籤

See also: 籖 and 签

籤 U+7C64, 籤 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7C64 ← 籣 [U+7C63] CJK Unified Ideographs 籥 → [U+7C65]

Translingual

Han character

籤 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹+17, 23 strokes, cangjie input 竹人戈一 (HOIM), four-corner 8815₃, composition ⿱𥫗韱)

Derived characters

• 𡤷

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 905, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 26769
• Dae Jaweon: page 1330, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3032, character 15
• Unihan data for U+7C64

Chinese

trad.		籤/簽
simp.		签*

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
讖	*sʰrims
攕	*sreːm
櫼	*sreːm, *ʔsem
懺	*sʰraːms
殲	*ʔsem
瀸	*ʔsem
鑯	*ʔsem
虃	*ʔslem
籤	*sʰem
韯	*sem
纖	*sem
孅	*sem
韱	*sem
襳	*sem, *srem, *srim

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *sʰem): semantic 竹 (“bamboo”) + phonetic 韱 (OC *sem).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiān (qian¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cim¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhiâm
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhiam

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ciam¹ / ciang¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cian
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien¹
    • Yale: chyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chian
    • Palladius: цянь (cjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: cim¹
    • Yale: chīm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsim¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: qim¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːm⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhiâm
    • Hakka Romanization System: qiam^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: qiam¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi̯am²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiam
    • Tâi-lô: tshiam
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiafm
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰiam⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiam³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiam⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiam⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiam⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ciam¹ / ciang¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshiam / tshiang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiam³³/, /t͡sʰiaŋ³³/

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• Middle Chinese: tshjem

Rime
Character	籤
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	鹽 (153)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	七廉切
Baxter	tshjem
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰiᴇm/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰiɛm/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰjæm/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰiam/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰiɛm/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰĭɛm/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡sʰi̯ɛm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qiān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cim1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sʰem/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	籤
Reading #	1/1
No.	13482
Phonetic component	韱
Rime group	談
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*sʰem/

Definitions

籤

1. inscribed bamboo slips used for divination or drawing lots; (in general) lot
2. slender pointed piece of wood
3. sticker; marker; label

Compounds

• 中籤 / 中签 (zhòngqiān)
• 好籤 / 好签
• 抽公籤 / 抽公签
• 抽籤 / 抽签 (chōuqiān)
• 掣籤 / 掣签 (chèqiān)
• 掛籤 / 挂签
• 更籤 / 更签
• 書籤 / 书签 (shūqiān)
• 標籤 / 标签 (biāoqiān)
• 求籤 / 求签 (qiúqiān)
• 火籤 / 火签
• 照入籤 / 照入签
• 牙籤 / 牙签 (yáqiān)
• 瑤籤 / 瑶签
• 發籤 / 发签
• 萬籤插架 / 万签插架
• 籤押 / 签押
• 籤幐 / 签幐
• 籤詩 / 签诗 (qiānshī)
• 粉籤子 / 粉签子
• 藥籤 / 药签
• 路籤 / 路签
• 雲笈七籤 / 云笈七签

References

• “籤”, 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

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 籤

籤

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: せん (sen)
• Kan-on: せん (sen)
• Kun: くじ (kuji)、かずとり (kazutori)

Compounds

• 抽(ちゅう)籤(せん) (chūsen): drawing lots)
• 当籤(とうせん) (tōsen)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
籤
くじ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Noun

籤(くじ) • (kuji) 

1. lottery

Derived terms

• 阿弥陀籤(あみだくじ) (amidakuji)
• 御(み)籤(くじ) (mikuji): o-mikuji
• 宝(たから)くじ (takarakuji): lottery
• 富籤(とみくじ) (tomikuji)

References

• “^▲籤”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 籤 (MC tshjem). Recorded as Middle Korean 쳠 (chyem) (Yale: chyem) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʰʌ̹m]
• Phonetic hangul: [첨]

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

籤

籤 (eumhun 제비 첨 (jebi cheom))

1. hanja form^? of 첨 (“lottery”)

Compounds

• 당첨 (當籤, dangcheom, “winning the lot”)
• 추첨 (抽籤, chucheom, “draw lots”)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

籤: Hán Nôm readings: thiêm, tiêm

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