葲

葲 U+8472, 葲 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8472 ← 葱 [U+8471] CJK Unified Ideographs 葳 → [U+8473]

Translingual

Han character

葲 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 廿竹日水 (THAE), composition ⿱艹泉)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1046, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31455
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3251, character 3
• Unihan data for U+8472

Chinese

trad.		葲
simp. #		葲

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
線	*sqʰeːns
泉	*sɡʷen
葲	*sɡʷen
灥	*kʰʷjen, *sɢʷin

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): quán (quan²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄢˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: quán
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyuán
    • Wade–Giles: chʻüan²
    • Yale: chywán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyuan
    • Palladius: цюань (cjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: dzjwen

Rime
Character	葲
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	仙 (78)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	疾緣切
Baxter	dzjwen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ziuᴇn/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡zʷiɛn/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡zjuæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡zwian/
Li Rong	/d͡ziuɛn/
Wang Li	/d͡zĭwɛn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/d͡zʱi̯wɛn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	quán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cyun4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sɡʷen/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	葲
Reading #	1/1
No.	10729
Phonetic component	泉
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	全
Old Chinese	/*sɡʷen/

Definitions

葲

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) a kind of grass