芊

芊 U+828A, 芊 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-828A ← 芉 [U+8289] CJK Unified Ideographs 芋 → [U+828B]

Translingual

Han character

芊 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 廿竹十 (THJ), four-corner 4440₂, composition ⿱艹千)

Derived characters

• 𬡙, 𬡚, 𥢟

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1018, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30669
• Dae Jaweon: page 1476, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3175, character 5
• Unihan data for U+828A

Chinese

trad.		芊
simp. #		芊

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
千	*sn̥ʰiːn
仟	*sn̥ʰiːn
芊	*sn̥ʰiːn, *sn̥ʰiːns
阡	*sn̥ʰiːn
汘	*sn̥ʰiːn
迁	*sn̥ʰiːn
杄	*sn̥ʰiːn
人	*njin
仁	*njin
朲	*njin
佞	*neːŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *sn̥ʰiːn, *sn̥ʰiːns): semantic 艸 + phonetic 千 (OC *sn̥ʰiːn).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiān (qian¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cin¹

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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: cin¹
    • Yale: chīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: qin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tshen

Rime
Character	芊
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	蒼先切
Baxter	tshen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰen/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰen/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰɛn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰɛn/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰen/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰien/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡sʰien/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qiān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cin1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sn̥ʰiːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	芊
Reading #	1/2
No.	10794
Phonetic component	人
Rime group	眞
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	千
Old Chinese	/*sn̥ʰiːn/

Definitions

芊

1. of plants, exuberant

Compounds

• 芊綿 / 芊绵 (qiānmián)
• 芊芊

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiàn (qian⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciàn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien⁴
    • Yale: chyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiann
    • Palladius: цянь (cjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: tshenH

Rime
Character	芊
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	倉甸切
Baxter	tshenH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰenH/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰenH/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰɛnH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰɛnH/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰenH/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰienH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡sʰienH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qiàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cin3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sn̥ʰiːns/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	芊
Reading #	2/2
No.	10799
Phonetic component	人
Rime group	眞
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	蒨
Old Chinese	/*sn̥ʰiːns/

Definitions

芊

1. only used in 芊萰

Japanese

Kanji

芊

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): せん (sen)
• Kun: しげる (shigeru)

Korean

Hanja

芊 • (cheon) (hangeul 천, revised cheon, McCune–Reischauer ch'ŏn, Yale chen)

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Vietnamese

Han character

芊: Hán Nôm readings: thiên

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