瞯

瞯 U+77AF, 瞯 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-77AF ← 瞮 [U+77AE] CJK Unified Ideographs 瞰 → [U+77B0]

Translingual

Han character

瞯 (Kangxi radical 109, 目+12, 17 strokes, Cangjie input 月山日弓月 (BUANB), composition ⿰目閒)

1. to peep
2. to spy

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 817, character 31
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23702
• Dae Jaweon: page 1230, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2515, character 6
• Unihan data for U+77AF

Chinese

trad.		瞯
simp.		𰥨
alternative forms		瞷／𬑗 覵 覸／𰴘

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
間	*kreːn, *kreːns
簡	*kreːnʔ
澗	*kreːns, *kraːns
鐧	*kreːns, *kraːns
蕑	*kreːn
覵	*kreːn, *kreːns, *pkrenʔ
襉	*kreːnʔ, *kreːns
僩	*kreːnʔ, *ɡraːnʔ
鬜	*kʰreːn, *kʰraːn, *kʰreːd
癇	*ɡreːn
瞯	*ɡreːn
憪	*ɡreːn, *ɡraːnʔ
橌	*ɡraːnʔ
撊	*ɡraːnʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xián, jiàn (xian², jian⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˊ, ㄐㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaan³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kàn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xián
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sián
    • Wade–Giles: hsien²
    • Yale: syán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyan
    • Palladius: сянь (sjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiàn
    • Wade–Giles: chien⁴
    • Yale: jyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiann
    • Palladius: цзянь (czjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gaan³
    • Yale: gaan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaan³
    • Guangdong Romanization: gan³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːn³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kàn
    • Tâi-lô: kàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kaxn
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kan²¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /kan⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: hean

Rime
Character	瞯
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	山 (73)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	戸閒切
Baxter	hean
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦˠɛn/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦᵚæn/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦəɨn/
Li Rong	/ɣɛn/
Wang Li	/ɣæn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɣăn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xián
Expected Cantonese Reflex	haan4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡreːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	瞯
Reading #	1/1
No.	6241
Phonetic component	閒
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	閑
Old Chinese	/*ɡreːn/

Definitions

瞯

1. (literary) to watch; to spy on
2. a surname

Compounds

• 瞯然 / 𰥨然

Japanese

Kanji

瞯

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. to peep
2. to spy

Readings

• On (unclassified): かん (kan)、げん (gen)、けん (ken)
• Kun: うわめずかい (uwamezukai)、ながしめ (nagashime)

Korean

Hanja

瞯 (eumhun 한 간 (han gan))

1. watch, see
2. peep