朘

See also: 脧

朘 U+6718, 朘 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6718 ← 朗 [U+6717] CJK Unified Ideographs 朙 → [U+6719]

Translingual

Han character

朘 (Kangxi radical 74, 月+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 月戈金水 (BICE), four-corner 7324₇, composition ⿰月夋)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 505, character 26
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14365
• Dae Jaweon: page 884, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2082, character 10
• Unihan data for U+6718

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
唆	*sloːl
梭	*sloːl
葰	*sloːlʔ, *sroːlʔ, *slul
誜	*sroːls
朘	*ʔslon
捘	*ʔsluːls, *ʔsluːns, *sʰlun
荾	*slul
酸	*sloːn
狻	*sloːn
痠	*sloːn
鋑	*ʔslon
脧	*ʔsluːl
悛	*sʰlon
吮	*zlonʔ, *ɦljunʔ
萒	*ɡronʔ, *lonʔ
沇	*lonʔ
抁	*lonʔ
馻	*lonʔ, *lunʔ
兖	*lonʔ
渷	*lonʔ
兗	*lonʔ
焌	*ʔsluːns, *ʔsluns, *sʰlud
允	*lunʔ
狁	*lunʔ
玧	*lunʔ
俊	*ʔsluns
晙	*ʔsluns, *sluns
餕	*ʔsluns
畯	*ʔsluns
駿	*ʔsluns
竣	*sʰlun
皴	*sʰlun
逡	*sʰlun
踆	*sʰlun
夋	*sʰlun
埈	*sluns
陖	*sluns
鵕	*sluns
浚	*sluns
峻	*sluns

Etymology 1

trad.		朘
simp. #		朘

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): juān (juan¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syun¹ / zyun¹ / zeon¹ / zeon³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: juān
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyuan
    • Wade–Giles: chüan¹
    • Yale: jywān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiuan
    • Palladius: цзюань (czjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: syun¹ / zyun¹ / zeon¹ / zeon³
    • Yale: syūn / jyūn / jēun / jeun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: syn¹ / dzyn¹ / dzoen¹ / dzoen³
    • Guangdong Romanization: xun¹ / jun¹ / zên¹ / zên³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /syːn⁵⁵/, /t͡syːn⁵⁵/, /t͡sɵn⁵⁵/, /t͡sɵn³³/

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• Middle Chinese: tsjwen

Rime
Character	朘
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	仙 (78)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	子泉切
Baxter	tsjwen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡siuᴇn/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʷiɛn/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sjuæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡swian/
Li Rong	/t͡siuɛn/
Wang Li	/t͡sĭwɛn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡si̯wɛn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	juān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zyun1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔslon/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	朘
Reading #	1/1
No.	16438
Phonetic component	允
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	鐫
Old Chinese	/*ʔslon/
Notes	見漢書

Definitions

朘

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to reduce; to wane
2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to exploit

Compounds

• 日削月朘
• 日朘月削
• 朘削
• 歲朘月耗 / 岁朘月耗

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 朘 – see 脧 (“penis; to reduce”). (This character is a variant form of 脧).

Japanese

Kanji

朘

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): せん (sen)
• Kun: ちじまる (chijimaru)、ちじむ (chijimu)、へる (heru)