璨

璨 U+74A8, 璨 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-74A8 ← 璧 [U+74A7] CJK Unified Ideographs 璩 → [U+74A9]

Translingual

Han character

璨 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+13, 17 strokes, cangjie input 一土卜水木 (MGYED), four-corner 1719₄, composition ⿰𤣩粲)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 742, character 30
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21270
• Dae Jaweon: page 1152, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1139, character 16
• Unihan data for U+74A8

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Chinese

trad.		璨
simp. #		璨

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
餐	*sʰaːn
湌	*sʰaːn
粲	*sʰaːns
燦	*sʰaːns
璨	*sʰaːns
薒	*sʰaːns
殩	*sʰoːns

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sʰaːns) : semantic 玉 (“jade”) + phonetic 粲 (OC *sʰaːns).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): càn (can⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caan³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: càn
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: càn
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻan⁴
    • Yale: tsàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsann
    • Palladius: цань (canʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: caan³
    • Yale: chaan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaan³
    • Guangdong Romanization: can³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːn³³/

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• Middle Chinese: tshanH

Rime
Character	璨
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	寒 (61)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	蒼案切
Baxter	tshanH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰɑnH/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰɑnH/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰɑnH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰanH/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰɑnH/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰɑnH/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sʰɑnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	càn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	caan3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sʰaːns/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	璨
Reading #	1/1
No.	1121
Phonetic component	粲
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	粲
Old Chinese	/*sʰaːns/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 璨

1. ^‡ luster of jade
2. ^‡ beautiful jade
3. bright; beaming

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Japanese

Kanji

璨

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): さん (san)

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Korean

Hanja

璨 • (chan) (hangeul 찬, revised chan, McCune–Reischauer ch'an, Yale chan)

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