冼

冼

冼 U+51BC, 冼 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-51BC ← 冻 [U+51BB] CJK Unified Ideographs 冽 → [U+51BD]

Translingual

Han character

冼 (Kangxi radical 15, 冫+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 戈一竹土山 (IMHGU), four-corner 3411₁, composition ⿰冫先)

References

• KangXi: page 132, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1633
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 297, character 6
• Unihan data for U+51BC

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		冼

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎn (xian³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sin²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎn
    • Wade–Giles: hsien³
    • Yale: syǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shean
    • Palladius: сянь (sjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕjɛn²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sin²
    • Yale: sín
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sin²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xin²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn³⁵/

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sɯːnʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	冼
Reading #	1/1
No.	13465
Phonetic component	先
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	銑
Old Chinese	/*sɯːnʔ/
Notes	洗姓新分化字

Definitions

冼

1. ^† Alternative form of 洗 (“to wash one's feet”)
2. a surname

   冼星海  ―  Xiǎn Xīnghǎi  ―  Xian Xinghai (Chinese composer)

Compounds

姑冼 (gūxiǎn)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shěng (sheng³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shěng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shěng
    • Wade–Giles: shêng³
    • Yale: shěng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheeng
    • Palladius: шэн (šɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ²¹⁴/

Definitions

冼

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Japanese

Kanji

冼

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): しょう (shō)
• Kun: さむい (samui, 冼い)