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詢
詢
See also: 询
Translingual
Han character
詢 (radical 149 言+6, 13 strokes, cangjie input 卜口心日 (YRPA), four-corner 07620)
- inquire into, ask about
- consult
References
- KangXi: page 1156, character 20
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35411
- Dae Jaweon: page 1622, character 2
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3968, character 3
- Unihan data for U+8A62
Chinese
| trad. | 詢 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 询 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 詢
| |
|---|---|
| Large seal script | Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (匀) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 枃 | *skins |
| 笉 | *skʰinʔ |
| 郇 | *ɡʷreːn, *sqʰʷin |
| 絢 | *qʰʷiːns |
| 眴 | *qʰʷiːns, *ɡʷiːns, *sqʰʷin, *qʰʷjins, *ŋʷjin |
| 盷 | *ɡʷiːn |
| 訇 | *ɡʷiːn, *qʰʷreːŋ |
| 迿 | *ɡʷiːns, *sqʰʷins |
| 姰 | *ɡʷiːns, *sqʰʷin |
| 畇 | *l'iːŋ, *sqʰʷin, *sɢʷin, *ɢʷin |
| 荀 | *sqʰʷin |
| 詢 | *sqʰʷin |
| 洵 | *sqʰʷin, *sɢʷin |
| 恂 | *sqʰʷin |
| 峋 | *sqʰʷin |
| 珣 | *sqʰʷin |
| 槆 | *sqʰʷin |
| 筍 | *sqʰʷinʔ |
| 箰 | *sqʰʷinʔ |
| 旬 | *sɢʷin |
| 殉 | *sɢʷins |
| 徇 | *sɢʷins |
| 侚 | *sɢʷins |
| 均 | *kʷin |
| 鈞 | *kʷin |
| 袀 | *kʷin |
| 汮 | *kʷin, *kʷrin |
| 呁 | *kʷins |
| 筠 | *ɡʷin |
| 荺 | *ɢʷin, *ɡʷinʔ |
| 匀 | *ɢʷin |
| 韵 | *ɢʷins |
| 輷 | *qʰʷreːŋ, *qʰʷreːŋs |
| 揈 | *qʰʷreːŋ |
| 鍧 | *qʰʷreːŋ |
| 渹 | *qʰʷreːŋ |
| 赹 | *ɡʷeŋ |
| 憌 | *ɡʷeŋ |
| 惸 | *ɡʷeŋ |
| 咰 | *sqʰʷrid |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄣˊ
- Wade-Giles: hsün2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyun
- IPA (key): /ɕyn³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: seon1
- Yale: sēun
- Cantonese Pinyin: soen1
- IPA (key): /sɵn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sun
- Tâi-lô: sun
- Phofsit Daibuun: swn
- IPA (Quanzhou): /sun³³/
- IPA (Xiamen): /sun⁴⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /sun⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sûn
- Tâi-lô: sûn
- Phofsit Daibuun: suun
- IPA (Quanzhou): /sun²⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /sun²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /sun²³/
- IPA (Xiamen): /sun²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /sun¹³/
- Note: sun - literary; sûn - vernacular (俗).
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 詢 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 心 (16) |
| Final (韻) | 諄 (47) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 相倫切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/siuɪn/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/sʷin/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/sjuen/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/swin/ |
| Li Rong |
/siuĕn/ |
| Wang Li |
/sĭuĕn/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/si̯uĕn/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
xūn |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 詢 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 16383 |
| Phonetic component |
匀 |
| Rime group |
眞 |
| Rime subdivision |
1 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
荀 |
| Old Chinese |
/*sqʰʷin/ |
Definitions
詢
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Japanese
Kanji
詢
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
詢 • (sun) (hangeul 순, revised sun, McCune-Reischauer sun, Yale swun)
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