秈

See also: 籼

Translingual

Han character

秈 (Kangxi radical 115, 禾+3, 8 strokes, cangjie input 竹木山 (HDU), four-corner 2297₀, composition ⿰禾山)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 849, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24927
• Dae Jaweon: page 1272, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2591, character 5
• Unihan data for U+79C8

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Chinese

trad.		秈
simp.		籼

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
山	*sreːn
疝	*sreːn, *sraːns
邖	*sreːn
汕	*sreːnʔ, *sraːns
訕	*sraːn, *sraːns
仙	*sen
秈	*sen
苮	*sen
屾	*srin

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Tai *saːlᴬ (“husked rice”) (Sagart, 2011).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiān (xian¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sin¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sian
    • Wade–Giles: hsien¹
    • Yale: syān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shian
    • Palladius: сянь (sjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: sin¹
    • Yale: sīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: sjen

Rime
Character	秈
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	仙 (77)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	相然切
Baxter	sjen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/siᴇn/
Pan Wuyun	/siɛn/
Shao Rongfen	/sjæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sian/
Li Rong	/siɛn/
Wang Li	/sĭɛn/
Bernard Karlgren	/si̯ɛn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sin1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sen/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	秈
Reading #	1/1
No.	11061
Phonetic component	山
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	仙
Old Chinese	/*sen/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 秈

1. indica rice (Oryza sativa subsp. indica)

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Japanese

Kanji

秈

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): せん (sen)
• Kun: うるち (uruchi)