串

Translingual

Etymology

Pictographic, representing objects strung together.

Han character

串 (radical 2 丨+6, 7 strokes, cangjie input 中中 (LL), four-corner 5000₆, composition ⿻丨吕)

1. string
2. relatives
3. conspire
4. skewer

Derived characters

• 患

References

• KangXi: page 80, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 80
• Dae Jaweon: page 162, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 30, character 2
• Unihan data for U+4E32

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		串

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chuàn (chuan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cyun³, gwaan³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: chuàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄢˋ
    • Wade-Giles: ch'uan⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuann
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯a̠n⁵¹/

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: cyun³, gwaan³
    • Yale: chyun, gwaan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsyn³, gwaan³
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰyːn³³/, /kʷɑːn³³/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (串, reconstructed)
Character (串), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 見 (28) Final: 刪 Division: II			Openness: Closed Tone: Departing (H)			Fanqie: 古患切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/kɣuanH/	/kwanH/	/kuanH/	/kʷɯanH/	/kwaɨnH/	/kwanH/	/kuɐnH/

Old Chinese pronunciation (串, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
串								guàn								‹ kwænH ›								/*kˤro[n]-s/								custom
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
串					1646					串					元					3					慣					/*kroːns/
串					1647					串					元					3					釧					/*kʰjons/

Etymology

Modern chuàn, Middle Chinese kʷɯanL (Pan Wuyun), Old Chinese *kroːns (Zhengzhang Shangfang). Cognate with 穿 (chuān, Old Chinese *kʰljon, "to pierce through → to wear"), 貫 (guàn, Old Chinese *koːn, *koːns, "to penetrate").

Adjective

串

1. (slang) cocksure, arrogant
2. (slang) sarcastic

Compounds

• 串儿

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Japanese

Kanji

串

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• Goon: けん (ken), せん (sen)
• Kan’on: かん (kan), せん (sen)
• Kun: くし (kushi), つらぬく (串く, tsuranuku)

Kanji in this term

串

くし Grade: S

kun'yomi

Noun

串 (hiragana くし, romaji kushi)

1. skewer

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Korean

Hanja

串 (got, gwan, cheon, chan)
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 곶, 관, 천, 찬 (revised: got, gwan, cheon, chan, McCune-Reischauer: kot, kwan, ch'ŏn, ch'an)

• Name (hangeul): 땅 이름, 꿸, 꿰미, 꼬챙이 (revised: ttang ireum, kkwel, kkwemi, kkochaengi, McCune-Reischauer: ttang irǔm, kkwel, kkwemi,, kkoch'aengi)

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References

• Naver Hanja Dictionary: 串

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Vietnamese

Han character

串 (xuyến, quán, xiên, xuyên)

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References

• Nom Foundation