蘚

See also: 藓

Translingual

Han character

蘚 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+17, 23 strokes, cangjie input 廿弓火手 (TNFQ), four-corner 4435₁, composition ⿱艹鮮)

1. moss, lichen

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1069, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32483
• Dae Jaweon: page 1535, character 37
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3332, character 5
• Unihan data for U+861A

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Chinese

trad.		蘚
simp.		藓

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
鮮	*sen, *senʔ, *sens
廯	*sen, *senʔ
癬	*senʔ
蘚	*senʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎn (xian³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sin²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎn
    • Wade–Giles: hsien³
    • Yale: syǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shean
    • Palladius: сянь (sjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: sin²
    • Yale: sín
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sin²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xin²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: sjenX

Rime
Character	蘚
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	仙 (77)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	息淺切
Baxter	sjenX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/siᴇnX/
Pan Wuyun	/siɛnX/
Shao Rongfen	/sjænX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sianX/
Li Rong	/siɛnX/
Wang Li	/sĭɛnX/
Bernard Karlgren	/si̯ɛnX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sin2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*senʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蘚
Reading #	1/1
No.	13494
Phonetic component	鮮
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	獮
Old Chinese	/*senʔ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 蘚

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Japanese

Kanji

蘚

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): せん (sen)
• Kun: こけ (koke)

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Korean

Hanja

蘚 • (seon) (hangeul 선, revised seon, McCune–Reischauer sŏn, Yale sen)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 蘚 (tiển)

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