軒

See also: 轩

軒 U+8ED2, 軒 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8ED2 ← 軑 [U+8ED1] CJK Unified Ideographs 軓 → [U+8ED3]

Translingual

Han character

軒 (Kangxi radical 159, 車+3, 10 strokes, cangjie input 十十一十 (JJMJ), four-corner 5104₀, composition ⿰車干)

Derived characters

• 𠻃, 𢟑, 搟, 𣺕, 𨪚, 蓒, 䆭, 𤹖

Related characters

• 轩 (Simplified Chinese)

Further reading

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1240, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38187
• Dae Jaweon: page 1715, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3514, character 6
• Unihan data for U+8ED2

Chinese

trad.		軒
simp.		轩
alternative forms		䡓／𲀝 𨍓 𩋱

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
訐	*krads, *krads, *ked, *kad
肝	*kaːn
竿	*kaːn
干	*kaːn
奸	*kaːn
玕	*kaːn
汗	*kaːn, *ɡaːn, *ɡaːns
迀	*kaːn
忓	*kaːn, *ɡaːns
鳱	*kaːn
邗	*kaːn, *ɡaːn
秆	*kaːnʔ
矸	*kaːnʔ, *kaːns, *ɡaːns
仠	*kaːnʔ
皯	*kaːnʔ
衦	*kaːnʔ
簳	*kaːnʔ
擀	*kaːnʔ
旰	*kaːns
盰	*kaːns
幹	*kaːns
杆	*kaːns
骭	*kaːns, *ɡraːns
桿	*kaːnʔ
趕	*kaːnʔ
稈	*kaːnʔ
刊	*kʰaːn
靬	*kʰaːn, *kʰaːns, *kreːn, *kan
衎	*kʰaːnʔ, *kʰaːns
犴	*ŋaːn, *ŋaːns
豻	*ŋaːn, *ŋaːns, *ɦŋaːns, *ŋ̊ʰraːn
頇	*ŋaːns, *hŋaːn, *ŋaːd
岸	*ŋɡaːns
鼾	*qʰaːn, *ɢaːns
罕	*qʰaːnʔ, *qʰaːns
焊	*qʰaːnʔ, *ɡaːns
蔊	*qʰaːnʔ
虷	*ɡaːn
旱	*ɡaːnʔ
皔	*ɡaːnʔ
釬	*ɡaːns
扞	*ɡaːns
閈	*ɡaːns
馯	*ɡaːns, *kʰraːn
捍	*ɡaːns, *ɡraːnʔ
悍	*ɡaːns
銲	*ɡaːns
垾	*ɡaːns
駻	*ɡaːns
睅	*ɡʷranʔ
娨	*ɡraːns
飦	*kan
赶	*ɡan, *ɡʷad
軒	*qʰan
蓒	*qʰan
酐	*qʰaːŋʔ
澣	*ɡʷaːnʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qʰan): semantic 車 (“carriage”) + phonetic 干 (OC *kaːn)

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xuān (xuan¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hin¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): hiên / hiân

  (Hailu, HRS): hien^ˋ

• Northern Min (KCR): hṳ́ing
• Eastern Min (BUC): hiŏng
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): hoeng¹ / hyoeng¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hian

  (Teochew, Peng'im): heng¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xuān
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuan
    • Wade–Giles: hsüan¹
    • Yale: sywān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuan
    • Palladius: сюань (sjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: hin¹
    • Yale: hīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiːn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hiên
    • Hakka Romanization System: hien^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hian¹
    • Sinological IPA: /hi̯en²⁴/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hiân
    • Hakka Romanization System: hian^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hian¹
    • Sinological IPA: /hi̯an²⁴/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: hien^ˋ
    • Sinological IPA: /hien⁵³/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: hṳ́ing
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xyiŋ⁵⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: hiŏng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hyoŋ⁵⁵/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: hoeng¹
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: he̤ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hœŋ⁵³³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: hyoeng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hyøŋ⁵⁴⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hian
    • Tâi-lô: hian
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hiefn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hiɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɛn³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hiɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɛn⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: heng¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hṳng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɯŋ³³/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 軒
Mandarin	Beijing	/ɕyan⁵⁵/
	Harbin	/ɕyan⁴⁴/
	Tianjin	/ɕyan²¹/
	Jinan	/ɕyã²¹³/
	Qingdao	/ɕyã²¹³/
	Zhengzhou	/ɕyan²⁴/
	Xi'an	/ɕyã²¹/
	Xining	/ɕyã⁴⁴/
	Yinchuan	/ɕyan⁴⁴/
	Lanzhou	/ɕyɛ̃n³¹/
	Ürümqi	/ɕyan⁴⁴/
	Wuhan	/ɕiɛn⁵⁵/ /ɕyɛn⁵⁵/
	Chengdu	/ɕyan⁵⁵/
	Guiyang	/ɕian⁵⁵/
	Kunming	/ɕiɛ̃⁴⁴/
	Nanjing	/ɕyen³¹/
	Hefei	/ɕyĩ²¹/
Jin	Taiyuan	/ɕye¹¹/
	Pingyao
	Hohhot	/ɕye³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/ɕi⁵³/
	Suzhou	/ɕiɪ⁵⁵/
	Hangzhou	/ɕiẽ̞³³/
	Wenzhou	/ɕi³³/
Hui	Shexian	/ɕie³¹/
	Tunxi	/ɕyɛ¹¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/ɕiẽ³³/
	Xiangtan	/ɕyẽ³³/
Gan	Nanchang
Hakka	Meixian	/hian⁴⁴/
	Taoyuan
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/hin⁵³/
	Nanning	/hyn⁵⁵/
	Hong Kong	/hin⁵⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/hian³⁵/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/hyoŋ⁴⁴/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/xyiŋ⁵⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/hɯŋ³³/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/hin²³/

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• Middle Chinese: xjon

Rime
Character	軒
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	元 (65)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	虚言切
Baxter	xjon
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hɨɐn/
Pan Wuyun	/hiɐn/
Shao Rongfen	/xiɐn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hɨan/
Li Rong	/xiɐn/
Wang Li	/xĭɐn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/xɨ̯ɐn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hin1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*qʰa[r]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰan/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	軒
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xuān
Middle Chinese	‹ xjon ›
Old Chinese	/*qʰa[r]/
English	nobleman"s carriage
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	軒
Reading #	1/1
No.	3641
Phonetic component	干
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	軒
Old Chinese	/*qʰan/

Definitions

軒

1. (historical) a kind of high-fronted, curtained carriage in ancient China, especially used by nobles
2. high; lofty; airy
3. (literary) window; door
4. small room or veranda with windows (formerly used in names of studies, teahouses, restaurants, etc.)
5. a surname

Compounds

• 不分軒輊 / 不分轩轾 (bùfēnxuānzhì)
• 乘軒 / 乘轩
• 乘軒鶴 / 乘轩鹤
• 人物軒昂 / 人物轩昂
• 器宇軒昂 / 器宇轩昂 (qìyǔxuān'áng)
• 寶軒燈 / 宝轩灯
• 征軒
• 意氣軒昂 / 意气轩昂
• 披軒 / 披轩
• 文軒 / 文轩
• 方軒 / 方轩
• 曦軒 / 曦轩
• 服冕乘軒 / 服冕乘轩
• 朱軒 / 朱轩
• 櫺軒 / 棂轩
• 氣宇軒昂 / 气宇轩昂 (qìyǔxuān'áng)
• 溷軒 / 溷轩
• 無分軒輊 / 无分轩轾
• 瓊軒 / 琼轩
• 皮軒 / 皮轩
• 眉軒 / 眉轩
• 稼軒 / 稼轩
• 老鶴乘軒 / 老鹤乘轩
• 聽雨軒 / 听雨轩
• 臨軒 / 临轩
• 軒冕 / 轩冕
• 軒城 / 轩城
• 軒宇 / 轩宇
• 軒掖 / 轩掖
• 軒敞 / 轩敞 (xuānchǎng)
• 軒昂 / 轩昂 (xuān'áng)
• 軒昂氣宇 / 轩昂气宇
• 軒昂自若 / 轩昂自若
• 軒朗 / 轩朗
• 軒檻 / 轩槛
• 軒渠 / 轩渠
• 軒然 / 轩然
• 軒然大波 / 轩然大波 (xuānrándàbō)
• 軒眉 / 轩眉
• 軒秀 / 轩秀
• 軒翥 / 轩翥
• 軒舉 / 轩举
• 軒裳 / 轩裳
• 軒豁 / 轩豁 (xuānhuò)
• 軒車 / 轩车
• 軒軒 / 轩轩
• 軒軒甚得 / 轩轩甚得
• 軒輊 / 轩轾 (xuānzhì)
• 軒輬 / 轩辌
• 軒輖 / 轩𫐏
• 軒轅 / 轩辕 (xuānyuán)
• 軒闢 / 轩辟
• 軒駕 / 轩驾
• 軒騫 / 轩骞
• 軨軒 / 𫐉轩
• 輪軒 / 轮轩
• 輶軒 / 𬨎轩
• 重軒 / 重轩
• 隨軒 / 随轩
• 飛軒 / 飞轩
• 高軒 / 高轩
• 高軒蒞止 / 高轩莅止
• 高軒過 / 高轩过
• 鶴乘軒 / 鹤乘轩
• 鼚軒 / 𱌊轩
• 鼚鼓軒舞 / 𱌊鼓轩舞

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiàn (xian⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàn
    • Wade–Giles: hsien⁴
    • Yale: syàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiann
    • Palladius: сянь (sjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/

Definitions

軒

1. (historical) meat sliced in large pieces

   • 肉腥細者為膾，大者為軒。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
     肉腥细者为脍，大者为轩。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]

     From: The Book of Rites, c. 4^th – 2^nd century BCE

     Ròu xīng xì zhě wèi kuài, dà zhě wèi xiàn. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   See also: 膾

References

• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “轩”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 269.

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 軒

軒

(Jōyō kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: こん (kon)
• Kan-on: けん (ken, Jōyō)
• Kun: のき (noki, 軒, Jōyō)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
軒
けん Grade: S
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 軒 (MC xjon).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kẽ̞ɴ]

Counter

軒(けん) • (-ken) 

1. counter for buildings like houses

   寄付(きふ)を募(つの)るため、数(すう)軒(けん)の家(いえ)を回(まわ)った。

   Kifu o tsunoru tame, sūken no ie o mawatta.

   We visited several houses to raise donations.

Derived terms

• 軒(けん)昂(こう) (kenkō)
• 軒(けん)数(すう) (kensū)
• 軒(けん)輊(ち) (kenchi)
• 軒(けん)灯(とう) (kentō)
• 軒(けん)別(べつ) (kenbetsu)
• 一(いっ)軒(けん) (ikken)
• 数(すう)軒(けん) (sūken)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
軒
のき Grade: S
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 軒 – see the following entry.

【のき】 [noun] eaves [noun] narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building Alternative spellings 簷, 檐, 宇

(This term, 軒, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Etymology 1

From Middle Chinese 軒 (MC xjon). Recorded as Middle Korean 헌 (hen) (Yale: hen) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

軒

軒 (eumhun 추녀 헌 (chunyeo heon))

1. (literary) hanja form^? of 헌 (“eaves”)
2. (literary) hanja form^? of 헌 (“type of carriage in ancient China”)

Compounds

• 고헌 (高軒, goheon)
• 교헌 (轎軒, gyoheon)
• 다헌 (茶軒, daheon)
• 담헌 (湛軒, damheon)
• 동헌 (東軒, dongheon)
• 법헌 (法軒, beopheon)
• 비헌 (飛軒, biheon)
• 상헌 (橡軒, sangheon)
• 서헌 (書軒, seoheon)
• 외헌 (外軒, oeheon)
• 융헌 (戎軒, yungheon)
• 임헌 (臨軒, imheon)
• 정헌 (貞軒, jeongheon)
• 초헌 (軺軒, choheon)
• 헌거 (軒擧, heon'geo)
• 헌두 (軒頭, heondu)
• 헌등 (軒燈, heondeung)
• 헌랑 (軒朗, heollang)
• 헌앙 (軒昻, heonang)
• 헌헌 (軒軒, heonheon)

Etymology 2

From Middle Chinese 軒 (MC hjonH).

Hanja

軒 (eumhun 고기 저밀 헌 (gogi jeomil heon))

1. (archaic) hanja form^? of 헌 (“to slice meat in large portions”)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.