耑

See also: 專 and 端

Translingual

Han character

耑 (Kangxi radical 126, 而+3, 9 strokes, cangjie input 山一月中 (UMBL), four-corner 2222₇, composition ⿱山而)

Derived characters

• 偳, 喘, 㙐, 媏, 㟨, 惴, 揣, 湍, 遄, 腨, 椯, 煓, 猯, 瑞, 端, 褍, 諯(𫍱), 䝎, 貒, 踹, 輲, 鍴, 䵎, 剬, 㪜, 歂, 㼷, 顓(颛), 䳪, 篅, 圌

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 962, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28880
• Dae Jaweon: page 1410, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2812, character 1
• Unihan data for U+8011

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Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 耑
Shang	Spring and Autumn	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
揣	*toːlʔ, *sʰrolʔ
褍	*toːlʔ, *toːn
惴	*tjols
圌	*djol, *djon
篅	*djol, *djon
瑞	*djols
端	*toːn
剬	*toːn, *tjonʔ
偳	*toːn, *tʰoːn
鍴	*toːn
耑	*toːn
踹	*toːns, *djonʔ
湍	*tʰoːn, *tjon
煓	*tʰoːn
貒	*tʰoːn, *tʰoːns
諯	*stʰons, *tjon, *tʰjons, *djon
顓	*tjon
喘	*tʰjonʔ
遄	*djon
輲	*djon
椯	*djon
歂	*djon, *djonʔ
腨	*djonʔ

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 耑 – see 端 (“to hold something level with hand; end; tip; etc.”). (This character is recorded in one or more historical dictionaries as an ancient form of 端).

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		耑

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhuān (zhuan¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zyun¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): choan

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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/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: choan
    • Tâi-lô: tsuan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoafn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡suan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡suan³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡suan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡suan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡suan⁴⁴/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 耑

1. (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 專／专 (zhuān).
2. (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 𦓝 (“ancient wine vessel”).

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Japanese

Kanji

耑

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. specialized
2. concentrated

Readings

• On (unclassified): せん (sen); たん (tan)
• Kun: はし (hashi, 耑)

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Korean

Hanja

耑 • (dan) (hangeul 단, revised dan, McCune–Reischauer tan, Yale tan)

1. end
2. limit

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 耑 (chuyên, đoan, xuyền)

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

References

• Nom Foundation