剗

剗

See also: 刬

剗 U+5257, 剗 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5257 ← 剖 [U+5256] CJK Unified Ideographs 剘 → [U+5258]

Translingual

Han character

剗 (radical 18, 刀+8, 10 strokes, cangjie input 戈戈中弓 (IILN), composition ⿰戔刂)

1. to pare
2. to exterminate, to abolish
3. spade

References

• KangXi: page 141, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2036
• Dae Jaweon: page 320, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 343, character 19
• Unihan data for U+5257

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Chinese

trad.		剗/剷*
simp.		刬

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chǎn (chan³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caan²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: chǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄢˇ
    • Wade–Giles: ch'an³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chaan
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰän²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: caan²
    • Yale: cháan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaan²
    • Guangdong Romanization: can²
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰäːn³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /t͡ʃʰˠɛn^X/▼

Rime
Character	剗
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	初 (19)
Final (韻)	山 (73)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	初限切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ʃʰˠɛnX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈ͡ʂʰᵚænX/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ʃʰænX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈ͡ʂʰəɨnX/
Li Rong	/t͡ʃʰɛnX/
Wang Li	/t͡ʃʰænX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʈ͡ʂʰănX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chǎn

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*sʰreːnʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	剗
Reading #	1/1
No.	5987
Phonetic component	戔
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	剗
Old Chinese	/*sʰreːnʔ/
Notes	見詛楚文

Definitions

剗

1. to root up, level off, raze (Alternative form of 剷／铲.)
2. to destroy, abolish, exterminate ⇒ 剗滅／刬灭

Compounds

一剗／一刬 剗刷／刬刷 剗削／刬削 剗卻／刬却 剗地／刬地 剗子箭／刬子箭

剗惡除奸／刬恶除奸 剗新／刬新 剗滅／刬灭 剗草除根／刬草除根 剗著／刬著

剗襪／刬袜 剗跡／刬迹 剗除／刬除 剗革／刬革 剗馬／刬马

Usage notes

In Taiwan (traditional Chinese) 剗 is considered as the variant form of 剷. However, the official form 剷 is less widely used compared to 剗. In mainland China (simplified Chinese), 剗 is simplified to 刬 while 剷 (traditional variant of 剗) is considered a variant character of 鏟 that is simplified to 铲. In mainland China, 刬/剗 carries the meaning of destroy/abolish/exterminate while 铲 (derived from 鏟/剷) means to shovel/level off/root up.

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Japanese

Kanji

剗

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. to level off
2. to trim
3. to pare down

Readings

• On (unclassified): さん (san), せん (sen)
• Kun: けずる (kezuru), たいらにする (tairanisuru)

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Korean

Hanja

剗 • (jan) (hangeul 잔, revised jan, McCune–Reischauer chan)

1. to level off
2. to trim
3. to pare down