虇

虇 U+8647, 虇 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8647 ← 虆 [U+8646] CJK Unified Ideographs 虈 → [U+8648]

Translingual

Han character

虇 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+20, 23 strokes, cangjie input 廿弓廿土 (TNTG), four-corner 4421₄, composition ⿱艹𢑆)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1072, character 27
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32632
• Dae Jaweon: page 1538, character 35
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3339, character 2
• Unihan data for U+8647

Chinese

trad.		虇
simp. #		虇

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
觀	*koːn, *koːns
灌	*koːns
鸛	*koːns
瓘	*koːns
矔	*koːns, *kroːns
懽	*koːns, *qʰoːn
爟	*koːns
雚	*koːns
罐	*koːns
鑵	*koːns
歡	*qʰoːn
驩	*qʰoːn
貛	*qʰoːn
酄	*qʰoːn
獾	*qʰoːn
讙	*qʰoːn, *qʰon
嚾	*qʰoːns
權	*ɡron
顴	*ɡron
孉	*ɡron
蠸	*ɡron
虇	*kʰonʔ, *kʰons
勸	*kʰons

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): quǎn (quan³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hyun²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: quǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyuǎn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻüan³
    • Yale: chywǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheuan
    • Palladius: цюань (cjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: hyun²
    • Yale: hyún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hyn²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hün²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hyːn³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: khjwonX, khjwonH

Rime
Character	虇	虇
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	元 (66)	元 (66)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	去阮切	去願切
Baxter	khjwonX	khjwonH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰʉɐnX/	/kʰʉɐnH/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰʷiɐnX/	/kʰʷiɐnH/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰiuɐnX/	/kʰiuɐnH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰuanX/	/kʰuanH/
Li Rong	/kʰiuɐnX/	/kʰiuɐnH/
Wang Li	/kʰĭwɐnX/	/kʰĭwɐnH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kʰi̯wɐnX/	/kʰi̯wɐnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	quǎn	quàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hyun2	hyun3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰonʔ/, /*kʰons/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	虇	虇
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	4500	4502
Phonetic component	雚	雚
Rime group	元	元
Rime subdivision	3	3
Corresponding MC rime	䅚	劵
Old Chinese	/*kʰonʔ/	/*kʰons/
Notes	見爾雅	見爾雅

Definitions

虇

1. The young shoots of plants such as reeds.
2. bamboo shoots