邅

邅 U+9085, 邅 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9085 ← 還 [U+9084] CJK Unified Ideographs 邆 → [U+9086]

Translingual

Han character

邅 (Kangxi radical 162, 辵+13, 16 strokes, Cangjie input 卜卜田一 (YYWM), four-corner 3018₁, composition ⿺辶亶)

1. turn
2. hard to walk
3. poor

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1266, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39175
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3890, character 13
• Unihan data for U+9085

Chinese

trad.		邅
simp. #		邅
alternative forms		㣶 𧾍

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
皽	*tjaʀ, *tanʔ, *tjanʔ
担	*taːnʔ
胆	*daːn, *daːn
疸	*taːnʔ, *taːns
觛	*taːnʔ, *taːns, *daːnʔ
亶	*taːnʔ
嬗	*taːnʔ, *tʰaːn, *djans
笪	*taːnʔ, *taːns, *taːd
狚	*taːnʔ, *taːns, *taːd
旦	*taːns
鴠	*taːns
譠	*tʰaːn, *rteːn
坦	*tʰaːnʔ
但	*daːn, *daːnʔ, *daːns
檀	*daːn
壇	*daːn
儃	*daːn, *djan
驙	*daːn, *tan
袒	*daːnʔ, *rdeːns
襢	*daːnʔ, *tanʔ, *tans
繵	*daːnʔ
膻	*daːnʔ
澶	*daːns, *djan
邅	*tan, *danʔ, *dans
鱣	*tan
饘	*tjan, *tjanʔ
旜	*tjan
氈	*tjan
鸇	*tjan
顫	*tjans
蟺	*djanʔ
擅	*djans
羶	*hljan
呾	*taːd, *ʔraːd
怛	*taːd
妲	*taːd
靼	*taːd, *tjad
炟	*taːd

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhān (zhan¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zin¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tian

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ziêng¹ / ziang¹ / diêng¹ / diang¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhān
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhan
    • Wade–Giles: chan¹
    • Yale: jān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jan
    • Palladius: чжань (čžanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zin¹
    • Yale: jīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: jin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tian
    • Tâi-lô: tian
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diefn
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /tiɛn⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɛn³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɛn⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /tiɛn⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɛn⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ziêng¹ / ziang¹ / diêng¹ / diang¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsieng / tsiang / tieng / tiang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sieŋ³³/, /t͡siaŋ³³/, /tieŋ³³/, /tiaŋ³³/

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• Middle Chinese: trjen, drjenX, drjenH

Rime
Character	邅	邅	邅
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	知 (9)	澄 (11)	澄 (11)
Final (韻)	仙 (79)	仙 (79)	仙 (79)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	III
Fanqie	張連切	除善切	持碾切
Baxter	trjen	drjenX	drjenH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈˠiᴇn/	/ɖˠiᴇnX/	/ɖˠiᴇnH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈᵚiɛn/	/ɖᵚiɛnX/	/ɖᵚiɛnH/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶiæn/	/ȡiænX/	/ȡiænH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈian/	/ɖianX/	/ɖianH/
Li Rong	/ȶjɛn/	/ȡjɛnX/	/ȡjɛnH/
Wang Li	/ȶĭɛn/	/ȡĭɛnX/	/ȡĭɛnH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȶi̯ɛn/	/ȡʱi̯ɛnX/	/ȡʱi̯ɛnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhān	zhàn	zhàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zin1	zin6	zin6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*tan/, /*danʔ/, /*dans/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	邅	邅	邅
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	2076	2082	2083
Phonetic component	旦	旦	旦
Rime group	元	元	元
Rime subdivision	1	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	邅	邅	邅
Old Chinese	/*tan/	/*danʔ/	/*dans/

Definitions

邅

1. to change direction
2. difficult; arduous

Compounds

• 屯邅 (zhūnzhān)
• 迍邅 (zhūnzhān)
• 迍邅之世
• 邅回
• 邅屯
• 邅迍
• 邅迴 / 邅回

Japanese

Kanji

邅

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. hesitant
2. faltering

Readings

• Go-on: てん (ten)
• Kan-on: てん (ten)
• Kun: なやむ (nayamu, 邅む)

Compounds

• 屯邅(ちゅんてん) (chunten), 迍邅(ちゅんてん) (chunten): faltering in worry

Korean

Hanja

邅 • (jeon) (hangeul 전, revised jeon, McCune–Reischauer chŏn, Yale cen)

1. hesitate