撰

Translingual

Han character

撰 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 手口山金 (QRUC), four-corner 5708₁, composition ⿰扌巽)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 456, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12753
• Dae Jaweon: page 805, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1964, character 3
• Unihan data for U+64B0

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Chinese

trad.		撰
simp. #		撰

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
撰	*sɡroːnʔ, *sɡronʔ
饌	*sɡroːnʔ, *sɡrons
譔	*skʰon, *sɡronʔ, *sɡrons
鐉	*skʰon
選	*sqʰonʔ, *sqʰons
繏	*sqʰons
潠	*sqʰons, *sqʰuːns
蟤	*skron
僎	*sɡronʔ, *sɡrons, *skun
襈	*sɡrons, *ɡrons
巽	*sqʰuːns
簨	*sqʰunʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhuàn (zhuan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zaan⁶ / zaan³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): choān

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhuàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhuàn
    • Wade–Giles: chuan⁴
    • Yale: jwàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juann
    • Palladius: чжуань (čžuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯än⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zaan⁶ / zaan³
    • Yale: jaahn / jaan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzaan⁶ / dzaan³
    • Guangdong Romanization: zan⁶ / zan³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saːn²²/, /t͡saːn³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: choān
    • Tâi-lô: tsuān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoan
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡suan⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡suan³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡suan²²/

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• Middle Chinese: dzrwaenX, dzrjwenX

Rime
Character	撰	撰
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	崇 (20)	崇 (20)
Final (韻)	刪 (70)	仙 (80)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	II	III
Fanqie	雛鯇切	士免切
Baxter	dzrwaenX	dzrjwenX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʒˠuanX/	/d͡ʒˠiuᴇnX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖ͡ʐʷᵚanX/	/ɖ͡ʐʷᵚiɛnX/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʒuɐnX/	/d͡ʒiuænX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖ͡ʐwaɨnX/	/ɖ͡ʐwianX/
Li Rong	/d͡ʒuanX/	/d͡ʒjuɛnX/
Wang Li	/d͡ʒwanX/	/d͡ʒĭwɛnX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɖ͡ʐʱwanX/	/ɖ͡ʐʱi̯wɛnX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhuàn	zhuàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zaan6	zyun6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[dz]ro[n]ʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*sɡroːnʔ/, /*sɡronʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	撰
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhuàn
Middle Chinese	‹ dzrjwenX ›
Old Chinese	/*[dz]ro[n]ʔ/
English	create, invent
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	撰	撰
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	14153	14162
Phonetic component	巽	巽
Rime group	元	元
Rime subdivision	3	3
Corresponding MC rime	撰	撰
Old Chinese	/*sɡroːnʔ/	/*sɡronʔ/
Notes		集韻改雛免切以與棧別

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 撰

1. to compose, to write, to compile

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Japanese

Kanji

撰

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

• Go-on: せん (sen); ぜん (zen)
• Kan-on: さん (san); せん (sen)
• Kan’yō-on: せん (sen)
• Kun: えらぶ (erabu, 撰ぶ)

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Korean

Hanja

撰 • (chan, cheon) (hangeul 찬, 천, revised chan, cheon, McCune–Reischauer ch'an, ch'ŏn, Yale chan, chen)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 撰 (soạn, chọn, chộn, dọn, dốn, rộn, soảng, soạng)

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