繟

Translingual

Han character

繟 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 女火口口十 (VFRRJ), four-corner 2695₆, composition ⿰糹單)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 939, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27910
• Dae Jaweon: page 1378, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3452, character 3
• Unihan data for U+7E5F

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Chinese

trad.		繟
simp.		𦈎

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
嚲	*taːlʔ
癉	*taːlʔ, *taːls, *taːn, *daːn
奲	*taːlʔ, *tʰjaːlʔ
驒	*daːl, *daːn, *teːn
鼉	*daːl
磾	*teːl
鷤	*deːl, *deːls, *daːn
觶	*tjal, *tjals
單	*taːn, *djan, *djanʔ, *djans
鄲	*taːn
殫	*taːn
簞	*taːn
匰	*taːn
襌	*taːn
彈	*daːn, *daːns
貚	*daːn, *deːn
撣	*daːn, *daːnʔ, *daːns, *djan, *taːnʔ
潬	*daːnʔ
僤	*daːnʔ, *daːns, *djan
憚	*daːns
樿	*tjanʔ
燀	*tjanʔ, *tʰjan, *tʰjanʔ
戰	*tjans
闡	*tʰjanʔ
繟	*tʰjanʔ
幝	*tʰjanʔ
嘽	*tʰaːn, *tʰjanʔ
灛	*tʰjanʔ
蟬	*djan
禪	*djan, *djans
嬋	*djan
墠	*djanʔ
鱓	*djanʔ
蕇	*teːnʔ

Etymology 1

Same word as 嘽 (OC *tʰjanʔ, “easy-going; relaxed”) and perhaps 闡 (OC *tʰjanʔ, “to open; to explain; to disclose”) (Schuessler, 2007). Possibly related to 禪 (OC *djans, “to relinquish (< to be generous)”) and 坦 (OC *tʰaːnʔ, “at ease”) (ibid.).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chǎn (chan³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cin²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chǎn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻan³
    • Yale: chǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chaan
    • Palladius: чань (čanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰän²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: cin²
    • Yale: chín
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsin²
    • Guangdong Romanization: qin²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: dan, tsyhenX

Rime
Character	繟	繟
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	昌 (24)
Final (韻)	寒 (61)	仙 (77)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	徒干切	昌善切
Baxter	dan	tsyhenX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dɑn/	/t͡ɕʰiᴇnX/
Pan Wuyun	/dɑn/	/t͡ɕʰiɛnX/
Shao Rongfen	/dɑn/	/t͡ɕʰjænX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dan/	/cʰianX/
Li Rong	/dɑn/	/t͡ɕʰiɛnX/
Wang Li	/dɑn/	/t͡ɕʰĭɛnX/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱɑn/	/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛnX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tán	chǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	taan4	cin2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*tʰjanʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	繟
Reading #	1/1
No.	2023
Phonetic component	單
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	闡
Old Chinese	/*tʰjanʔ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 繟

1. ^† loose ribbon
2. ^† relaxed; indulgent

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chán (chan²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄢˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chán
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chán
    • Wade–Giles: chʻan²
    • Yale: chán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: charn
    • Palladius: чань (čanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰän³⁵/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 繟

1. (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 繟聯／𦈎联.

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Japanese

Kanji

繟

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): せん (sen), たん (tan), だん (dan), ぜん (zen)
• Kun: ゆるい (yurui)