灊

灊 U+704A, 灊 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-704A ← 灉 [U+7049] CJK Unified Ideographs 灋 → [U+704B]

灊 U+2F917, 灊 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F917 ← 㶖 [U+2F916] CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 災 → [U+2F918]

Translingual

Han character

灊 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+18, 21 strokes, Cangjie input 水一山月 (EMUB), four-corner 3112₇, composition ⿰氵鬵)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 662, character 26
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18750
• Dae Jaweon: page 1071, character 25
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1792, character 3
• Unihan data for U+704A

• Unihan data for U+2F917

Chinese

trad.		灊
simp. #		灊
alternative forms		潛／潜 𨽨

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
簪	*ʔsɯːm, *ʔsrɯm
撍	*ʔsluːm, *ʔsluːmʔ, *ʔsluːms, *ʔsrum
鐕	*ʔsluːm
憯	*sʰluːmʔ, *sʰlɯːmʔ
噆	*sʰluːmʔ, *ʔsluːb
朁	*sʰlɯːmʔ, *zlam
蠶	*zluːm
蚕	*zluːm, *hl'iːnʔ
糣	*sluːmʔ
熸	*ʔslom
鬵	*zlam, *zɯm, *ljɯm
灊	*zlam, *zɯm, *ljɯm
潛	*zlom, *zloms
僭	*ʔslɯːms
兓	*sl'ɯm
嶜	*zlum
兂	*ʔsrɯm
譖	*ʔsrums

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qián (qian²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cim⁴

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qián
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cián
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien²
    • Yale: chyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyan
    • Palladius: цянь (cjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: cim⁴
    • Yale: chìhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsim⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: qim⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːm²¹/

---

• Middle Chinese: zim, dzim, dzjem

Rime
Character	灊	灊	灊
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	邪 (17)	從 (15)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	侵 (139)	侵 (139)	鹽 (153)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	III
Fanqie	徐林切	昨淫切	昨鹽切
Baxter	zim	dzim	dzjem
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ziɪm/	/d͡ziɪm/	/d͡ziᴇm/
Pan Wuyun	/zim/	/d͡zim/	/d͡ziɛm/
Shao Rongfen	/zjem/	/d͡zjem/	/d͡zjæm/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/zim/	/d͡zim/	/d͡ziam/
Li Rong	/ziəm/	/d͡ziəm/	/d͡ziɛm/
Wang Li	/zĭĕm/	/d͡zĭĕm/	/d͡zĭɛm/
Bernhard Karlgren	/zi̯əm/	/d͡zʱi̯əm/	/d͡zʱi̯ɛm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xín	qín	qián
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cam4	cam4	cim4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*zlam/, /*zɯm/, /*ljɯm/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	灊	灊	灊
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	6708	6716	6717
Phonetic component	兓	兓	兓
Rime group	談	侵	侵
Rime subdivision	1	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	潛	𩷒	尋
Old Chinese	/*zlam/	/*zɯm/	/*ljɯm/

Definitions

灊

1. name of an ancient river in modern-day Sichuan province
2. name of an ancient place in Huoshan County, Anhui province, China

Japanese

Kanji

灊

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Readings

• On (unclassified): せん (sen)、ぜん (zen)、しん (shin)、じん (jin)