柬

See also: 東

Translingual

Etymology

Ideogrammic compound (會意): 束 (“tie”) + 八 (“individually”)

Han character

柬 (radical 75 木+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 木田火 (DWF), four-corner 5090₆, composition ⿻木四)

1. letter, invitation
2. choose

Descendants

• 諫, 楝, 煉, 湅, 揀, 闌, 練, 鍊, 𣍃

References

• KangXi: page 520, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14655
• Dae Jaweon: page 908, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1179, character 4
• Unihan data for U+67EC

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		柬

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǎn (jian³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaan²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: jiǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˇ
    • Wade-Giles: chien³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jean
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaan²
    • Yale: gáan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaan²
    • IPA ^(key): /kɑːn³⁵/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (柬, reconstructed)
Character (柬), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 見 (28) Final: 山 Division: II			Openness: Open Tone: Rising (X)			Fanqie: 古限切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/kɣɛnX/	/kănX/	/kɛnX/	/kɯænX/	/kəɨnX/	/kænX/	/kænX/

Old Chinese pronunciation (柬, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
柬								jiǎn								‹ kɛnX ›								/*kˤr[a]nʔ/								select, distinguish
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
柬					6138					柬					元					2					簡					/*kreːnʔ/					揀初文

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Japanese

Kanji

柬

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On: かん (kan), けん (ken)
• Kun: えらぶ (erabu), てがみ (tegami)

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Korean

Hanja

柬 (gan) (hangeul 간, revised gan, McCune-Reischauer kan, Yale kan)

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Vietnamese

Han character

柬 (giản)

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