筅

Translingual

Han character

筅 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 竹竹土山 (HHGU), four-corner 8821₁, composition ⿱𥫗先)

1. bamboo brush
2. halberd

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 882, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25986
• Dae Jaweon: page 1310, character 26
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 2966, character 8
• Unihan data for U+7B45

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Chinese

trad.		筅
simp. #		筅

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎn (xian³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sin²
• Eastern Min (BUC): cēng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sián / chhéng / chhúiⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎn
    • Wade–Giles: hsien³
    • Yale: syǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shean
    • Palladius: сянь (sjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: sin²
    • Yale: sín
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sin²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xin²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn³⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: cēng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɛiŋ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sián
    • Tâi-lô: sián
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siern
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /siɛn⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɛn⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhéng
    • Tâi-lô: tshíng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zheang
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhúiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tshuínn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhvuie
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰuĩ⁵³/

Note:

• sián - literary;
• chhéng/chhuíⁿ - vernacular.

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• Middle Chinese: senX

Rime
Character	筅
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	蘇典切
Baxter	senX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/senX/
Pan Wuyun	/senX/
Shao Rongfen	/sɛnX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sɛnX/
Li Rong	/senX/
Wang Li	/sienX/
Bernard Karlgren	/sienX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sin2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sɯːnʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	筅
Reading #	1/1
No.	13464
Phonetic component	先
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	銑
Old Chinese	/*sɯːnʔ/
Notes	同箲

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 筅

1. a whiskbroom made of thin bamboo strips
2. to clean using such an implement

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Japanese

Kanji

筅

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: せん (sen)
• Kan-on: せん (sen)
• Kun: ささら (sasara, 筅)

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Korean

Hanja

筅 • (seon) (hangeul 선, revised seon, McCune–Reischauer sŏn, Yale sen)

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