-Reischauer yŏn, Yale yen)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(quyên, quen, quên)

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