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)

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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Cantonese

Hanzi

串 (Yale chyun3, gwaan3)

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

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Japanese

Kanji

串 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: かん (kan), けん (ken), せん (sen)
• Kun: くし (kushi), つらぬく (串く, tsuranuku)

Noun

串 (hiragana くし, romaji kushi)

1. skewer

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Korean

Hanja

串
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)

References

• Naver Hanja Dictionary: 串

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Mandarin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Hanzi

串 (pinyin chuàn (chuan4), Wade-Giles ch'uan⁴)

Compounds

• 串儿

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Vietnamese

Han character

串 (xuyến, quán, xiên, xuyên)

References

• Nom Foundation