銓

See also: 铨

銓 U+9293, 銓 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9293 ← 銒 [U+9292] CJK Unified Ideographs 銔 → [U+9294]

Translingual

Han character

銓 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+6, 14 strokes, cangjie input 金人一土 (COMG), four-corner 8811₄, composition ⿰釒全)

1. weigh, measure
2. select officials

Derived characters

• 𦿻

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1304, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40378
• Dae Jaweon: page 1807, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4199, character 8
• Unihan data for U+9293

Chinese

trad.		銓
simp.		铨

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
拴	*sroːn, *sʰlon
栓	*sroːn, *sron
跧	*ʔsroːn, *ʔsron, *ʔslun
痊	*sʰlon
詮	*sʰlon
荃	*sʰlon
銓	*sʰlon
筌	*sʰlon
輇	*sʰlon, *djon
硂	*sʰlon
佺	*sʰlon
駩	*sʰlon
絟	*sʰlon, *sʰlod
恮	*sʰlon, *ʔsron
峑	*sʰlon
全	*zlon
仝	*zlon, *doːŋ
牷	*zlon

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): quán (quan²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cyun⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: quán
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyuán
    • Wade–Giles: chʻüan²
    • Yale: chywán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyuan
    • Palladius: цюань (cjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: cyun⁴
    • Yale: chyùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: qun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰyːn²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: tshjwen

Rime
Character	銓
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	仙 (78)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	此緣切
Baxter	tshjwen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰiuᴇn/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰʷiɛn/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰjuæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰwian/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰiuɛn/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰĭwɛn/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sʰi̯wɛn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	quān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cyun1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sʰlon/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	銓
Reading #	1/1
No.	10708
Phonetic component	全
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	詮
Old Chinese	/*sʰlon/

Definitions

銓

1. to estimate
2. to select

Compounds

• 銓列／铨列
• 銓定考試／铨定考试
• 銓廷／铨廷
• 銓敘／铨叙 (quánxù)
• 銓次／铨次
• 銓衡／铨衡
• 銓選／铨选
• 銓部／铨部

 

Japanese

Kanji

銓

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: せん (sen)
• Kan-on: せん (sen)
• Kun: はかり (hakari, 銓り)、はかる (hakaru, 銓る)

Korean

Hanja

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

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