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選
選
See also: 选
Translingual
Han character
選 (radical 162 辵+12, 16 strokes, cangjie input 卜口山金 (YRUC), four-corner 37308)
References
- KangXi: page 1265, character 13
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39127
- Dae Jaweon: page 1761, character 4
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3886, character 1
- Unihan data for U+9078
Chinese
trad. | 選 | |
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simp. | 选 |
Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (巽) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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Old Chinese | |
撰 | *sɡroːnʔ, *sɡronʔ |
饌 | *sɡroːnʔ, *sɡrons |
譔 | *skʰon, *sɡronʔ, *sɡrons |
鐉 | *skʰon |
選 | *sqʰonʔ, *sqʰons |
繏 | *sqʰons |
潠 | *sqʰons, *sqʰuːns |
蟤 | *skron |
僎 | *sɡronʔ, *sɡrons, *skun |
襈 | *sɡrons, *ɡrons |
巽 | *sqʰuːns |
簨 | *sqʰunʔ |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢˇ
- Wade-Giles: hsüan3
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheuan
- IPA (key): /ɕy̯ɛn²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: syun2
- Yale: syún
- Cantonese Pinyin: syn2
- IPA (key): /ɕyːn³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sién
- Hakka Romanization System: xien`
- Hagfa Pinyim: xian3
- IPA: /ɕi̯en³¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soán
- Tâi-lô: suán
- Phofsit Daibuun: soarn
- IPA (Xiamen): /suan⁵³/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /suan⁵⁵⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /suan⁵³/
- IPA (Taipei): /suan⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /suan⁴¹/
- (Hokkien)
Rime | ||
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Character | 選 | 選 |
Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
Initial (聲) | 心 (16) | 心 (16) |
Final (韻) | 仙 (78) | 仙 (78) |
Tone (調) | Rising (X) | Departing (H) |
Openness (開合) | Closed | Closed |
Division (等) | III | III |
Fanqie | 思兖切 | 息眷切 |
Reconstructions | ||
Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/siuᴇnX/ | /siuᴇnH/ |
Pan Wuyun |
/sʷiɛnX/ | /sʷiɛnH/ |
Shao Rongfen |
/sjuænX/ | /sjuænH/ |
Edwin Pulleyblank |
/swianX/ | /swianH/ |
Li Rong |
/siuɛnX/ | /siuɛnH/ |
Wang Li |
/sĭwɛnX/ | /sĭwɛnH/ |
Bernard Karlgren |
/si̯wɛnX/ | /si̯wɛnH/ |
Expected Mandarin Reflex |
xuǎn | xuàn |
- Old Chinese▼
- (Baxter-Sagart): /*[s]o[n]ʔ/, /*[s]o[r]ʔ/, /*[s]o[n]ʔ-s/
- (Zhengzhang): /*sqʰonʔ/, /*sqʰons/
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |||
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Character | 選 | 選 | 選 |
Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 |
Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
xuǎn | xuǎn | xuàn |
Middle Chinese |
‹ sjwenX › | ‹ sjwenX › | ‹ sjwenH › |
Old Chinese |
/*[s]o[n]ʔ/ | /*[s]o[r]ʔ/ | /*[s]o[n]ʔ-s/ |
English | choose; count | count (v.) | even, orderly |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; |
Zhengzhang system (2003) | ||
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Character | 選 | 選 |
Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
No. | 14157 | 14158 |
Phonetic component |
巽 | 巽 |
Rime group |
元 | 元 |
Rime subdivision |
3 | 3 |
Corresponding MC rime |
選 | |
Old Chinese |
/*sqʰonʔ/ | /*sqʰons/ |
Definitions
選
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 選 (“to choose”) | ||
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Variety | Location | Words |
Classical Chinese | 選、擇 | |
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 選 | |
Mandarin | Beijing | 選、選擇 |
Cantonese | Guangzhou | 揀 |
Hong Kong | 揀 | |
Taishan | 揀 | |
Min Nan | Xiamen | 揀、選 |
Compounds
Derived terms from 選
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Japanese
Kanji
選
Readings
- Goon: せん (sen)
- Kan’on: せん (sen)
- On (unclassified): さん (san)
- Kun: えら (era), えらぶ (erabu), える (eru), よる (yoru)
- Nanori: かず (kazu), のぶ (nobu), よし (yoshi), より (yori)
Noun
Kanji in this term |
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選 |
せん Grade: 4 |
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Korean
Hanja
選 • (seon) (hangeul 선, revised seon, McCune-Reischauer sŏn, Yale sen)
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Vietnamese
Han character
選 (tuyển)
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