汧

汧 U+6C67, 汧 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6C67 ← 汦 [U+6C66] CJK Unified Ideographs 汨 → [U+6C68]

汧 U+2F8FE, 汧 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F8FE ← 泍 [U+2F8FD] CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 洖 → [U+2F8FF]

Translingual

Han character

汧 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+4, 7 strokes, Cangjie input 水一廿 (EMT), four-corner 3114₀, composition ⿰氵开)

1. name of a river in Shandong province
2. marsh
3. float

Derived characters

• 䓑

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 607, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17400
• Dae Jaweon: page 1000, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1558, character 1
• Unihan data for U+6C67

• Unihan data for U+2F8FE

Chinese

simp. and trad.		汧

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 汧
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
笄	*kŋeː
枅	*kŋeː
蚈	*kŋeː, *ŋ̊ʰeːn
羿	*ŋeːs
栞	*ŋ̊ʰaːn
雃	*ŋaːn, *ŋ̊ʰeːn
詽	*ŋreːn, *tŋ̊ʰeːn
揅	*ŋeːn
幵	*kŋeːn
鳽	*kŋeːn, *ŋeːn, *ŋ̊ʰreːŋ, *ŋreːɡ
豣	*kŋeːn, *ŋeːns
麉	*kŋeːn, *ŋ̊ʰeːn
趼	*kŋeːnʔ, *ŋeːn, *ŋeːns
汧	*ŋ̊ʰeːn, *ŋ̊ʰeːns
岍	*ŋ̊ʰeːn
研	*ŋɡeːn, *ŋeːns
妍	*ŋeːn
訮	*hŋeːn
鈃	*ɡeːŋ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiān (qian¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hin¹
• Jin (Wiktionary): qie¹

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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: hin¹
    • Yale: hīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiːn⁵⁵/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: qie¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕʰie¹¹/

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• Middle Chinese: khen, khenH

Rime
Character	汧	汧
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	先 (85)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	IV
Fanqie	苦堅切	苦甸切
Baxter	khen	khenH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰen/	/kʰenH/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰen/	/kʰenH/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰɛn/	/kʰɛnH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰɛn/	/kʰɛnH/
Li Rong	/kʰen/	/kʰenH/
Wang Li	/kʰien/	/kʰienH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kʰien/	/kʰienH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qiān	qiàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hin1	hin3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋ̊ʰeːn/, /*ŋ̊ʰeːns/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	汧	汧
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	6166	6175
Phonetic component	幵	幵
Rime group	元	元
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	牽	俔
Old Chinese	/*ŋ̊ʰeːn/	/*ŋ̊ʰeːns/

Definitions

汧

1. marsh; pool
2. (Jin) to wipe; to scour; to scrub; to erase
3. Used in place names.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 擦 (“to wipe”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		擦
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	擦, 抹
	Taiwan	擦, 抹
	Malaysia	擦
	Singapore	擦, 抹
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	擦, 搌
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	揩, 抹, 擦
	Wuhan	之, 揩, 抹, 搌
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	擦, 揩, 抹
	Hefei	擦, 揩, 抹
Cantonese	Guangzhou	擦, 抹, 捽
	Hong Kong	擦, 抹, 捽
	Yangjiang	抹, 拭, 擦
	Yangjiang (Yangdong)	拭
	Yangdong (Yashao)	抹, 拭, 擦
	Yangchun	抹, 擦
	Yangxi	抹, 拭, 擦
	Penang (Guangfu)	擦
	Singapore (Guangfu)	擦
Gan	Nanchang	揩, 抹, 擦
Hakka	Meixian	捽
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	捽
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	捽
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	捽
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	捽
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	捽
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	捽
	Kuching (Hepo)	捽
Jin	Taiyuan	汧, 擦
Northern Min	Jian'ou	拭
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	拭, 挸
Southern Min	Xiamen	拭, 揉
	Quanzhou	拭, 揉
	Zhangzhou	拭, 揉
	Tainan	拭, 揉
	Penang (Hokkien)	拭, 揉
	Singapore (Hokkien)	拭
	Manila (Hokkien)	拭
	Chaozhou	拭, 㧫, 抙
	Raoping	拭, 㧫
	Shantou	㧫
	Shantou (Chenghai)	㧫
	Jieyang	拭, 㧫, 抙
	Singapore (Teochew)	拭, 㧫
Wu	Shanghai	揩
	Suzhou	揩
	Haining (Xiashi)	揩
	Yixing	揩
	Hangzhou	揩
	Ningbo	揩
	Wenzhou	擦, 𢄺
Xiang	Changsha	湊, 抹, 揩
	Shuangfeng	揩, 抹

Compounds

• 汧陽 / 汧阳 (“Qianyang”)

Japanese

Kanji

汧

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): けん (ken)、けい (kei)、きょう (kyō)、げん (gen)
• Kun: さわ (sawa)、ただよう (tadayō)、きよい (kiyoi)