剗

See also: 刬

剗 U+5257, 剗 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5257 ← 剖 [U+5256] CJK Unified Ideographs 剘 → [U+5258]

Translingual

Han character

剗 (Kangxi radical 18, 刀+8, 10 strokes, cangjie input 戈戈中弓 (IILN), composition ⿰戔刂)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 141, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2036
• Dae Jaweon: page 320, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 343, character 19
• Unihan data for U+5257

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Chinese

trad.		剗
simp.		刬

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
殘	*zlaːn, *zaːns
戔	*zlaːn
帴	*zlaːn, *saːns, *ʔslenʔ, *ʔsleːn, *sreːd
虥	*zreːn, *zreːn, *zreːnʔ, *zraːns
盞	*ʔsreːnʔ
醆	*ʔsreːnʔ, *ʔljenʔ
琖	*ʔsreːnʔ
剗	*sʰreːnʔ
棧	*zreːnʔ, *zraːns, *zrenʔ
輚	*zreːnʔ, *zraːns
嶘	*zreːnʔ
錢	*ʔslenʔ, *zlen
俴	*ʔslenʔ, *zlenʔ
籛	*ʔslenʔ, *ʔslens, *ʔsleːn
淺	*sʰlenʔ, *ʔsleːn
濺	*ʔsens, *ʔseːn
踐	*zlenʔ
諓	*zlenʔ, *zlens
餞	*zlenʔ, *zlens
賤	*zlens
綫	*slens
箋	*ʔsleːn
牋	*ʔsleːn

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chǎn (chan³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caan²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chǎn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻan³
    • Yale: chǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chaan
    • Palladius: чань (čanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰän²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: caan²
    • Yale: cháan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaan²
    • Guangdong Romanization: can²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːn³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tsrheanX

Rime
Character	剗
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	初 (19)
Final (韻)	山 (73)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	初限切
Baxter	tsrheanX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ʃʰˠɛnX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈ͡ʂʰᵚænX/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ʃʰænX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈ͡ʂʰəɨnX/
Li Rong	/t͡ʃʰɛnX/
Wang Li	/t͡ʃʰænX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʈ͡ʂʰănX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	caan2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sʰreːnʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	剗
Reading #	1/1
No.	5987
Phonetic component	戔
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	剗
Old Chinese	/*sʰreːnʔ/
Notes	見詛楚文

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 剗

1. (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 鏟／铲 (chǎn, “to root up; to level off; to raze; to destroy; to abolish; to exterminate”).

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chàn (chan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄢˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chàn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻan⁴
    • Yale: chàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chann
    • Palladius: чань (čanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰän⁵¹/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 剗

1. Only used in 一剗／一刬.

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Japanese

Kanji

剗

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. to level off
2. to trim
3. to pare down

Readings

• On (unclassified): さん (san)、せん (sen)
• Kun: けずる (kezuru, 剗る)、たいらにする (tairanisuru)

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Korean

Hanja

剗 • (jan) (hangeul 잔, revised jan, McCune–Reischauer chan)

1. to level off
2. to trim
3. to pare down