㧦

㧦 U+39E6, 㧦 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-39E6 ← 㧥 [U+39E5] CJK Unified Ideographs Extension A 㧧 → [U+39E7]

Translingual

Han character

㧦 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 手心日 (QPA), four-corner 5702₀, composition ⿰扌旬)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 429, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1874, character 1
• Unihan data for U+39E6

Chinese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声) : semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 旬 (OC *sɢʷin).

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		㧦

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xuàn (xuan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hyun³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xuàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuàn
    • Wade–Giles: hsüan⁴
    • Yale: sywàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuann
    • Palladius: сюань (sjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: hyun³
    • Yale: hyun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hyn³
    • Guangdong Romanization: hün³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hyːn³³/

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• Middle Chinese: xwenH

Rime
Character	㧦
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	先 (86)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	許縣切
Baxter	xwenH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hwenH/
Pan Wuyun	/hʷenH/
Shao Rongfen	/xuɛnH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hwɛnH/
Li Rong	/xuenH/
Wang Li	/xiwenH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/xiwenH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xuàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hyun3

Definitions

㧦

1. (literary or Shanghainese) to hit; to strike
2. (Shanghainese) to kick

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 㧦 – see 揈 (“to drive away; to expel; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 揈).