遄

遄 U+9044, 遄 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9044 ← 遃 [U+9043] CJK Unified Ideographs 遅 → [U+9045]

Translingual

Han character

遄 (Kangxi radical 162, 辵+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 卜山一月 (YUMB), four-corner 3230₂, composition ⿺辶耑)

1. to hurry
2. quickly

Derived characters

• 𣛹, 𰹨, 𣜅

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1261, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38988
• Dae Jaweon: page 1751, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3859, character 2
• Unihan data for U+9044

Chinese

trad.		遄
simp. #		遄
alternative forms		𨒎 𨖺 𨖇

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 遄
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
揣	*toːlʔ, *sʰrolʔ
褍	*toːlʔ, *toːn
惴	*tjols
圌	*djol, *djon
篅	*djol, *djon
瑞	*djols
端	*toːn
剬	*toːn, *tjonʔ
偳	*toːn, *tʰoːn
鍴	*toːn
耑	*toːn
踹	*toːns, *djonʔ
湍	*tʰoːn, *tjon
煓	*tʰoːn
貒	*tʰoːn, *tʰoːns
諯	*stʰons, *tjon, *tʰjons, *djon
顓	*tjon
喘	*tʰjonʔ
遄	*djon
輲	*djon
椯	*djon
歂	*djon, *djonʔ
腨	*djonʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chuán (chuan²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cyun⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chuán
    • Wade–Giles: chʻuan²
    • Yale: chwán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chwan
    • Palladius: чуань (čuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: cyun⁴
    • Yale: chyùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: qun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰyːn²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: dzywen

Rime
Character	遄
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	仙 (78)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	市緣切
Baxter	dzywen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʑiuᴇn/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ʑʷiɛn/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʑjuæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ʑwian/
Li Rong	/ʑiuɛn/
Wang Li	/ʑĭwɛn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʑi̯wɛn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chuán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	syun4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*djon/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	遄
Reading #	1/1
No.	2519
Phonetic component	耑
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	遄
Old Chinese	/*djon/

Definitions

遄

1. (literary) immediately; soon; at once; quickly

   • 人而無禮，胡不遄死？ [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     人而无礼，胡不遄死？ [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Rén ér wúlǐ, hú bù chuán sǐ? [Pinyin]

     If a man observe no rules of propriety,
     Why does he not quickly die?

   • 君子如怒，亂庶遄沮。君子如祉，亂庶遄已。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     君子如怒，乱庶遄沮。君子如祉，乱庶遄已。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Jūnzǐ rú nù, luàn shù chuán jǔ. Jūnzǐ rú zhǐ, luàn shù chuán yǐ. [Pinyin]

     If he were to be angry with them, // The disorder would probably quickly be abated;
     If he were to show his joy in the good, // The disorder would probably quickly cease.

   • 榮汝之糧，不若遄歸也。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
     荣汝之粮，不若遄归也。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]

     From: Liezi, 1^st – 5^th century CE

     Róng rǔ zhī liáng, bùruò chuán guī yě. [Pinyin]

     Now, if you still value what's left of your provisions, you'd better go back right now.

Compounds

• 遄征
• 遄疾

Japanese

Kanji

遄

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. to hurry
2. to go to and fro

Readings

• On (unclassified): せん (sen)、ぜん (zen)
• Kun: しばしば (shibashiba)

Korean

Hanja

遄 • (cheon) (hangeul 천, revised cheon, McCune–Reischauer ch'ŏn)

1. quick, fast