祆
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See also: 祅
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Translingual
[edit]Han character
[edit]祆 (Kangxi radical 113, 示+4, 9 strokes, cangjie input 戈火一大 (IFMK), four-corner 32234, composition ⿰礻天)
References
[edit]- Kangxi Dictionary: page 840, character 7
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24638
- Dae Jaweon: page 1258, character 9
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2388, character 10
- Unihan data for U+7946
Further reading
[edit]- “Zoroastrianism between Iranic and Sinitic” by Victor Mair (2022-11-18), published by Language Log
Chinese
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Glyph origin
[edit]Ideogrammic compound (會意/会意) and phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *qʰliːn) : semantic 礻 + phonetic 天 (OC *qʰl'iːn, “heaven”).
Etymology
[edit]Cognate with 天 (OC *qʰl'iːn).
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ
- Tongyong Pinyin: sian
- Wade–Giles: hsien1
- Yale: syān
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shian
- Palladius: сянь (sjanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: hin1
- Yale: hīn
- Cantonese Pinyin: hin1
- Guangdong Romanization: hin1
- Sinological IPA (key): /hiːn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Southern Min
- Middle Chinese: xen
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*qʰliːn/
Definitions
[edit]祆
- Ahura Mazda, god of the Zoroastrians
- 祆:胡神也。 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]
- From: Shuowen Jiezi, circa 2nd century CE
- Xiān: húshén yě. [Pinyin]
- Xian is the god of the foreigners.
Compounds
[edit]References
[edit]- “祆”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
Japanese
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[edit]祆
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Readings
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[edit]Hanja
[edit]祆 (eum 천 (cheon))
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