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Translingual

Han character

(radical 149 +6, 13 strokes, cangjie input 卜口心日 (YRPA), four-corner 07620)

  1. inquire into, ask about
  2. 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.
simp.

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Large seal script Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*skins
*skʰinʔ
*ɡʷreːn, *sqʰʷin
*qʰʷiːns
*qʰʷiːns, *ɡʷiːns, *sqʰʷin, *qʰʷjins, *ŋʷjin
*ɡʷiːn
*ɡʷiːn, *qʰʷreːŋ
迿 *ɡʷiːns, *sqʰʷins
*ɡʷiːns, *sqʰʷin
*l'iːŋ, *sqʰʷin, *sɢʷin, *ɢʷin
*sqʰʷin
*sqʰʷin
*sqʰʷin, *sɢʷin
*sqʰʷin
*sqʰʷin
*sqʰʷin
*sqʰʷin
*sqʰʷinʔ
*sqʰʷinʔ
*sɢʷin
*sɢʷins
*sɢʷins
*sɢʷins
*kʷin
*kʷin
*kʷin
*kʷin, *kʷrin
*kʷins
*ɡʷin
*ɢʷin, *ɡʷinʔ
*ɢʷin
*ɢʷins
*qʰʷreːŋ, *qʰʷreːŋs
*qʰʷreːŋ
*qʰʷreːŋ
*qʰʷreːŋ
*ɡʷeŋ
*ɡʷeŋ
*ɡʷeŋ
*sqʰʷrid

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (16)
Final () (47)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () III
Fanqie
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
Reading # 1/1
No. 16383
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*sqʰʷin/

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Japanese

Kanji

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Korean

Hanja

(sun) (hangeul , revised sun, McCune-Reischauer sun, Yale swun)

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