忏

See also: 懺

Translingual

Han character

忏 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 心竹十 (PHJ), four-corner 9204₀, composition ⿰忄千)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 376, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10315
• Dae Jaweon: page 702, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2272, character 8
• Unihan data for U+5FCF

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Chinese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 心 (“heart”) + phonetic 千 (OC *sn̥ʰiːn).

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 忏 – see 懺 (“to repent; to confess on account of repentance”). (This character is the simplified form of 懺).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		忏

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiān (qian¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cian
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien¹
    • Yale: chyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chian
    • Palladius: цянь (cjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 忏

1. ^† anger