藆

藆 U+85C6, 藆 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-85C6 ← 藅 [U+85C5] CJK Unified Ideographs 藇 → [U+85C7]

Translingual

Han character

藆 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+14, 20 strokes, cangjie input 廿十廿手 (TJTQ), four-corner 4450₂, composition ⿱艹搴)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1063, character 33
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32233
• Dae Jaweon: page 1528, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3316, character 9
• Unihan data for U+85C6

Chinese

trad.		藆
simp. #		藆

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
寒	*ɡaːn
蹇	*kranʔ, *kanʔ
謇	*kranʔ
搴	*kranʔ, *kʰran
藆	*kranʔ
騫	*kʰran
褰	*kʰran
攐	*kʰran
鑳	*ɡranʔ
寋	*ɡanʔ
鶱	*qʰan

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǎn (jian³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎn
    • Wade–Giles: chien³
    • Yale: jyǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jean
    • Palladius: цзянь (czjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: kjenX

Rime
Character	藆
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	仙 (79)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	九輦切
Baxter	kjenX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠiᴇnX/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚiɛnX/
Shao Rongfen	/kiænX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kianX/
Li Rong	/kjɛnX/
Wang Li	/kĭɛnX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ki̯ɛnX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gin2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kranʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	藆
Reading #	1/1
No.	4874
Phonetic component	寒
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	蹇
Old Chinese	/*kranʔ/

Definitions

藆

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