犍

Translingual

Han character

犍 (Kangxi radical 93, 牛+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 竹手弓大手 (HQNKQ), four-corner 2554₄, composition ⿰牜建)

1. a bullock
2. a fabulous monster

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 702, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20078
• Dae Jaweon: page 1115, character 24
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1814, character 13
• Unihan data for U+728D

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		犍

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
犍	*ɡran, *kan
騝	*ɡran, *kan
鍵	*ɡran, *ɡranʔ, *ɡanʔ
揵	*ɡran, *kanʔ
鞬	*kan
腱	*kan, *ɡans
湕	*kanʔ
建	*kans
旔	*kans
楗	*ɡanʔ
健	*ɡans

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiān, qián (jian¹, qian²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢ, ㄑㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gin¹ / kin⁴

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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/
      
  • (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: gin¹ / kin⁴
    • Yale: gīn / kìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gin¹ / kin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gin¹ / kin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiːn⁵⁵/, /kʰiːn²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: kjon, gjen

Rime
Character	犍	犍
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	元 (65)	仙 (79)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	居言切	渠焉切
Baxter	kjon	gjen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɨɐn/	/ɡˠiᴇn/
Pan Wuyun	/kiɐn/	/ɡᵚiɛn/
Shao Rongfen	/kiɐn/	/ɡiæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɨan/	/gian/
Li Rong	/kiɐn/	/ɡjɛn/
Wang Li	/kĭɐn/	/ɡĭɛn/
Bernard Karlgren	/kɨ̯ɐn/	/gi̯ɛn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiān	qián
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gin1	kin4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡran/, /*kan/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	犍	犍
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	6209	6215
Phonetic component	建	建
Rime group	元	元
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	乾	𢳚
Old Chinese	/*ɡran/	/*kan/

Definitions

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References

• “犍”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

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Japanese

Kanji

犍

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): けん (ken); こん (kon); げん (gen)

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Korean

Hanja

犍 • (geon) (hangeul 건, revised geon, McCune–Reischauer kŏn, Yale ken)

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