挸

挸 U+6338, 挸 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6338 ← 挷 [U+6337] CJK Unified Ideographs 挹 → [U+6339]

Translingual

Han character

挸 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 手月山山 (QBUU), four-corner 5601₀, composition ⿰扌見)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 432, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12104
• Dae Jaweon: page 781, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1882, character 1
• Unihan data for U+6338

Chinese

simp. and trad.		挸

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (見) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
涀	*ɡeːlʔ, *kʰeːns, *ɡeːns
莧	*ɡreːns
粯	*ɡreːns
晛	*ŋl'eːns, *ɡeːnʔ
筧	*keːnʔ
絸	*keːnʔ
垷	*keːnʔ, *ɡeːnʔ
挸	*keːnʔ
見	*keːns, *ɡeːns
俔	*kʰeːns, *ɡeːnʔ
蜆	*kʰeːns, *qʰeːnʔ, *ɡeːnʔ
硯	*ŋɡeːn, *ŋɡeːns
峴	*ɡeːnʔ
哯	*ɡeːnʔ
睍	*ɡeːnʔ
現	*ɡeːns

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǎn (jian³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaan²
• Eastern Min (BUC): gāng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎn
    • Wade–Giles: chien³
    • Yale: jyǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jean
    • Palladius: цзянь (czjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaan²
    • Yale: gáan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaan²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gan²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːn³⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: gāng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaŋ³³/

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• Middle Chinese: kenX

Rime
Character	挸
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	古典切
Baxter	kenX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kenX/
Pan Wuyun	/kenX/
Shao Rongfen	/kɛnX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɛnX/
Li Rong	/kenX/
Wang Li	/kienX/
Bernard Karlgren	/kienX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gin2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*keːnʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	挸
Reading #	1/1
No.	6191
Phonetic component	見
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	繭
Old Chinese	/*keːnʔ/

Definitions

挸

1. (Eastern Min) wipe with a damp cloth

   挸身 [Eastern Min]  ―  gāng sĭng / [kaŋ³³ siŋ⁵⁵] [Bàng-uâ-cê / IPA]  ―  to wipe oneself down; to wash oneself

Vietnamese

Han character

挸: Hán Nôm readings: kén

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