僊

僊 U+50CA, 僊 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-50CA ← 僉 [U+50C9] CJK Unified Ideographs 僋 → [U+50CB]

Translingual

Alternative forms

• 仙 (currently used in both traditional and simplified forms to replace the archaic form 僊)

Han character

僊 (radical 9 人+11, 13 strokes, cangjie input 人一田山 (OMWU), four-corner 2121₂, composition ⿰亻䙴 (TK) or ⿰亻⿱䙲巳 (GJ))

1. Taoist super-being, transcendent, immortal (archaic form of 仙)

References

• KangXi: page 115, character 29
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1055
• Dae Jaweon: page 246, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 209, character 2
• Unihan data for U+50CA

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Chinese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 僊 – see 仙 (“xian; fairy; celestial being; etc.”). (This character, 僊, is a variant form of 仙.)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 僊 – see 遷 (“to ascend; to go up; to promote; to be promoted; etc.”). (This character, 僊, is a variant form of 遷.)

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Japanese

Kanji

僊

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): せん (sen)
• Kun: やまびと (yamabito), せんにん (sennin)

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Korean

Hanja

僊 • (seon) (hangeul 선, revised seon, McCune-Reischauer sŏn)

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