胘

胘 U+80D8, 胘 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-80D8 ← 胗 [U+80D7] CJK Unified Ideographs 胙 → [U+80D9]

Translingual

Han character

胘 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 月卜女戈 (BYVI), four-corner 7023₂, composition ⿰月玄)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 978, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29386
• Dae Jaweon: page 1430, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2063, character 6
• Unihan data for U+80D8

Chinese

trad.		胘
simp. #		胘

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
弦	*ɡeːn
絃	*ɡeːn, *qʰʷeːn
舷	*ɡeːn
痃	*ɡeːn
胘	*ɡeːn, *ɡʷeːn
蚿	*ɡeːn
伭	*ɡeːn
婱	*ɡeːn
玄	*ɡʷeːn
眩	*ɡʷeːn, *ɡʷeːn
玹	*ɡʷeːn, *ɡʷeːn
玆	*ɡʷeːn
詃	*kʷeːn
泫	*ɡʷeːn
鉉	*ɡʷeːn
炫	*ɡʷeːn
袨	*ɡʷeːn
衒	*ɡʷeːn
惤	*ɡʷreːŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡeːn, *ɡʷeːn): semantic 肉 (“meat; flesh”) + phonetic 玄 (OC *ɡʷeːn).

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xián (xian²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jin⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kiān / kiǎn / kīn / kǐn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): geng⁶ / gêng⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xián
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sián
    • Wade–Giles: hsien²
    • Yale: syán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyan
    • Palladius: сянь (sjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: jin⁴
    • Yale: yìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiān
    • Tâi-lô: kiān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kien
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiɛn²²/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kiɛn³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiǎn
    • Tâi-lô: kiǎn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɛn²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kīn
    • Tâi-lô: kīn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kin
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kin²²/
  • (Hokkien: Longyan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kǐn
    • Tâi-lô: kǐn
    • IPA (Longyan): /kin⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: geng⁶ / gêng⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kṳ̆ng / kĕng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɯŋ³⁵/, /keŋ³⁵/

Note:

• geng6 - Chaozhou, Chenghai;
• gêng6 - Jieyang.

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• Middle Chinese: hen, hwen

Rime
Character	胘	胘
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	先 (85)	先 (86)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	IV	IV
Fanqie	胡田切	胡涓切
Baxter	hen	hwen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦen/	/ɦwen/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦen/	/ɦʷen/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣɛn/	/ɣuɛn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦɛn/	/ɦwɛn/
Li Rong	/ɣen/	/ɣuen/
Wang Li	/ɣien/	/ɣiwen/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɣien/	/ɣiwen/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xián	xuán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jin4	jyun4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡeːn/, /*ɡʷeːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	胘	胘
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	14024	14033
Phonetic component	玄	玄
Rime group	元	元
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	賢	玄
Old Chinese	/*ɡeːn/	/*ɡʷeːn/

Definitions

胘

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) omasum
2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, in general) stomach
3. (Southern Min) bird's gizzard

Compounds

• 雞胘 / 鸡胘
• 雞胘膜 / 鸡胘膜