葌

Translingual

Han character

葌 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 廿女女女 (TVVV), four-corner 4444₄, composition ⿱艹姦)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1044, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31394
• Dae Jaweon: page 1505, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3258, character 10
• Unihan data for U+844C

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Chinese

trad.		葌
simp. #		葌

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
姦	*kraːn
葌	*kraːn

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiān (jian¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jian
    • Wade–Giles: chien¹
    • Yale: jyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jian
    • Palladius: цзянь (czjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: kaen

Rime
Character	葌
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	刪 (69)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	古顔切
Baxter	kaen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠan/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚan/
Shao Rongfen	/kɐn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kaɨn/
Li Rong	/kan/
Wang Li	/kan/
Bernard Karlgren	/kan/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gaan1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kraːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	葌
Reading #	1/1
No.	6028
Phonetic component	姦
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	姦
Old Chinese	/*kraːn/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 葌

1. ^† Alternative name for 蘭草／兰草 (láncǎo, “orchid”).
2. ^† cogon grass