灛

Translingual

Han character

灛 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+20, 23 strokes, cangjie input 水日弓十 (EANJ), four-corner 3712₀, composition ⿰氵闡)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 663, character 31
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18793
• Dae Jaweon: page 1072, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1797, character 6
• Unihan data for U+705B

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		灛

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
嚲	*taːlʔ
癉	*taːlʔ, *taːls, *taːn, *daːn
奲	*taːlʔ, *tʰjaːlʔ
驒	*daːl, *daːn, *teːn
鼉	*daːl
磾	*teːl
鷤	*deːl, *deːls, *daːn
觶	*tjal, *tjals
單	*taːn, *djan, *djanʔ, *djans
鄲	*taːn
殫	*taːn
簞	*taːn
匰	*taːn
襌	*taːn
彈	*daːn, *daːns
貚	*daːn, *deːn
撣	*daːn, *daːnʔ, *daːns, *djan, *taːnʔ
潬	*daːnʔ
僤	*daːnʔ, *daːns, *djan
憚	*daːns
樿	*tjanʔ
燀	*tjanʔ, *tʰjan, *tʰjanʔ
戰	*tjans
闡	*tʰjanʔ
繟	*tʰjanʔ
幝	*tʰjanʔ
嘽	*tʰaːn, *tʰjanʔ
灛	*tʰjanʔ
蟬	*djan
禪	*djan, *djans
嬋	*djan
墠	*djanʔ
鱓	*djanʔ
蕇	*teːnʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chǎn (chan³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cin²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chǎn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻan³
    • Yale: chǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chaan
    • Palladius: чань (čanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰän²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: cin²
    • Yale: chín
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsin²
    • Guangdong Romanization: qin²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyhenX

Rime
Character	灛
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	昌 (24)
Final (韻)	仙 (77)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	昌善切
Baxter	tsyhenX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕʰiᴇnX/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕʰiɛnX/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕʰjænX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cʰianX/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕʰiɛnX/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕʰĭɛnX/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛnX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cin2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*tʰjanʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	灛
Reading #	1/1
No.	2026
Phonetic component	單
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	闡
Old Chinese	/*tʰjanʔ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 灛

1. name of an ancient river in Ningyang County, Shandong province, China