叀

See also: 甫

叀 U+53C0, 叀 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53C0 ← 县 [U+53BF] CJK Unified Ideographs 叁 → [U+53C1]

Translingual

Han character

叀 (Kangxi radical 28, 厶+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 十田戈 (JWI), composition ⿱𤰔厶)

1. spindle
2. hang

Derived characters

• 惠, 專

Descendants

• 袁, 疐

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 164, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3083
• Dae Jaweon: page 372, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 386, character 12
• Unihan data for U+53C0

Chinese

simp. and trad.		叀

Glyph origin

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

Pictogram (象形) – a spindle. The original form of 專 and 惠.

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhuān (zhuan¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zyun¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhuān
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhuan
    • Wade–Giles: chuan¹
    • Yale: jwān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juan
    • Palladius: чжуань (čžuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯än⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zyun¹
    • Yale: jyūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzyn¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: jun¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syːn⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: dzywenH

Rime
Character	叀
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	仙 (78)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	時釧切
Baxter	dzywenH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʑiuᴇnH/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ʑʷiɛnH/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʑjuænH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ʑwianH/
Li Rong	/ʑiuɛnH/
Wang Li	/ʑĭwɛnH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʑi̯wɛnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shuàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	syun6

Definitions

叀

1. (obsolete) spindle; spinning wheel
2. (obsolete) to hang; to suspend
3. Original form of 專／专 (zhuān).

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huì (hui⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huì
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huèi
    • Wade–Giles: hui⁴
    • Yale: hwèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huey
    • Palladius: хуэй (xuej)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/

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• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*ɢʷˤ[i]j-s/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	叀
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	huì
Middle Chinese	‹ hwejH ›
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷˁ[i]j-s/
English	(copula)
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.

Definitions

叀

1. (obsolete, Classical) meaningless sentence-initial particle
2. Original form of 惠 (huì).

References

• (Cantonese) Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 1), p. 75
• “叀”, 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

叀

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. spool used to collect spun thread
2. generally
3. wholly

Readings

• On (unclassified): せん (sen)、ぜん (zen)
• Kun: つつしむ (tsutsushimu, 叀む)、かける (kakeru, 叀ける)

Korean

Hanja

叀 • (jeon) (hangeul 전, revised jeon, McCune–Reischauer chŏn, Yale cen)

1. only
2. wholly