磚

See also: 砖 and 𥐯

Translingual

Han character

磚 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+11, 16 strokes, cangjie input 一口十戈戈 (MRJII), four-corner 1564₃, composition ⿰石專)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 835, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24418
• Dae Jaweon: page 1252, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2452, character 7
• Unihan data for U+78DA

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Chinese

trad.		磚
simp.		砖

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
竱	*toːn, *tjonʔ
團	*doːn
摶	*doːn, *doːn, *donʔ
篿	*doːn, *tjon
慱	*doːn
剸	*doːn, *tjonʔ, *tjons
鄟	*doːn, *tjon, *djonʔ
漙	*doːn
鷒	*doːn, *tjon
轉	*tonʔ, *tons
傳	*tons, *don, *dons
囀	*tons
縳	*donʔ, *dons
專	*tjon
磚	*tjon
甎	*tjon
塼	*tjon
嫥	*tjon
膞	*tjon, *tjonʔ, *djonʔ
鱄	*tjon, *tjonʔ
蓴	*djun

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tjon) : semantic 石 (“rock”) + phonetic 專 (OC *tjon).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhuān (zhuan¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zyun¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chôn
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chng / chuiⁿ / choan

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zeng¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhuān
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhuan
    • Wade–Giles: chuan¹
    • Yale: jwān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juan
    • Palladius: чжуань (čžuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯än⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zyun¹
    • Yale: jyūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzyn¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: jun¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syːn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chôn
    • Hakka Romanization System: zon´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zon¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡son²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung, Hsinchu, Lukang, Sanxia, Kinmen, Magong)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chng
    • Tâi-lô: tsng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zngf
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Kinmen): /t͡sŋ̍⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Lukang): /t͡sŋ̍³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Yilan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chuiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tsuinn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zvuy
    • IPA (Zhangzhou, Yilan): /t͡suĩ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: choan
    • Tâi-lô: tsuan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoafn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡suan³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡suan⁴⁴/

Note:

• chng/chuiⁿ - vernacular;
• choan - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: zeng¹
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsṳng
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɯŋ³³/

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• Middle Chinese: tsywen

Rime
Character	磚
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	仙 (78)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	職緣切
Baxter	tsywen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕiuᴇn/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕʷiɛn/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕjuæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cwian/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiuɛn/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭwɛn/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯wɛn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhuān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zyun1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*tjon/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	磚
Reading #	1/1
No.	17684
Phonetic component	專
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	專
Old Chinese	/*tjon/
Notes	塼後起或體

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 磚

1. brick (Classifier: 塊／块 m)
2. (computing slang, figurative) brick (an electronic device, especially a heavy box-shaped one, that has become non-functional or obsolete.)

   變磚／变砖  ―  biànzhuān  ―  (electronic devices) to become unfunctional

Synonyms

• 磚頭／砖头 (zhuāntóu)
• 磚塊／砖块 (zhuānkuài)
• (Hakka, Min Nan) 磚仔／砖仔

Compounds

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji

磚

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): せん (sen)
• Kun: かわら (kawara, 磚)

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Korean

Hanja

磚 • (jeon) (hangeul 전, revised jeon, McCune–Reischauer chŏn, Yale cen)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 磚 (chuyên, gạch)

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