藖

Translingual

Han character

藖 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+15, 21 strokes, cangjie input 廿尸水金 (TSEC), composition ⿱艹賢)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1065, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32302
• Dae Jaweon: page 1530, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3318, character 11
• Unihan data for U+85D6

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		藖

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
臤	*kʰaːn, *kʰriːn, *ɡiːn, *kʰins
掔	*kʰriːn, *kʰiːn
慳	*kʰriːn
藖	*ɡriːn, *ɡriːns
堅	*kiːn
鋻	*kiːn, *kiːns
鰹	*kiːn
蜸	*kʰiːnʔ
菣	*kʰiːns, *kʰins
賢	*ɡiːn
礥	*ɡiːn, *ɢrin
臔	*ɡiːnʔ
挋	*kiŋs
臣	*ɡiŋ
茞	*ɡiŋ
腎	*ɡjinʔ
頣	*hŋiŋʔ
緊	*kinʔ
嚚	*ŋɡriŋ
鏗	*kʰreːŋ
摼	*kʰreːŋ
硻	*kʰreːŋ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xián (xian²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xián
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sián
    • Wade–Giles: hsien²
    • Yale: syán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyan
    • Palladius: сянь (sjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: hean, heanH

Rime
Character	藖	藖
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	山 (73)	山 (73)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	II
Fanqie	戸閒切	侯襇切
Baxter	hean	heanH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦˠɛn/	/ɦˠɛnH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦᵚæn/	/ɦᵚænH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣæn/	/ɣænH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦəɨn/	/ɦəɨnH/
Li Rong	/ɣɛn/	/ɣɛnH/
Wang Li	/ɣæn/	/ɣænH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣăn/	/ɣănH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xián	xiàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	haan4	haan6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡriːn/, /*ɡriːns/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	藖	藖
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	1328	1329
Phonetic component	臣	臣
Rime group	眞	眞
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	閑	莧
Old Chinese	/*ɡriːn/	/*ɡriːns/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 藖

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