汘

Translingual

Han character

汘 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 水竹十 (EHJ), composition ⿰氵千)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 605, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17131
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1552, character 4
• Unihan data for U+6C58

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		汘

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiān (qian¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cim⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cian
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien¹
    • Yale: chyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chian
    • Palladius: цянь (cjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: cim⁴
    • Yale: chìhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsim⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: qim⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːm²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: tshen

Rime
Character	汘
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	蒼先切
Baxter	tshen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰen/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰen/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰɛn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰɛn/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰen/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰien/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sʰien/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qiān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cin1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sn̥ʰiːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	汘
Reading #	1/1
No.	10796
Phonetic component	人
Rime group	眞
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	千
Old Chinese	/*sn̥ʰiːn/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 汘

1. name of an ancient river

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 汘 – see 潛 (“to go under water; to move under water; to hide; to conceal; etc.”). (This character is the second-round simplified form of 潛).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.