遣

See also: 遺

Translingual

Han character

遣 (Kangxi radical 162, 辵+10, 14 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 13 strokes in mainland China and Japanese, cangjie input 卜中一口 (YLMR), four-corner 3530₇, composition ⿺辶⿱𠀐㠯)

Derived characters

• 鑓

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1263, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39052
• Dae Jaweon: page 1758, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3871, character 7
• Unihan data for U+9063

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Chinese

trad.		遣
simp. #		遣

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
遣	*kʰenʔ, *kʰens
繾	*kʰenʔ, *kʰens
譴	*kʰens

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiǎn (qian³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hin²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): khián / khiàn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): kiang²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciǎn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien³
    • Yale: chyǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chean
    • Palladius: цянь (cjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: hin²
    • Yale: hín
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hin²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hin²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiːn³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khián
    • Tâi-lô: khián
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qiern
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰiɛn⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰiɛn⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /kʰiɛn⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khiàn
    • Tâi-lô: khiàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qiexn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰiɛn⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰiɛn²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: kiang²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khiáng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiaŋ⁵²/

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• Middle Chinese: khjienX, khjienH

Rime
Character	遣	遣
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	仙 (77)	仙 (77)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	去演切	去戰切
Baxter	khjienX	khjienH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰiᴇnX/	/kʰiᴇnH/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰiɛnX/	/kʰiɛnH/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰjænX/	/kʰjænH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰianX/	/kʰianH/
Li Rong	/kʰiɛnX/	/kʰiɛnH/
Wang Li	/kʰĭɛnX/	/kʰĭɛnH/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰi̯ɛnX/	/kʰi̯ɛnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qiǎn	qiàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hin2	hin3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ʰe[n]ʔ/, /*[k]ʰe[n]ʔ-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰenʔ/, /*kʰens/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	遣	遣
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	qiǎn	qiàn
Middle Chinese	‹ khjienX ›	‹ khjienH ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]ʰe[n]ʔ/	/*[k]ʰe[n]ʔ-s/ (*kʰ- doesn"t palatalize)
English	send	grave goods
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	遣	遣
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	10264	10267
Phonetic component	遣	遣
Rime group	元	元
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	遣	譴
Old Chinese	/*kʰenʔ/	/*kʰens/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 遣

1. to send; to dispatch
2. to exile

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Japanese

Kanji

遣

(Jōyō kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): けん (ken, Jōyō)
• Kun: つかわす (tsukawasu, 遣わす, Jōyō)^{←つかはす (tukafasu, 遣はす, historical)}; つかう (tsukau, 遣う, Jōyō)^{←つかふ (tukafu, 遣ふ, historical)}; やる (yaru, 遣る); つかい (tsukai, 遣い)^{←つかひ (tukafi, 遣ひ, historical)}

Derived terms

• 遣(つか)う (tsukau)

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Korean

Hanja

遣 • (gyeon) (hangeul 견, revised gyeon, McCune–Reischauer kyŏn, Yale kyen)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 遣 (khiển, khiến)

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