籤

See also: 籖 and 签

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *sʰem): semantic 竹 ‎(“bamboo”) + phonetic 韱 ‎(OC *sem)

Han character

籤 (radical 118 竹+17, 23 strokes, cangjie input 竹人戈一 (HOIM), four-corner 8815₃, composition ⿱⺮韱)

1. tally
2. lot
3. marker

References

• KangXi: page 905, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 26769
• Dae Jaweon: page 1330, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3032, character 15
• Unihan data for U+7C64

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Chinese

trad.		籤
simp.		签

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiān (qian¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cim¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhiâm
• Min Nan (POJ): chhiam

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: qiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢ
    • Wade-Giles: ch'ien¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chian
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: cim¹
    • Yale: chīm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsim¹
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːm⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhiâm
    • Hakka Romanization System: qiam´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: qiam¹
    • IPA: /t͡ɕʰi̯am²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiam
    • Tâi-lô: tshiam
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiafm
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕʰiam⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕʰiam⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /t͡sʰiᴇm/▼

Rime
Character	籤
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	鹽 (153)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	七廉切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰiᴇm/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰiɛm/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰjæm/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰiam/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰiɛm/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰĭɛm/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sʰi̯ɛm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qiān

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*sʰem/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	籤
Reading #	1/1
No.	13482
Phonetic component	韱
Rime group	談
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*sʰem/

Definitions

籤

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Japanese

Kanji

籤

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

• On: せん (sen)
• Kun: くじ (kuji), かずとり (kazutori)

Noun

籤 ‎(hiragana くじ, romaji kuji)

1. lottery

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Korean

Hanja

籤 • ‎(cheom) (hangeul 첨, revised cheom, McCune-Reischauer ch'ŏm, Yale chem)

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Vietnamese

Han character

籤 (thiêm, tiêm)

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