杴

See also: 锨

Translingual

Han character

杴 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 木弓人 (DNO), four-corner 4798₂, composition ⿰木欠)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 513, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14502
• Dae Jaweon: page 901, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1173, character 12
• Unihan data for U+6774

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Chinese

trad.		杴
simp.		锨

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
坎	*kʰoːmʔ, *kʰoːms
扻	*kʰoːmʔ
砍	*kʰoːmʔ
芡	*ɡromʔ
欠	*kʰoms
杴	*qʰom
鍁	*qʰam

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiān (xian¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hin¹ / jan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sian
    • Wade–Giles: hsien¹
    • Yale: syān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shian
    • Palladius: сянь (sjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: hin¹ / jan¹
    • Yale: hīn / yān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hin¹ / jan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hin¹ / yen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiːn⁵⁵/, /jɐn⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: xjaem

Rime
Character	杴
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	嚴 (145)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	虚嚴切
Baxter	xjaem
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hɨɐm/
Pan Wuyun	/hiɐm/
Shao Rongfen	/xiɐm/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hɨam/
Li Rong	/xiɐm/
Wang Li	/xĭɐm/
Bernard Karlgren	/xi̯ɐm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	him1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰom/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	杴
Reading #	1/1
No.	10275
Phonetic component	欠
Rime group	談
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	𩏩
Old Chinese	/*qʰom/
Notes	今作鍁

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 杴

1. shovel
2. trough used to carry water

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Japanese

Kanji

杴

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): けん (ken); こん (kon)
• Kun: すき (suki)

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Vietnamese

Han character

杴: Hán Nôm readings: hân

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References

• Nom Foundation