慳

See also: 悭

Translingual

Han character

慳 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 心尸水土 (PSEG), four-corner 9701₄, composition ⿰忄堅)

1. miserly, parsimonious, stingy

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 400, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11140
• Dae Jaweon: page 740, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2345, character 5
• Unihan data for U+6173

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Chinese

trad.		慳
simp.		悭

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
臤	*kʰaːn, *kʰriːn, *ɡiːn, *kʰins
掔	*kʰriːn, *kʰiːn
慳	*kʰriːn
藖	*ɡriːn, *ɡriːns
堅	*kiːn
鋻	*kiːn, *kiːns
鰹	*kiːn
蜸	*kʰiːnʔ
菣	*kʰiːns, *kʰins
賢	*ɡiːn
礥	*ɡiːn, *ɢrin
臔	*ɡiːnʔ
挋	*kiŋs
臣	*ɡiŋ
茞	*ɡiŋ
腎	*ɡjinʔ
頣	*hŋiŋʔ
緊	*kinʔ
嚚	*ŋɡriŋ
鏗	*kʰreːŋ
摼	*kʰreːŋ
硻	*kʰreːŋ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiān (qian¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haan¹

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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/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: haan¹
    • Yale: hāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: han¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːn⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: khean

Rime
Character	慳
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	山 (73)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	苦閑切
Baxter	khean
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰˠɛn/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰᵚæn/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰəɨn/
Li Rong	/kʰɛn/
Wang Li	/kʰæn/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰăn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qiān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	haan1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰriːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	慳
Reading #	1/1
No.	1327
Phonetic component	臣
Rime group	眞
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	慳
Old Chinese	/*kʰriːn/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 慳

1. stingy; miserly
2. stingy person; miser
3. (Cantonese) to save; to economize

Synonyms

• (stingy; miserly) 摳／抠 (kōu), 摳門／抠门 (kōumén), 吝嗇／吝啬 (lìnsè)

References

• “慳”, 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

慳

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: けん (ken)
• Kan-on: かん (kan)
• Kun: おしむ (oshimu, 慳む)

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Korean

Hanja

慳 (eum 간 (gan))

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Vietnamese

Han character

慳: Hán Nôm readings: ghen

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