詢

See also: 询

Translingual

Han character

詢 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+6, 13 strokes, cangjie input 卜口心日 (YRPA), four-corner 0762₀, composition ⿰訁旬)

Related characters

• 询 (Simplified Chinese)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1156, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35411
• Dae Jaweon: page 1622, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3968, character 3
• Unihan data for U+8A62

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Chinese

trad.		詢
simp.		询

Glyph origin

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

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

	Old Chinese
枃	*skins
笉	*skʰinʔ
郇	*ɡʷreːn, *sqʰʷin
絢	*qʰʷiːns
眴	*qʰʷiːns, *ɡʷiːns, *sqʰʷin, *qʰʷjins, *ŋʷjin
盷	*ɡʷiːn
訇	*ɡʷiːn, *qʰʷreːŋ
迿	*ɡʷiːns, *sqʰʷins
姰	*ɡʷiːns, *sqʰʷin
畇	*l'iːŋ, *sqʰʷin, *sɢʷin, *ɢʷin
荀	*sqʰʷin
詢	*sqʰʷin
洵	*sqʰʷin, *sɢʷin
恂	*sqʰʷin
峋	*sqʰʷin
珣	*sqʰʷin
槆	*sqʰʷin
筍	*sqʰʷinʔ
箰	*sqʰʷinʔ
旬	*sɢʷin
殉	*sɢʷins
徇	*sɢʷins
侚	*sɢʷins
均	*kʷin
鈞	*kʷin
袀	*kʷin
汮	*kʷin, *kʷrin
呁	*kʷins
筠	*ɡʷin
荺	*ɢʷin, *ɡʷinʔ
匀	*ɢʷin
韵	*ɢʷins
輷	*qʰʷreːŋ, *qʰʷreːŋs
揈	*qʰʷreːŋ
鍧	*qʰʷreːŋ
渹	*qʰʷreːŋ
赹	*ɡʷeŋ
憌	*ɡʷeŋ
惸	*ɡʷeŋ
咰	*sqʰʷrid

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xún (xun²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seon¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sun / sûn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sung⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xún
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syún
    • Wade–Giles: hsün²
    • Yale: syún
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyun
    • Palladius: сюнь (sjunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕyn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: seon¹
    • Yale: sēun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soen¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sên¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sun
    • Tâi-lô: sun
    • Phofsit Daibuun: swn
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sun³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sûn
    • Tâi-lô: sûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suun
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sun¹³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen): /sun²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sun²³/

Note:

• sun - literary;
• sûn - vernacular (俗).

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: sung⁵
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sûng
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /suŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: swin

Rime
Character	詢
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	諄 (47)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	相倫切
Baxter	swin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/siuɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/sʷin/
Shao Rongfen	/sjuen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/swin/
Li Rong	/siuĕn/
Wang Li	/sĭuĕn/
Bernard Karlgren	/si̯uĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xūn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	seon1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sqʰʷin/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	詢
Reading #	1/1
No.	16383
Phonetic component	匀
Rime group	眞
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	荀
Old Chinese	/*sqʰʷin/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 詢

1. to inquire into; to ask about; to consult with

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Japanese

Kanji

詢

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): じゅん (jun); しゅん (shun)
• Kun: はかる (hakaru, 詢る); とう (tou, 詢う)

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Korean

Hanja

詢 • (sun) (hangeul 순, revised sun, McCune–Reischauer sun, Yale swun)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 詢 (tuân)

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References

• Nom Foundation