湔

Translingual

Han character

湔 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 水廿月弓 (ETBN), four-corner 3812₁, composition ⿰氵前)

1. wash, cleanse
2. purge, purify
3. soak
4. to redress (a wrong)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 637, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17833
• Dae Jaweon: page 1044, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1686, character 4
• Unihan data for U+6E54

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Chinese

trad.		湔
simp. #		湔

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiān (jian¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zin¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chian / chiàn / chiân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jian
    • Wade–Giles: chien¹
    • Yale: jyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jian
    • Palladius: цзянь (czjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zin¹
    • Yale: jīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: jin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chian / chiàn / chiân
    • Tâi-lô: tsian / tsiàn / tsiân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciefn, ciexn, cieen
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɛn⁴⁴/, /t͡siɛn²¹/, /t͡siɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɛn³³/, /t͡siɛn⁴¹/, /t͡siɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɛn⁴⁴/, /t͡siɛn²¹/, /t͡siɛn¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɛn⁴⁴/, /t͡siɛn¹¹/, /t͡siɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɛn⁴⁴/, /t͡siɛn²¹/, /t͡siɛn²³/

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• Middle Chinese: dzen, tsen, tsjen, tsjenH

Rime
Character	湔	湔	湔	湔
Reading #	1/4	2/4	3/4	4/4
Initial (聲)	從 (15)	精 (13)	精 (13)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	先 (85)	先 (85)	仙 (77)	仙 (77)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	IV	III	III
Fanqie	昨先切	則前切	子仙切	子賤切
Baxter	dzen	tsen	tsjen	tsjenH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡zen/	/t͡sen/	/t͡siᴇn/	/t͡siᴇnH/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡zen/	/t͡sen/	/t͡siɛn/	/t͡siɛnH/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡zɛn/	/t͡sɛn/	/t͡sjæn/	/t͡sjænH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡zɛn/	/t͡sɛn/	/t͡sian/	/t͡sianH/
Li Rong	/d͡zen/	/t͡sen/	/t͡siɛn/	/t͡siɛnH/
Wang Li	/d͡zien/	/t͡sien/	/t͡sĭɛn/	/t͡sĭɛnH/
Bernard Karlgren	/d͡zʱien/	/t͡sien/	/t͡si̯ɛn/	/t͡si̯ɛnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qián	jiān	jiān	jiàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cin4	zin1	zin1	zin3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔslen/, /*ʔslens/, /*ʔsleːn/, /*zleːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	湔	湔	湔	湔
Reading #	1/4	2/4	3/4	4/4
No.	10242	10253	10255	10258
Phonetic component	前	前	前	前
Rime group	元	元	元	元
Rime subdivision	2	2	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	煎	箭	箋	前
Old Chinese	/*ʔslen/	/*ʔslens/	/*ʔsleːn/	/*zleːn/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 湔

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Japanese

Kanji

湔

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. wash
2. rinse

Readings

• On (unclassified): せん (sen); さん (san)
• Kun: あらう (arau)

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Korean

Hanja

湔 (eum 전 (jeon))

1. wash
2. cleanse
3. purge

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Vietnamese

Han character

湔: Hán Nôm readings: tiễn

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References

• Nom Foundation