檈

檈 U+6A88, 檈 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6A88 ← 檇 [U+6A87] CJK Unified Ideographs 檉 → [U+6A89]

Translingual

Han character

檈 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+13, 17 strokes, cangjie input 木田中女 (DWLV), composition ⿰木睘)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 556, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15647
• Dae Jaweon: page 945, character 32
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1302, character 2
• Unihan data for U+6A88

Chinese

simp. and trad.		檈

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
癏	*kʷraːn
擐	*kʷraːn, *ɡʷraːns
還	*ɡʷraːn, *sɢʷan
環	*ɡʷraːn
鬟	*ɡʷraːn
寰	*ɡʷraːn, *ɡʷeːns
闤	*ɡʷraːn
糫	*ɡʷraːn
圜	*ɡʷraːn, *ɡʷen
鐶	*ɡʷraːn
轘	*ɡʷraːn, *ɡʷraːns
澴	*ɡʷraːn
繯	*ɡʷraːns, *ɡʷeːnʔ
檈	*sɢʷan, *sɢʷin
儇	*qʰʷen
翾	*qʰʷen
蠉	*qʰʷen, *qʰʷenʔ
嬛	*qʰʷen, *qʷen, *ɡʷeŋ
譞	*qʰʷen
懁	*kʷeːns
獧	*kʷeːns
噮	*qʷeːns
彋	*ɡʷreːŋ, *ɡʷreːŋ
睘	*ɡʷeŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sɢʷan, *sɢʷin) : semantic 木 (“tree”) + phonetic 睘 (OC *ɡʷeŋ)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xuán (xuan²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syun⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuán
    • Wade–Giles: hsüan²
    • Yale: sywán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyuan
    • Palladius: сюань (sjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: syun⁴
    • Yale: syùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: syn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /syːn²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: swin, zjwen

Rime
Character	檈	檈
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	邪 (17)
Final (韻)	諄 (47)	仙 (78)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	相倫切	似宣切
Baxter	swin	zjwen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/siuɪn/	/ziuᴇn/
Pan Wuyun	/sʷin/	/zʷiɛn/
Shao Rongfen	/sjuen/	/zjuæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/swin/	/zwian/
Li Rong	/siuĕn/	/ziuɛn/
Wang Li	/sĭuĕn/	/zĭwɛn/
Bernard Karlgren	/si̯uĕn/	/zi̯wɛn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xūn	xuán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	seon1	cyun4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sɢʷan/, /*sɢʷin/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	檈	檈
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	16243	16258
Phonetic component	睘	睘
Rime group	元	眞
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	旋	荀
Old Chinese	/*sɢʷan/	/*sɢʷin/

Definitions

檈

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References

• Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 2), p. 132