展

展 U+5C55, 展 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5C55 ← 屔 [U+5C54] CJK Unified Ideographs 屖 → [U+5C56]

Translingual

Han character

展 (radical 44, 尸+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 尸廿女 (STV), four-corner 7723₂, composition ⿸尸⿱龷⿰𠄌⿺乀丿(GJKV) or ⿸尸⿸⿱龷𠄌⿺乀丿(HT))

Derived characters

• 㜊 搌 榐 𤧷 𦟌 𥉲 碾 蹍 輾(辗) 䱼 囅(冁)

References

• KangXi: page 302, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7715
• Dae Jaweon: page 599, character 23
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 974, character 7
• Unihan data for U+5C55

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		展
alternative forms		㞡 𰍰 second round simplified

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
碾	*ndenʔ, *ndens
輾	*ndens, *tenʔ
展	*tenʔ, *tens
搌	*tenʔ, *tens, *tʰenʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *tenʔ, *tens): semantic 尸 + abbreviated phonetic 𧝑 ().

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): zhǎn (zhan³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄢˇ

  (Chengdu, SP): zan³

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zin²
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): chán / tién

  (Meixian, Guangdong): zan³

• Min Dong (BUC): diēng
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): tián / thián / thí / thíⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): diang² / diêng²

• Wu (Wiktionary): tsoe (T2)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄢˇ
    • Wade–Giles: chan3
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jaan
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhǎn
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂän²¹⁴/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: zan³
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: zan
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡san⁵³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zin²
    • Yale: jín
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzin²
    • Guangdong Romanization: jin²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːn³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chán / tién
    • Hakka Romanization System: zan` / dien`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zan³ / dian³
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡san³¹/, /ti̯en³¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: zan³
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡san³¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: diēng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tieŋ³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tián
    • Tâi-lô: tián
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diern
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɛn⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɛn⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /tiɛn⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thián
    • Tâi-lô: thián
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tiern
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰiɛn⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thí
    • Tâi-lô: thí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tie
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰi⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thíⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: thínn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tvie
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰĩ⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: diang² / diêng²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tiáng / tiéng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiaŋ⁵²/, /tieŋ⁵²/

Note:

• diang2 - Shantou;
• diêng2 - Chaozhou.

Wu

• (Shanghainese)
  • Wiktionary: tsoe (T2)
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sø³⁴/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 展
Mandarin	Beijing	/ʈ͡ʂan²¹⁴/
	Harbin	/ʈ͡ʂan²¹³/
	Tianjin	/ʈ͡ʂan¹³/ /t͡san¹³/
	Jinan	/ʈ͡ʂã⁵⁵/
	Qingdao	/tʃã⁵⁵/
	Zhengzhou	/ʈ͡ʂan⁵³/
	Xi'an	/ʈ͡ʂã⁵³/
	Xining	/ʈ͡ʂã⁵³/
	Yinchuan	/ʈ͡ʂan⁵³/
	Lanzhou	/ʈ͡ʂɛ̃n⁴⁴²/
	Ürümqi	/ʈ͡ʂan⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/t͡san⁴²/
	Chengdu	/t͡san⁵³/
	Guiyang	/t͡san⁴²/
	Kunming	/ʈ͡ʂã̠⁵³/
	Nanjing	/t͡saŋ²¹²/
	Hefei	/t͡sæ̃²⁴/ /ʈ͡ʂən²⁴/
Jin	Taiyuan	/t͡sæ̃⁵³/
	Pingyao	/ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵³/
	Hohhot	/t͡sæ̃⁵³/
Wu	Shanghai	/t͡sø³⁵/
	Suzhou	/t͡sø⁵¹/
	Hangzhou	/t͡sz̩ʷõ⁵³/
	Wenzhou	/t͡ɕi³⁵/
Hui	Shexian	/t͡ɕie³⁵/
	Tunxi	/t͡ɕiɛ³¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/ʈ͡ʂə̃⁴¹/
	Xiangtan	/t͡ɕyẽ⁴²/
Gan	Nanchang	/t͡sɛn²¹³/
Hakka	Meixian	/t͡san³¹/
	Taoyuan	/tʃɑn³¹/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/t͡sin³⁵/
	Nanning	/t͡sin³⁵/
	Hong Kong	/t͡sin³⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/tian⁵³/ /tʰĩ⁵³/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/tieŋ³²/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/t͡saŋ²¹/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/tiaŋ⁵³/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/t͡sin²¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: /ʈˠiᴇn^X/

Rime
Character	展
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	知 (9)
Final (韻)	仙 (79)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	Chongniu III
Fanqie	知演切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈˠiᴇnX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈᵚiɛnX/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶiænX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈianX/
Li Rong	/ȶjɛnX/
Wang Li	/ȶĭɛnX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȶi̯ɛnX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zin2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*trenʔ/, /*tra[n]-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*tenʔ/, /*tens/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	展	展
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhǎn	zhǎn
Middle Chinese	‹ trjenX ›	‹ trjenH ›
Old Chinese	/*trenʔ/	/*tra[n]-s/
English	roll over; unfold	ritual robe
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	展	展
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	16782	16785
Phonetic component	展	展
Rime group	元	元
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	展	𩥇
Old Chinese	/*tenʔ/	/*tens/
Notes		原從古體四工， 集韻或體作此

Definitions

展

1. to open; to unfold
2. to stretch; to extend
3. to postpone; to delay
4. to exhibit; to display
5. to give free play to; to display freely (abilities, etc.)
6. exhibition; show; public display
7. A surname.

Compounds

Derived terms from 展

• 一展身手
• 一展長才／一展长才
• 一籌莫展／一筹莫展 (yīchóumòzhǎn)
• 不展
• 伸展 (shēnzhǎn)
• 個展／个展 (gèzhǎn)
• 倫敦影展／伦敦影展
• 匯展／汇展
• 半籌莫展／半筹莫展
• 參展／参展 (cānzhǎn)
• 另謀發展／另谋发展
• 各展其長／各展其长
• 商展
• 回顧展／回顾展 (huígùzhǎn)
• 國際商展／国际商展
• 坎城影展
• 大展 (dàzhǎn)
• 大展宏圖／大展宏图 (dàzhǎnhóngtú)
• 大展抱負／大展抱负
• 大展襟抱
• 大展身手 (dàzhǎnshēnshǒu)
• 大展魅力
• 大展鴻圖／大展鸿图 (dàzhǎnhóngtú)
• 寬展／宽展
• 展伎
• 展出 (zhǎnchū)
• 展卷
• 展售
• 展子虔
• 展季
• 展布
• 展延
• 展性 (zhǎnxìng)
• 展才
• 展拜
• 展掙／展挣
• 展播
• 展放
• 展映

• 展望 (zhǎnwàng)
• 展期
• 展樣／展样
• 展汙／展污
• 展爪
• 展現／展现 (zhǎnxiàn)
• 展眉
• 展眼
• 展眼舒眉
• 展示 (zhǎnshì)
• 展禮／展礼
• 展禽
• 展緩／展缓 (zhǎnhuǎn)
• 展縮／展缩
• 展翅 (zhǎnchì)
• 展翅高飛／展翅高飞
• 展脣元音／展唇元音
• 展脫／展脱
• 展腳舒腰／展脚舒腰
• 展臂
• 展覽／展览 (zhǎnlǎn)
• 展覽品／展览品 (zhǎnlǎnpǐn)
• 展覽會／展览会 (zhǎnlǎnhuì)
• 展讀／展读
• 展賣／展卖 (zhǎnmài)
• 展賴／展赖
• 展轉／展转
• 展轉反側／展转反侧
• 展采
• 展開／展开 (zhǎnkāi)
• 展限
• 展露 (zhǎnlù)
• 展顏／展颜
• 展顯／展显
• 展驥／展骥
• 平展
• 延展性 (yánzhǎnxìng)
• 影展 (yǐngzhǎn)
• 愁眉不展 (chóuméibùzhǎn)

• 愁顏不展／愁颜不展
• 拓展 (tuòzhǎn)
• 招展 (zhāozhǎn)
• 推展 (tuīzhǎn)
• 擴展／扩展 (kuòzhǎn)
• 施展 (shīzhǎn)
• 書展／书展 (shūzhǎn)
• 東京影展／东京影展
• 柏林影展
• 潘公展
• 特展
• 玉展
• 畫展／画展 (huàzhǎn)
• 畸形發展／畸形发展
• 發展／发展 (fāzhǎn)
• 發展潛力／发展潜力
• 盡展所長／尽展所长
• 眉頭不展／眉头不展
• 社區發展／社区发展
• 社會發展／社会发展
• 紐約影展／纽约影展
• 經濟發展／经济发展
• 美展
• 聯展／联展 (liánzhǎn)
• 舒展 (shūzhǎn)
• 花枝招展 (huāzhīzhāozhǎn)
• 莫展一籌／莫展一筹
• 藝展／艺展
• 親展／亲展 (qīnzhǎn)
• 進展／进展 (jìnzhǎn)
• 道德發展／道德发展
• 郵展／邮展
• 鋪展／铺展 (pūzhǎn)
• 開展／开展 (kāizhǎn)
• 開眉展眼／开眉展眼
• 首展
• 鯤鵬展翅／鲲鹏展翅
• 鴻圖大展／鸿图大展

References

• “展”, 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–

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Japanese

Kanji

展

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. unfold
2. expand

Readings

• On (unclassified): てん (ten, Jōyō)
• Kun: のべる (noberu, 展べる); つらねる (tsuraneru, 展ねる); のびる (nobiru)
• Nanori: ひろ (hiro)

Compounds

• 展覧会(てんらんかい) (tenrankai): exhibition

Proper noun

展(まこと) • (Makoto) 

1. A male given name

Suffix

展(てん) • (-ten) 

1. exhibition

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Korean

Hanja

展 (eumhun 펼 전 (pyeol jeon))

1. Hanja form^? of 전 (“to unfold, spread”).

Compounds

• 전시회 (展示會, jeonsihoe, “exhibition”)

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Vietnamese

Han character

展: Hán Nôm readings: triển, chẽn

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