餞

See also: 饯

餞 U+991E, 餞 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-991E ← 餝 [U+991D] CJK Unified Ideographs 餟 → [U+991F]

Translingual

Traditional	餞
Shinjitai (extended)	䬻
Simplified	饯

Han character

餞 (Kangxi radical 184, 食+8, 17 strokes, cangjie input 人戈戈戈 (OIII), four-corner 8375₃, composition ⿰飠戔)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1421, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 44214
• Dae Jaweon: page 1947, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4458, character 13
• Unihan data for U+991E

Chinese

trad.		餞
simp.		饯

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
殘	*zlaːn, *zaːns
戔	*zlaːn
帴	*zlaːn, *saːns, *ʔslenʔ, *ʔsleːn, *sreːd
虥	*zreːn, *zreːn, *zreːnʔ, *zraːns
盞	*ʔsreːnʔ
醆	*ʔsreːnʔ, *ʔljenʔ
琖	*ʔsreːnʔ
剗	*sʰreːnʔ
棧	*zreːnʔ, *zraːns, *zrenʔ
輚	*zreːnʔ, *zraːns
嶘	*zreːnʔ
錢	*ʔslenʔ, *zlen
俴	*ʔslenʔ, *zlenʔ
籛	*ʔslenʔ, *ʔslens, *ʔsleːn
淺	*sʰlenʔ, *ʔsleːn
濺	*ʔsens, *ʔseːn
踐	*zlenʔ
諓	*zlenʔ, *zlens
餞	*zlenʔ, *zlens
賤	*zlens
綫	*slens
箋	*ʔsleːn
牋	*ʔsleːn

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *zlenʔ, *zlens): semantic 食 (“hand”) + phonetic 戔 (OC *zlaːn)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiàn (jian⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zin³ / zin⁶
• Eastern Min (BUC): ciéng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chián

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ziêng²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiàn
    • Wade–Giles: chien⁴
    • Yale: jyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiann
    • Palladius: цзянь (czjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: zin³ / zin⁶
    • Yale: jin / jihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzin³ / dzin⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: jin³ / jin⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːn³³/, /t͡siːn²²/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ciéng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siɛŋ²¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chián
    • Tâi-lô: tsián
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciern
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɛn⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɛn⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɛn⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɛn⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɛn⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ziêng²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsiéng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sieŋ⁵²/

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• Middle Chinese: dzjenX, dzjenH

Rime
Character	餞	餞
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	從 (15)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	仙 (77)	仙 (77)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	慈演切	才線切
Baxter	dzjenX	dzjenH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ziᴇnX/	/d͡ziᴇnH/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ziɛnX/	/d͡ziɛnH/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡zjænX/	/d͡zjænH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡zianX/	/d͡zianH/
Li Rong	/d͡ziɛnX/	/d͡ziɛnH/
Wang Li	/d͡zĭɛnX/	/d͡zĭɛnH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/d͡zʱi̯ɛnX/	/d͡zʱi̯ɛnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiàn	jiàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zin6	zin6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*zlenʔ/, /*zlens/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	餞	餞
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	6006	6009
Phonetic component	戔	戔
Rime group	元	元
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	踐	賤
Old Chinese	/*zlenʔ/	/*zlens/

Definitions

餞

1. to give a farewell party; to see off; to send off
2. to preserve fruits in honey or syrup

Compounds

• 奉餞 / 奉饯
• 宴餞 / 宴饯
• 祖餞 / 祖饯 (zǔjiàn)
• 蜜餞 / 蜜饯 (mìjiàn)
• 蜜餞砒霜 / 蜜饯砒霜 (mìjiànpīshuāng)
• 送餞 / 送饯
• 飲餞 / 饮饯
• 餞別 / 饯别 (jiànbié)
• 餞行 / 饯行 (jiànxíng)
• 餞路 / 饯路

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (餞):

• → Japanese: 餞(せん) (sen)
• → Vietnamese: tiễn (餞)

References

• “餞”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–