棎

棎 U+68CE, 棎 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-68CE ← 棍 [U+68CD] CJK Unified Ideographs 棏 → [U+68CF]

Translingual

Han character

棎 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+8, 12 strokes, Cangjie input 木月金木 (DBCD), four-corner 4799₄, composition ⿰木罙)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 532, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14925
• Dae Jaweon: page 920, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1239, character 10
• Unihan data for U+68CE

Chinese

trad.		棎
simp. #		棎

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chán (chan²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sim⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chán
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chán
    • Wade–Giles: chʻan²
    • Yale: chán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: charn
    • Palladius: чань (čanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: sim⁴
    • Yale: sìhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sim⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xim⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːm²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: dzyem

Rime
Character	棎
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	鹽 (153)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	視占切
Baxter	dzyem
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʑiᴇm/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ʑiɛm/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʑjæm/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ʑiam/
Li Rong	/ʑiɛm/
Wang Li	/ʑĭɛm/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʑi̯ɛm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sim4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɦljom/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	棎
Reading #	1/1
No.	11251
Phonetic component	罙
Rime group	談
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	棎
Old Chinese	/*ɦljom/

Definitions

棎

1. (only used in 棎子树) kind of deciduous tree with fruit resembling pears