釧

See also: 钏

釧 U+91E7, 釧 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-91E7 ← 釦 [U+91E6] CJK Unified Ideographs 釨 → [U+91E8]

Translingual

Han character

釧 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+3, 11 strokes, cangjie input 金中中中 (CLLL), four-corner 8210₀, composition ⿰釒川)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1296, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40176
• Dae Jaweon: page 1800, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4172, character 3
• Unihan data for U+91E7

Chinese

trad.		釧
simp.		钏
alternative forms		玔

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
川	*kʰjon
釧	*kʰjons
巛	*kʰuːn
巡	*sɢljun
馴	*sɢljun
紃	*sɢljun, *ɢljun
甽	*kljuns, *kʷeːnʔ
順	*ɢljuns
訓	*qʰuns

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kʰjons) : semantic 金 + phonetic 川 (OC *kʰjon).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chuàn (chuan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cyun³ / cyun¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhoan
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵tshoe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chuàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chuàn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻuan⁴
    • Yale: chwàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuann
    • Palladius: чуань (čuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: cyun³ / cyun¹
    • Yale: chyun / chyūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsyn³ / tsyn¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: qun³ / qun¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰyːn³³/, /t͡sʰyːn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhoan
    • Tâi-lô: tshuan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhoafn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰuan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰuan³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰuan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰuan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰuan⁴⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵tshoe
    • MiniDict: tshoe^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tshoe
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰø³⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyhwenH

Rime
Character	釧
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	昌 (24)
Final (韻)	仙 (78)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	尺絹切
Baxter	tsyhwenH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕʰiuᴇnH/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕʰʷiɛnH/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕʰjuænH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cʰwianH/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕʰiuɛnH/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕʰĭwɛnH/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕʰi̯wɛnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chuàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cyun3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰjons/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	釧
Reading #	1/1
No.	1629
Phonetic component	川
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	釧
Old Chinese	/*kʰjons/

Definitions

釧

1. (literary or chiefly Southern Min) bracelet; armlet

   See also: 鐲, 鋜

2. a surname

Compounds

• 玉釧／玉钏
• 腕釧／腕钏
• 臂釧／臂钏
• 金釧／金钏
• 釧臂／钏臂
• 釵釧／钗钏
• 釵釧記／钗钏记

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (釧):

• → Japanese: 釧(せん) (sen)
• → Korean: 천(釧) (cheon)
• → Vietnamese: xuyến (釧)

References

• “釧”, 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

Kanji

釧

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. bracelet

Readings

• Go-on: せん (sen)
• Kan-on: せん (sen)
• Kun: うでわ (udewa, 釧); くしろ (kushiro, 釧)

Korean

Hanja

釧 • (cheon) (hangeul 천, revised cheon, McCune–Reischauer ch'ŏn, Yale chen)

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Vietnamese

Han character

釧: Hán Nôm readings: xuyến, xén, xoắn, xoăn

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