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銓

銓

See also: 铨

Translingual

Han character

銓 (radical 167 金+6, 14 strokes, cangjie input 金人一土 (COMG), four-corner 88114)

  1. weigh, measure
  2. select officials

References

  • KangXi: page 1304, character 21
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40378
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1807, character 10
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4199, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+9293

Chinese

trad. 銓
simp. 铨

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (全) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
拴 *sroːn, *sʰlon
栓 *sroːn, *sron
跧 *ʔsroːn, *ʔsron, *ʔslun
痊 *sʰlon
詮 *sʰlon
荃 *sʰlon
銓 *sʰlon
筌 *sʰlon
輇 *sʰlon, *djon
硂 *sʰlon
佺 *sʰlon
駩 *sʰlon
絟 *sʰlon, *sʰlod
恮 *sʰlon, *ʔsron
峑 *sʰlon
全 *zlon
仝 *zlon, *doːŋ
牷 *zlon

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 銓
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 清 (14)
Final (韻) 仙 (78)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 此緣切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /t͡sʰiuᴇn/
Pan
Wuyun		 /t͡sʰʷiɛn/
Shao
Rongfen		 /t͡sʰjuæn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /t͡sʰwian/
Li
Rong		 /t͡sʰiuɛn/
Wang
Li		 /t͡sʰĭwɛn/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /t͡sʰi̯wɛn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 quān
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 銓
Reading # 1/1
No. 10708
Phonetic
component		 全
Rime
group		 元
Rime
subdivision		 3
Corresponding
MC rime		 詮
Old
Chinese		 /*sʰlon/

Definitions

銓

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Compounds

  • 胡銓／胡铨
  • 蔣士銓／蒋士铨
  • 銓列／铨列
  • 銓定考試／铨定考试
  • 銓廷／铨廷
  • 銓敘／铨叙
  • 銓次／铨次
  • 銓衡／铨衡
  • 銓選／铨选
  • 銓部／铨部

Japanese

Kanji

銓

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

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

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