汱

See also: 汏 and 汰

汱 U+6C71, 汱 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6C71 ← 汰 [U+6C70] CJK Unified Ideographs 汲 → [U+6C72]

Translingual

Han character

汱 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 水戈大 (EIK), four-corner 3313₄, composition ⿰氵犬)

Derived characters

• 𧚚

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 608, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17161
• Dae Jaweon: page 1001, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1561, character 1
• Unihan data for U+6C71

Chinese

Glyph origin

Etymologies 1 and 2

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

	Old Chinese
猚	*ŋreːl, *rulʔ
畎	*kʷeːnʔ
汱	*kʷeːnʔ
甽	*kljuns, *kʷeːnʔ
犬	*kʰʷeːnʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kʷeːnʔ) : semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 犬 (OC *kʰʷeːnʔ).

Etymology 4

Simplified from 洑 (伏 → 犬).

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		汱
alternative forms		𣴒

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): quǎn (quan³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gyun²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: quǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyuǎn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻüan³
    • Yale: chywǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheuan
    • Palladius: цюань (cjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gyun²
    • Yale: gyún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gyn²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gün²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kyːn³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: kwenX

Rime
Character	汱
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	先 (86)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	姑泫切
Baxter	kwenX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kwenX/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷenX/
Shao Rongfen	/kuɛnX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwɛnX/
Li Rong	/kuenX/
Wang Li	/kiwenX/
Bernard Karlgren	/kiwenX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	juǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gyun2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʷeːnʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	汱
Reading #	1/1
No.	10734
Phonetic component	犬
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	𡿨
Old Chinese	/*kʷeːnʔ/
Notes	見爾雅

Definitions

汱

1. (obsolete, rare, of water) to fall; to drop
2. (obsolete, rare) groundwater
3. the name of a river (clarification of this definition is needed)

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		汱
alternative forms		淺／浅

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khín

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khín
    • Tâi-lô: khín
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qien
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰin⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰin⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰin⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰin⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰin⁴¹/

Definitions

汱

1. (Hokkien) shallow
2. (Hokkien) simple; easy to understand
3. (Hokkien, of colour) light

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 汱 – see 汰 (“to rinse; to wash away; to discard; to eliminate through competition or selection; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 汰).

Etymology 4

For pronunciation and definitions of 汱 – see 洑. (This character is a variant form of 洑).

Etymology 5

For pronunciation and definitions of 汱 – see 泫 (“to flow; to trickle; to cry; to shed tears; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 泫).