劗

劗 U+5297, 劗 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5297 ← 劖 [U+5296] CJK Unified Ideographs 劘 → [U+5298]

Translingual

Han character

劗 (Kangxi radical 18, 刀+19, 21 strokes, cangjie input 竹金中弓 (HCLN) or 難竹金中弓 (XHCLN), four-corner 2280₀, composition ⿰贊刂)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 145, character 42
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2279
• Dae Jaweon: page 327, character 24
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 363, character 7
• Unihan data for U+5297

Chinese

trad.		劗
simp.		𭄛
alternative forms		㓠 Jianghuai Mandarin 斬／斩 Wu

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
贊	*ʔsaːns
趲	*ʔsaːns, *zaːnʔ
讚	*ʔsaːns
酇	*ʔsaːns, *zoːn
饡	*ʔsaːns
濽	*ʔsaːns
襸	*ʔsaːns
攢	*ʔsaːns, *ʔsoːnʔ
瓚	*zaːnʔ
禶	*zaːnʔ, *zoːn
穳	*zaːns, *zoːn
囋	*zaːns, *zaːd
鑽	*ʔsoːn, *ʔsoːns
劗	*ʔsoːn, *zoːn
纘	*ʔsoːnʔ
儧	*ʔsoːnʔ
鄼	*ʔsoːnʔ
欑	*ʔsoːnʔ, *zoːn
籫	*ʔsoːnʔ
巑	*zoːn
攅	*zoːns

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ʔsoːn, *zoːn): phonetic 贊 (OC *ʔsaːns) + semantic 刀 (“knife”).

Etymology

Possibly cognate with 剪 (OC *ʔslenʔ, “to cut”) (Wang, 1982).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǎn, zuān, cuán (jian³, zuan¹, cuan²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˇ, ㄗㄨㄢ, ㄘㄨㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zyun¹ / zin²
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹tse

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎn
    • Wade–Giles: chien³
    • Yale: jyǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jean
    • Palladius: цзянь (czjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zuān
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zuan
    • Wade–Giles: tsuan¹
    • Yale: dzwān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuan
    • Palladius: цзуань (czuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯än⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cuán
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻuan²
    • Yale: tswán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tswan
    • Palladius: цуань (cuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu̯än³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: zyun¹ / zin²
    • Yale: jyūn / jín
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzyn¹ / dzin²
    • Guangdong Romanization: jun¹ / jin²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syːn⁵⁵/, /t͡siːn³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹tse
    • MiniDict: tse^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tse
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡se⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: dzwan, tswan

Rime
Character	劗	劗
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	從 (15)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	桓 (62)	桓 (62)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	在丸切	借官切
Baxter	dzwan	tswan
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡zuɑn/	/t͡suɑn/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡zʷɑn/	/t͡sʷɑn/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡zuɑn/	/t͡suɑn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡zwan/	/t͡swan/
Li Rong	/d͡zuɑn/	/t͡suɑn/
Wang Li	/d͡zuɑn/	/t͡suɑn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/d͡zʱuɑn/	/t͡suɑn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cuán	zuān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cyun4	zyun1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsoːn/, /*zoːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	劗	劗
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	16528	16541
Phonetic component	贊	贊
Rime group	元	元
Rime subdivision	3	3
Corresponding MC rime	鑚	櫕
Old Chinese	/*ʔsoːn/	/*zoːn/
Notes	見淮南子	見淮南子

Definitions

劗

1. (literary) to shave; to cut (hair)
2. (Jianghuai Mandarin, Wu) to chop; to cut (meat)
3. (Wu) to defraud; to rip off

Compounds

• 劗田 / 𭄛田
• 劗肉 / 𭄛肉
• 劗跙 / 𭄛跙
• 劗髮 / 𭄛发
• 劗鬋 / 𭄛鬋
• 劗鹹肉 / 𭄛咸肉
• 大劗肉 / 大𭄛肉

References

• “劗”, 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–

Japanese

Kanji

劗

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): さん (san)、ざん (zan)、せん (sen)
• Kun: へらす (herasu, 劗らす)、きる (kiru, 劗る)

Korean

Hanja

劗 • (chan) (hangeul 찬, revised chan, McCune–Reischauer ch'an)

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