䩂

䩂 U+4A42, 䩂 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4A42 ← 䩁 [U+4A41] CJK Unified Ideographs Extension A 䩃 → [U+4A43]

Translingual

Han character

䩂 (Kangxi radical 176, 面+4, 13 strokes, cangjie input 一田人戈弓 (MWOIN), composition ⿰面今)

1. to come to the front, to take the lead, to bear responsibility
2. to make good or to succeed (said of people of humble origin)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1383, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4399, character 8
• Unihan data for U+4A42

Chinese

simp. and trad.		䩂

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiān (xian¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haam¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sian
    • Wade–Giles: hsien¹
    • Yale: syān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shian
    • Palladius: сянь (sjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: haam¹
    • Yale: hāam
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ham¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːm⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: xeam

Rime
Character	䩂
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	咸 (151)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	許咸切
Baxter	xeam
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hˠɛm/
Pan Wuyun	/hᵚæm/
Shao Rongfen	/xɐm/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/həɨm/
Li Rong	/xɐm/
Wang Li	/xɐm/
Bernhard Karlgren	/xăm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	haam1

Definitions

䩂

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