氈

See also: 毡 and 氊

Translingual

Han character

氈 (Kangxi radical 82, 毛+13, 17 strokes, cangjie input 卜一竹手山 (YMHQU), four-corner 0211₄, composition ⿰亶毛)

1. felt
2. rug, carpet
3. coarse fabrics used for rugs, carpets, wrappers, etc.

Related characters

• 氊

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 596, character 27
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16982
• Dae Jaweon: page 988, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2007, character 11
• Unihan data for U+6C08

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Chinese

trad.		氈
simp.		毡
alternative forms		氊

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 氈
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
皽	*tjaʀ, *tanʔ, *tjanʔ
担	*taːnʔ
胆	*daːn, *daːn
疸	*taːnʔ, *taːns
觛	*taːnʔ, *taːns, *daːnʔ
亶	*taːnʔ
嬗	*taːnʔ, *tʰaːn, *djans
笪	*taːnʔ, *taːns, *taːd
狚	*taːnʔ, *taːns, *taːd
旦	*taːns
鴠	*taːns
譠	*tʰaːn, *rteːn
坦	*tʰaːnʔ
但	*daːn, *daːnʔ, *daːns
檀	*daːn
壇	*daːn
儃	*daːn, *djan
驙	*daːn, *tan
袒	*daːnʔ, *rdeːns
襢	*daːnʔ, *tanʔ, *tans
繵	*daːnʔ
膻	*daːnʔ
澶	*daːns, *djan
邅	*tan, *danʔ, *dans
鱣	*tan
饘	*tjan, *tjanʔ
旜	*tjan
氈	*tjan
鸇	*tjan
顫	*tjans
蟺	*djanʔ
擅	*djans
羶	*hljan
呾	*taːd, *ʔraːd
怛	*taːd
妲	*taːd
靼	*taːd, *tjad
炟	*taːd

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tjan) : phonetic 亶 (OC *taːnʔ) + semantic 毛 (“hair, fur”).

In some fonts, the lower left is 且 (instead of 旦).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhān (zhan¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zin¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chân
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiam / chiⁿ / chian

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhān
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhan
    • Wade–Giles: chan¹
    • Yale: jān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jan
    • Palladius: чжань (čžanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zin¹
    • Yale: jīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: jin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chân
    • Hakka Romanization System: zan´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zan¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡san²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiam
    • Tâi-lô: tsiam
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciafm
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siam³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡siam⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tsinn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cvy
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sĩ³³/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sĩ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chian
    • Tâi-lô: tsian
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciefn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɛn³³/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡siɛn⁴⁴/

Note: chiam - literary, chiⁿ - vernacular, chian - vernacular (俗).

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• Middle Chinese: tsyen

Rime
Character	氈
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	仙 (77)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	諸延切
Baxter	tsyen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕiᴇn/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕiɛn/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕjæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cian/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiɛn/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭɛn/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯ɛn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zin1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*ta[n]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*tjan/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	氈
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhān
Middle Chinese	‹ tsyen ›
Old Chinese	/*ta[n]/
English	felt (n.)
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	氈
Reading #	1/1
No.	2086
Phonetic component	旦
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	𩜾
Old Chinese	/*tjan/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 氈

1. felt
2. felt underlay (used in Chinese calligraphy)

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Japanese

Kanji

氈

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: せん (sen)
• Kan-on: せん (sen)

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Korean

Hanja

氈 • (jeon)

• Eumhun:
  • Sound (hangeul): 전 (revised: jeon, McCune–Reischauer: chŏn, Yale: cen)
  • Name (hangeul): 모전(솜털로 만든 모직물)
    

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 氈 (chen, chiên)

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