芊

芊	U+828A, 芊 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-828A

Translingual

Han character

芊 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 廿竹十 (THJ), four-corner 4440₂, composition ⿱艹千)

Derived characters

𬡙, 𬡚, 𥢟

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1018, character 7
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30669
Dae Jaweon: page 1476, character 7
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3175, character 5
Unihan data for U+828A

Chinese

trad.		芊
simp. ^#		芊

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
千	*sn̥ʰiːn
仟	*sn̥ʰiːn
芊	sn̥ʰiːn, sn̥ʰiːns
阡	*sn̥ʰiːn
汘	*sn̥ʰiːn
迁	*sn̥ʰiːn
杄	*sn̥ʰiːn
人	*njin
仁	*njin
朲	*njin
佞	*neːŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *sn̥ʰiːn, *sn̥ʰiːns) : semantic 艸 + phonetic 千 (OC *sn̥ʰiːn).

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qiān (qian¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cin¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cian
  - Wade–Giles: chʻien¹
  - Yale: chyān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chian
  - Palladius: цянь (cjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: cin¹
  - Yale: chīn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsin¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: qin¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: tshen

Rime
Character	芊
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	蒼先切
Baxter	tshen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰen/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰen/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰɛn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰɛn/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰen/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰien/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡sʰien/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qiān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cin¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*sn̥ʰiːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	芊
Reading #	1/2
No.	10794
Phonetic component	人
Rime group	眞
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	千
Old Chinese	/*sn̥ʰiːn/

Definitions

芊

of plants, exuberant

Compounds

芊綿 / 芊绵 (qiānmián)
芊芊

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qiàn (qian⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qiàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ciàn
  - Wade–Giles: chʻien⁴
  - Yale: chyàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiann
  - Palladius: цянь (cjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵¹/

Middle Chinese: tshenH

Rime
Character	芊
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	倉甸切
Baxter	tshenH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰen^H/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰen^H/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰɛn^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰɛn^H/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰen^H/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰien^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡sʰien^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qiàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cin³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*sn̥ʰiːns/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	芊
Reading #	2/2
No.	10799
Phonetic component	人
Rime group	眞
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	蒨
Old Chinese	/*sn̥ʰiːns/

Definitions

芊

Only used in 芊萰.

Japanese

Kanji

芊

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): せん (sen)
Kun: しげる (shigeru)

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

芊: Hán Nôm readings: thiên

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