僆

僆 U+50C6, 僆 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-50C6 ← 僅 [U+50C5] CJK Unified Ideographs 僇 → [U+50C7]

Translingual

Han character

僆 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+11, 13 strokes, cangjie input 人卜十十 (OYJJ), four-corner 2523₀, composition ⿰亻連)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 115, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1049
• Dae Jaweon: page 246, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 208, character 8
• Unihan data for U+50C6

Chinese

trad.		僆
simp.		𫢪

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• 僆 (Cantonese)

Etymology 1

Unclear. Compare Lepcha ᰜᰤᰬᰵ (lyeŋ, “young”), Iu Mien jaih jaanx (“a hen which has not laid eggs”), Proto-Tai *C̬.qɤːŋᴮ (“young hen”), Proto-Hlai *C-ləŋ (“chicken classifier”) (whence Hlai lang) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liàn (lian⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lin⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lon
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): nōa / lōa / loāi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): nuan³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liàn
    • Wade–Giles: lien⁴
    • Yale: lyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liann
    • Palladius: лянь (ljanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: lin⁶
    • Yale: lihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lin⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: lin⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːn²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lon
    • Hakka Romanization System: lon
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lon⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /lon⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung, Hsinchu, Sanxia, Yilan, Magong)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nōa
    • Tâi-lô: nuā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: noa
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /nuã²²/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Yilan): /nuã³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Lukang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lōa
    • Tâi-lô: luā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loa
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lua⁴¹/
    • IPA (Lukang): /lua³¹/
  • (Hokkien: Kinmen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: loāi
    • Tâi-lô: luāi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loai
    • IPA (Kinmen): /luai²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: nuan³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: nuàⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nũã²¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: lenH

Rime
Character	僆
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	郎甸切
Baxter	lenH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lenH/
Pan Wuyun	/lenH/
Shao Rongfen	/lɛnH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɛnH/
Li Rong	/lenH/
Wang Li	/lienH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/lienH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	liàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lin6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*k.r[a]n-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*reːns/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	僆
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	liàn
Middle Chinese	‹ ljenH ›
Old Chinese	/*k.r[a]n-s/ (no pre-Qín exx.)
English	chick
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.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	僆
Reading #	2/2
No.	8007
Phonetic component	連
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	練
Old Chinese	/*reːns/

Definitions

僆

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) (newly hatched) chick

Compounds

• 雞僆 / 鸡𫢪
• 雞僆仔 / 鸡𫢪仔

Pronunciation 2

• Cantonese (Jyutping): leng¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: leng¹
    • Yale: lēng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: leng¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: léng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɛːŋ⁵⁵/

Note: leng1 - vernacular.

Definitions

僆

1. (Cantonese) alternative form of 𡃁

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “related to 孿?”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liǎn (lian³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lin⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liǎn
    • Wade–Giles: lien³
    • Yale: lyǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lean
    • Palladius: лянь (ljanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɛn²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: lin⁵
    • Yale: líhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lin⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: lin⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːn¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: ljenX

Rime
Character	僆
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	仙 (77)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	力展切
Baxter	ljenX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/liᴇnX/
Pan Wuyun	/liɛnX/
Shao Rongfen	/ljænX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lianX/
Li Rong	/liɛnX/
Wang Li	/lĭɛnX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/li̯ɛnX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	liǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lin5

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*renʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	僆
Reading #	1/2
No.	7998
Phonetic component	連
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	輦
Old Chinese	/*renʔ/

Definitions

僆

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) twin

Compounds

• 僆子 / 𫢪子

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lián (lian²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lin⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lián
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lián
    • Wade–Giles: lien²
    • Yale: lyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lian
    • Palladius: лянь (ljanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: lin⁴
    • Yale: lìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːn²¹/

Definitions

僆

1. only used in 僆𠋵／𫢪𠋵

References

• “僆”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• zi.tools

Japanese

Kanji

僆

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): れん (ren)
• Kun: ふたご (futago)、およぶ (oyobu)、おひつく (ohitsuku)

Korean

Hanja

僆 • (ryeon) (hangeul 련, revised ryeon, McCune–Reischauer ryŏn)

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