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軒

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See also: 轩
軒 U+8ED2, 軒
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8ED2
← 軑
[U+8ED1]
CJK Unified Ideographs 軓 →
[U+8ED3]

Translingual

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Han character

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軒 (Kangxi radical 159, 車+3, 10 strokes, Cangjie input 十十一十 (JJMJ), four-corner 51040, composition ⿰車干)

Derived characters

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Further reading

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1240, character 3
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38187
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1715, character 8
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3514, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+8ED2

Chinese

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trad. 軒
simp. 轩
alternative forms 䡓/𲀝
𨍓
𩋱

Glyph origin

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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qʰan): semantic 車 (“carriage”) + phonetic 干 (OC *kaːn)

Pronunciation 1

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  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 軒
Mandarin Beijing /ɕyan⁵⁵/
Harbin /ɕyan⁴⁴/
Tianjin /ɕyan²¹/
Jinan /ɕyã²¹³/
Qingdao /ɕyã²¹³/
Zhengzhou /ɕyan²⁴/
Xi'an /ɕyã²¹/
Xining /ɕyã⁴⁴/
Yinchuan /ɕyan⁴⁴/
Lanzhou /ɕyɛ̃n³¹/
Ürümqi /ɕyan⁴⁴/
Wuhan /ɕiɛn⁵⁵/
/ɕyɛn⁵⁵/
Chengdu /ɕyan⁵⁵/
Guiyang /ɕian⁵⁵/
Kunming /ɕiɛ̃⁴⁴/
Nanjing /ɕyen³¹/
Hefei /ɕyĩ²¹/
Jin Taiyuan /ɕye¹¹/
Pingyao
Hohhot /ɕye³¹/
Wu Shanghai /ɕi⁵³/
Suzhou /ɕiɪ⁵⁵/
Hangzhou /ɕiẽ̞³³/
Wenzhou /ɕi³³/
Hui Shexian /ɕie³¹/
Tunxi /ɕyɛ¹¹/
Xiang Changsha /ɕiẽ³³/
Xiangtan /ɕyẽ³³/
Gan Nanchang
Hakka Meixian /hian⁴⁴/
Taoyuan
Cantonese Guangzhou /hin⁵³/
Nanning /hyn⁵⁵/
Hong Kong /hin⁵⁵/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /hian³⁵/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /hyoŋ⁴⁴/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /xyiŋ⁵⁴/
Shantou (Teochew) /hɯŋ³³/
Haikou (Hainanese) /hin²³/

Rime
Character 軒
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 曉 (32)
Final (韻) 元 (65)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 虚言切
Baxter xjon
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/hɨɐn/
Pan
Wuyun
/hiɐn/
Shao
Rongfen
/xiɐn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/hɨan/
Li
Rong
/xiɐn/
Wang
Li
/xĭɐn/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/xɨ̯ɐn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
xiān
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
hin1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 軒
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
xuān
Middle
Chinese
‹ xjon ›
Old
Chinese
/*qʰa[r]/
English nobleman"s carriage

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 軒
Reading # 1/1
No. 3641
Phonetic
component
干
Rime
group
元
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
軒
Old
Chinese
/*qʰan/

Definitions

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軒

  1. (historical) a kind of high-fronted, curtained carriage in ancient China, especially used by nobles
  2. high; lofty; airy
  3. (literary) window; door
  4. small room or veranda with windows (formerly used in names of studies, teahouses, restaurants, etc.)
  5. a surname

Compounds

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Pronunciation 2

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Definitions

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軒

  1. (historical) meat sliced in large pieces
    See also: 膾

References

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  • 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “轩”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 269.

Japanese

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Kanji

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軒

(Jōyō kanji)

Readings

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  • Go-on: こん (kon)
  • Kan-on: けん (ken, Jōyō)
  • Kun: のき (noki, 軒, Jōyō)

Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
軒
のき
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
簷
檐
宇

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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軒(のき) • (noki) 

  1. eaves
  2. narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
軒
けん
Grade: S
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 軒 (MC xjon).

Pronunciation

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Counter

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軒(けん) • (-ken) 

  1. counter for buildings like houses
    寄付(きふ)を募(つの)るため、数(すう)軒(けん)の家(いえ)を回(まわ)った。
    Kifu o tsunoru tame, sūken no ie o mawatta.
    We visited several houses to raise donations.
Derived terms
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References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Chinese 軒 (MC xjon). Recorded as Middle Korean 헌 (hen) (Yale: hen) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

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Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

軒 (eumhun 추녀 헌 (chunyeo heon))

  1. (literary) hanja form? of 헌 (“eaves”)
  2. (literary) hanja form? of 헌 (“type of carriage in ancient China”)
Compounds
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Etymology 2

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From Middle Chinese 軒 (MC hjonH).

Hanja

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軒 (eumhun 고기 저밀 헌 (gogi jeomil heon))

  1. (archaic) hanja form? of 헌 (“to slice meat in large portions”)

References

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  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典. [2]

Vietnamese

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Han character

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軒: Hán Việt readings: hiên (虛(hư)延(diên)切(thiết))[1][2][3][4][5]
軒: Nôm readings: hiên[1][2][3][4], hen[3][6][5], hên[3]

  1. chữ Hán form of hiên (“veranda”)

References

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