褰

Translingual

Han character

褰 (Kangxi radical 145, 衣+10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 十廿金女 (JTCV), four-corner 3073₂, composition ⿱𡨄衣)

1. underclothing
2. to pick up one's skirts

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1122, character 32
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34513
• Dae Jaweon: page 1590, character 23
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3106, character 10
• Unihan data for U+8930

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Chinese

trad.		褰
simp. #		褰

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 褰
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
寒	*ɡaːn
蹇	*kranʔ, *kanʔ
謇	*kranʔ
搴	*kranʔ, *kʰran
藆	*kranʔ
騫	*kʰran
褰	*kʰran
攐	*kʰran
鑳	*ɡranʔ
寋	*ɡanʔ
鶱	*qʰan

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiān (qian¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hin¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cian
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien¹
    • Yale: chyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chian
    • Palladius: цянь (cjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: hin¹
    • Yale: hīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiːn⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: khjen

Rime
Character	褰
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	仙 (79)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	去乾切
Baxter	khjen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰˠiᴇn/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰᵚiɛn/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰiæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰian/
Li Rong	/kʰjɛn/
Wang Li	/kʰĭɛn/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰi̯ɛn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qiān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hin1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*kʰra[n]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰran/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	褰
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	qiān
Middle Chinese	‹ khjen ›
Old Chinese	/*kʰra[n]/
English	trousers; lift up (a garment)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	褰
Reading #	1/1
No.	4876
Phonetic component	寒
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	愆
Old Chinese	/*kʰran/

Definitions

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Japanese

Kanji

褰

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. to pull up (raise a garment covering the lower half of the body)

Readings

• On (unclassified): けん (ken); こん (kon)
• Kun: はかま (hakama)

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Korean

Hanja

褰 (eum 건 (geon))

1. (clothing) roll up
2. outspread
3. open up
4. baggy trousers worn by Koreans

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Vietnamese

Han character

褰: Hán Nôm readings: khiên

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References

• Nom Foundation