磚

See also: 砖 and 𥐯

磚 U+78DA, 磚 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-78DA ← 磙 [U+78D9] CJK Unified Ideographs 磛 → [U+78DB]

Translingual

Han character

磚 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+11, 16 strokes, cangjie input 一口十戈戈 (MRJII), four-corner 1564₃, composition ⿰石專)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 835, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24418
• Dae Jaweon: page 1252, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2452, character 7
• Unihan data for U+78DA

Chinese

trad.		磚
simp.		砖
alternative forms		磗 塼／砖 甎／砖 㼷 𥶸

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
竱	*toːn, *tjonʔ
團	*doːn
摶	*doːn, *doːn, *donʔ
篿	*doːn, *tjon
慱	*doːn
剸	*doːn, *tjonʔ, *tjons
鄟	*doːn, *tjon, *djonʔ
漙	*doːn
鷒	*doːn, *tjon
轉	*tonʔ, *tons
傳	*tons, *don, *dons
囀	*tons
縳	*donʔ, *dons
專	*tjon
磚	*tjon
甎	*tjon
塼	*tjon
嫥	*tjon
膞	*tjon, *tjonʔ, *djonʔ
鱄	*tjon, *tjonʔ
蓴	*djun

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tjon) : semantic 石 (“rock”) + phonetic 專 (OC *tjon).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): zhuān (zhuan¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄢ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): zuan¹

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zyun¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): chôn

  (Meixian, Guangdong): zon¹

• Jin (Wiktionary): zuan¹
• Northern Min (KCR): cuíng
• Eastern Min (BUC): cuŏng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chng / chuiⁿ / choan

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zeng¹

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹tsoe
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): qyenn¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhuān
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhuan
    • Wade–Giles: chuan¹
    • Yale: jwān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juan
    • Palladius: чжуань (čžuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯än⁵⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: zuan¹
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: zuan
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡suan⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zyun¹
    • Yale: jyūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzyn¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: jun¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syːn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chôn
    • Hakka Romanization System: zon´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zon¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡son²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: zon¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sɔn⁴⁴/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: zuan¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡suæ̃¹¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: cuíng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡suiŋ⁵⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: cuŏng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡suoŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung, Hsinchu, Lukang, Sanxia, Kinmen, Magong, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chng
    • Tâi-lô: tsng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zngf
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Kinmen, Singapore): /t͡sŋ̍⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Lukang): /t͡sŋ̍³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Yilan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chuiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tsuinn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zvuy
    • IPA (Zhangzhou, Yilan): /t͡suĩ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: choan
    • Tâi-lô: tsuan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoafn
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /t͡suan³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡suan⁴⁴/

Note:

• chng/chuiⁿ - vernacular;
• choan - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: zeng¹
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsṳng
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɯŋ³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹tsoe
    • MiniDict: tsoe^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tsoe
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sø⁵³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: qyenn¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy̯ẽ³³/

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• Middle Chinese: tsywen

Rime
Character	磚
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	仙 (78)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	職緣切
Baxter	tsywen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕiuᴇn/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕʷiɛn/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕjuæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cwian/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiuɛn/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭwɛn/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯wɛn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhuān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zyun1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*tjon/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	磚
Reading #	1/1
No.	17684
Phonetic component	專
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	專
Old Chinese	/*tjon/
Notes	塼後起或體

Definitions

磚

1. brick (Classifier: 塊／块 m)
2. tile; paving
3. (computing slang, figurative) brick (an electronic device, especially a heavy box-shaped one, that has become non-functional or obsolete)

   變磚／变砖  ―  biànzhuān  ―  (electronic devices) to become unfunctional

Synonyms

• 磚頭／砖头 (zhuāntóu)
• 磚塊／砖块 (zhuānkuài)
• (Hakka, Hokkien) 磚仔／砖仔
• (Hokkien) 磚仔角／砖仔角

Compounds

• 丟磚料瓦／丢砖料瓦
• 冰磚／冰砖 (bīngzhuān)
• 古磚／古砖
• 地磚／地砖
• 導盲磚／导盲砖 (dǎomángzhuān)
• 嵌鑲磚／嵌镶砖
• 引玉之磚／引玉之砖 (yǐnyùzhīzhuān)
• 彩磚／彩砖
• 懷磚之俗／怀砖之俗
• 打金磚／打金砖
• 拋磚引玉／抛砖引玉 (pāozhuānyǐnyù)
• 搬磚／搬砖 (bānzhuān)
• 搬磚砸腳／搬砖砸脚
• 敲門磚／敲门砖 (qiāoménzhuān)
• 方磚／方砖
• 木磚／木砖
• 泥磚／泥砖
• 添磚加瓦／添砖加瓦 (tiānzhuānjiāwǎ)
• 火磚／火砖
• 炕面磚／炕面砖
• 煤磚／煤砖 (méizhuān)
• 玻璃磚／玻璃砖
• 琉璃磚／琉璃砖
• 瓷磚／瓷砖 (cízhuān)
• 畫像磚／画像砖
• 畫象磚／画象砖
• 砌磚／砌砖 (qìzhuān)
• 磁磚／磁砖 (cízhuān)
• 磚坯／砖坯 (zhuānpī)
• 磚契／砖契
• 磚屋／砖屋
• 磚牆／砖墙
• 磚瓦／砖瓦 (zhuānwǎ)
• 磚畫／砖画
• 磨磚／磨砖
• 磨磚成鏡／磨砖成镜
• 磚窯／砖窑 (zhuānyáo)
• 磚茶／砖茶 (zhuānchá)
• 磚雕／砖雕 (zhuāndiāo)
• 磚頭／砖头 (zhuāntóu)
• 空心磚／空心砖
• 紅磚／红砖
• 耐火磚／耐火砖
• 茅廁的磚／茅厕的砖
• 茅廁磚頭／茅厕砖头
• 茶磚／茶砖 (cházhuān)
• 變磚／变砖 (biànzhuān)
• 鎂磚／镁砖
• 頂磚頭／顶砖头
• 飛磚擲瓦／飞砖掷瓦

 

References

• “磚”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

磚

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): せん (sen)
• Kun: かわら (kawara, 磚)

Korean

Hanja

磚 • (jeon) (hangeul 전, revised jeon, McCune–Reischauer chŏn, Yale cen)

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Vietnamese

Han character

磚: Hán Nôm readings: chuyên, gạch

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