氈

See also: 毡 and 氊

氈 U+6C08, 氈 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6C08 ← 氇 [U+6C07] CJK Unified Ideographs 氉 → [U+6C09]

Translingual

Han character

氈 (Kangxi radical 82, 毛+13, 17 strokes, cangjie input 卜一竹手山 (YMHQU), four-corner 0211₄, composition ⿰亶毛)

Related characters

• 氊

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 596, character 27
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16982
• Dae Jaweon: page 988, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2007, character 11
• Unihan data for U+6C08

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Chinese

trad.		氈
simp.		毡
alternative forms		氊

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 氈
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tjan) : phonetic 亶 (OC *taːnʔ) + semantic 毛 (“hair, fur”).

In some fonts, the lower left is 且 (instead of 旦).

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhān (zhan¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄢ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zin¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): zen¹

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chân
• Eastern Min (BUC): ciĕng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chiⁿ / chian / chiam

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zin¹

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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/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: zen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sen³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chân
    • Hakka Romanization System: zan^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zan¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡san²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ciĕng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sieŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tsinn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cvy
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sĩ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sĩ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chian
    • Tâi-lô: tsian
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciefn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɛn³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡siɛn⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiam
    • Tâi-lô: tsiam
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciafm
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siam³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡siam⁴⁴/

Note:

• chiⁿ - vernacular;
• chian/chiam - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: zin¹
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsiⁿ
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sĩ³³/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyen

Rime
Character	氈
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	仙 (77)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	諸延切
Baxter	tsyen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕiᴇn/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕiɛn/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕjæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cian/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiɛn/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭɛn/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯ɛn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zin1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*ta[n]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*tjan/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	氈
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhān
Middle Chinese	‹ tsyen ›
Old Chinese	/*ta[n]/
English	felt (n.)
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	氈
Reading #	1/1
No.	2086
Phonetic component	旦
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	𩜾
Old Chinese	/*tjan/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 氈

1. felt
2. felt underlay (used in Chinese calligraphy)
3. (Cantonese, Pinghua, Eastern Min, Teochew) blanket; rug; carpet (Classifier: 張／张 c)

   • 一個人一張氈怎相擁 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     一个人一张毡怎相拥 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 2020, 馮允謙 (Jay Fung), 愛斯基摩人之吻 (Eskimo Kiss)

     jat¹ go³ jan⁴ jat¹ zoeng¹ zin¹ zam² soeng¹ jung² [Jyutping]

     A person and a blanket, how can one hug?

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 毯子 (“blanket”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		毯子
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	毯子
	Taiwan	毯子
	Chifeng	毯子
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	毯子
	Harbin	毯子
	Shenyang	毯子, 毯
	Singapore	被
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	毯子
	Tangshan	毯子
	Cangzhou	毯子
	Baoding	毯子
	Shijiazhuang	毯子
	Jinan	毯子
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	毯子
	Qingdao	毯子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	毯子
	Wanrong	毯子
	Xi'an	毯子
	Xining	毯子
	Xuzhou	毯子
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	毯子
	Lanzhou	毯子, 毯
	Ürümqi	毯子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	毯子
	Chongqing	毯子
	Wuhan	毯子
	Guiyang	毯子
	Kunming	毯子, 毯
	Guilin	毯子
	Liuzhou	毯子
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	毯子
	Yangzhou	毯子
	Nantong	毯子
	Hefei	毯子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	氈
	Hong Kong	氈
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	氈
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	氈
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	氈
	Dongguan	氈
	Yangjiang	氈
	Wuzhou	氈
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	氈
	Hepu (Shatian)	氈被, 毯
	Qinzhou	毯
	Qinzhou (Xiniujiao)	毯
	Beihai	氈
	Beihai (Nankang)	氈
	Beihai (Yingpan)	毯
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	毯, 氈
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	氈
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	毯, 氈
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	氈
	Móng Cái	毯, 氈
Gan	Nanchang	毯子
	Lichuan	毯子
	Pingxiang	毯子
Hakka	Meixian	氈仔, 毯仔
	Yudu	毯子
	Hong Kong	氈
Huizhou	Jixi	毯
	Shexian	毯
Jin	Taiyuan	毯子
	Xinzhou	毯子
	Linhe	毯子, 毯
	Jining	毯子
	Hohhot	毯子
	Zhangjiakou	毯子
	Handan	毯子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	毯仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	毯, 氈
Southern Min	Xiamen	毯仔
	Quanzhou	毯仔
	Zhangzhou	毯仔
	Manila (Hokkien)	毯仔
	Chaozhou	氈
	Shantou	氈
	Jieyang	毯
	Pontianak (Teochew)	毯
	Haikou	毯
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	氈
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	氈
Wu	Shanghai	毯子
	Suzhou	毯子
	Danyang	毯子
	Hangzhou	毯子
	Ningbo	毯子
	Wenzhou	毯
	Jinhua	毯
Xiang	Changsha	毯子
	Loudi	毯子
	Shuangfeng	毯子

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Japanese

Kanji

氈

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: せん (sen)
• Kan-on: せん (sen)

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Korean

Hanja

氈 (eumhun 모전 전 (mojeon jeon))

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Vietnamese

Han character

氈: Hán Nôm readings: chen, chiên

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