㨴

Translingual

Han character

㨴 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 手十十弓 (QJJN), composition ⿰扌乾)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 450, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1942, character 8
• Unihan data for U+3A34

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		㨴

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiàn (jian⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiàn
    • Wade–Giles: chien⁴
    • Yale: jyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiann
    • Palladius: цзянь (czjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 㨴

1. ^‡ to turn over; to collapse

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		㨴
alternative forms		掀

Has a nasal-stop alternant in 揭 (kit3). Compare Wuming Zhuang gwenj (“to uncover”).

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kin²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: kin²
    • Yale: kín
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kin²
    • Guangdong Romanization: kin²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiːn³⁵/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 㨴

1. (Cantonese) to lift (a lid); to uncover
2. (Cantonese) to flip (a page in a book)

Synonyms

• 揭 (jiē)