梋

梋 U+688B, 梋 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-688B ← 梊 [U+688A] CJK Unified Ideographs 梌 → [U+688C]

Translingual

Han character

梋 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 木口月 (DRB), four-corner 4692₇, composition ⿰木肙)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 528, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14837
• Dae Jaweon: page 917, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1214, character 4
• Unihan data for U+688B

Chinese

trad.		梋
simp. #		梋

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xuān (xuan¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hyun¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xuān
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuan
    • Wade–Giles: hsüan¹
    • Yale: sywān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuan
    • Palladius: сюань (sjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: hyun¹
    • Yale: hyūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hyn¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hün¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hyːn⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: xwen

Rime
Character	梋
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	先 (86)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	火玄切
Baxter	xwen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hwen/
Pan Wuyun	/hʷen/
Shao Rongfen	/xuɛn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hwɛn/
Li Rong	/xuen/
Wang Li	/xiwen/
Bernard Karlgren	/xiwen/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xuān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hyun1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰʷeːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	梋
Reading #	1/1
No.	16081
Phonetic component	肙
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	鋗
Old Chinese	/*qʰʷeːn/

Definitions

梋

1. (archaic) tree mentioned in ancient books
2. household vessel resembling a bowl
3. a mountain in the east of Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province, China

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): juān (juan¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄢ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: juān
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyuan
    • Wade–Giles: chüan¹
    • Yale: jywān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiuan
    • Palladius: цзюань (czjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy̯ɛn⁵⁵/

Definitions

梋

1. rings on a cart of a carriage

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xié (xie²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄝˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xié
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sié
    • Wade–Giles: hsieh²
    • Yale: syé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shye
    • Palladius: се (se)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/

Definitions

梋

1. (archaic) (Only used in 柃梋.) utensil used for cooking steamed dumplings in ancient times