揃

揃 U+63C3, 揃 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-63C3 ← 揂 [U+63C2] CJK Unified Ideographs 揄 → [U+63C4]

Translingual

Han character

揃 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+9, 12 strokes, Cangjie input 手廿月弓 (QTBN), four-corner 5802₁, composition ⿰扌前)

1. to shear

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 440, character 26
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12319
• Dae Jaweon: page 791, character 23
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1923, character 13
• Unihan data for U+63C3

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
媊	*ʔslel, *ʔslenʔ
煎	*ʔslen, *ʔslens
湔	*ʔslen, *ʔslens, *ʔsleːn, *zleːn
鬋	*ʔslen, *ʔslenʔ, *ʔslens
剪	*ʔslenʔ
翦	*ʔslenʔ
譾	*ʔslenʔ
揃	*ʔslenʔ
箭	*ʔslens
葥	*ʔslens
前	*zleːn
騚	*zleːn
歬	*zleːn

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ʔslenʔ): semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 前 (OC *zleːn).

Etymology 1

trad.		揃
simp. #		揃
alternative forms		𢸄 㨵 𢶕 𢵏

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǎn (jian³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zin²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎn
    • Wade–Giles: chien³
    • Yale: jyǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jean
    • Palladius: цзянь (czjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zin²
    • Yale: jín
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzin²
    • Guangdong Romanization: jin²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːn³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tsjenX

Rime
Character	揃
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	仙 (77)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	即淺切
Baxter	tsjenX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡siᴇnX/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡siɛnX/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sjænX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sianX/
Li Rong	/t͡siɛnX/
Wang Li	/t͡sĭɛnX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡si̯ɛnX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zin2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔslenʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	揃
Reading #	1/1
No.	10249
Phonetic component	前
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	翦
Old Chinese	/*ʔslenʔ/

Definitions

揃

1. to cut; to shear; to trim
2. to skin an animal

Compounds

• 揃平
• 蚤揃

Etymology 2

trad.		揃
simp. #		揃

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiān (jian¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zin¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jian
    • Wade–Giles: chien¹
    • Yale: jyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jian
    • Palladius: цзянь (czjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zin¹
    • Yale: jīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: jin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːn⁵⁵/

Definitions

揃

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Compounds

• 揃搣

References

• “揃”, 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–

Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	Shinjitai (extended)	揃󠄀 揃+󠄀? (Adobe-Japan1)
揃󠄂 揃+󠄂? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
Print standard	揃
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Kanji

揃

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. be complete
2. to gather, assemble

Readings

• Go-on: せん (sen)
• Kan-on: せん (sen)
• Kun: きる (kiru, 揃る)、そろい (soroi, 揃い)^{←そろひ (sorofi, 揃ひ, historical)}、そろう (sorou, 揃う)^{←そろふ (sorofu, 揃ふ, historical)}、そろえる (soroeru, 揃える)^{←そろへる (soroferu, 揃へる, historical)}

Korean

Hanja

揃 • (jeon) (hangeul 전, revised jeon, McCune–Reischauer chŏn, Yale cen)

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