囀

囀

See also: 𫝚 and 啭

囀 U+56C0, 囀 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-56C0 ← 嚿 [U+56BF] CJK Unified Ideographs 囁 → [U+56C1]

Translingual

Traditional	囀
Shinjitai (extended)	𫝚
Simplified	啭

Han character

囀 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+18, 21 strokes, cangjie input 口十十戈 (RJJI), four-corner 6504₃, composition ⿰口轉)

Related characters

• 𫝚 (Japanese shinjitai)
• 啭 (Simplified Chinese)

References

• KangXi: page 214, character 30
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4614
• Dae Jaweon: page 437, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 705, character 18
• Unihan data for U+56C0

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Chinese

trad.		囀
simp.		啭

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
竱	*toːn, *tjonʔ
團	*doːn
摶	*doːn, *doːn, *donʔ
篿	*doːn, *tjon
慱	*doːn
剸	*doːn, *tjonʔ, *tjons
鄟	*doːn, *tjon, *djonʔ
漙	*doːn
鷒	*doːn, *tjon
轉	*tonʔ, *tons
傳	*tons, *don, *dons
囀	*tons
縳	*donʔ, *dons
專	*tjon
磚	*tjon
甎	*tjon
塼	*tjon
嫥	*tjon
膞	*tjon, *tjonʔ, *djonʔ
鱄	*tjon, *tjonʔ
蓴	*djun

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *tons) : semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 轉 (OC *tonʔ, *tons).

Etymology

Onomatopoetic.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhuàn (zhuan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zyun², zyun³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhuàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhuàn
    • Wade–Giles: chuan⁴
    • Yale: jwàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juann
    • Palladius: чжуань (čžuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂwän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zyun², zyun³
    • Yale: jyún, jyun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzyn², dzyn³
    • Guangdong Romanization: jun², jun³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃyːn³⁵/, /t͡ʃyːn³³/

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• Middle Chinese: /ʈˠiuᴇn^H/

Rime
Character	囀
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	知 (9)
Final (韻)	仙 (80)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	知戀切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈˠiuᴇnH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈʷᵚiɛnH/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶiuænH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈwianH/
Li Rong	/ȶjuɛnH/
Wang Li	/ȶĭwɛnH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȶi̯wɛnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhuàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zyun3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*tons/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	囀
Reading #	1/1
No.	17677
Phonetic component	專
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	囀
Old Chinese	/*tons/
Notes	見繁欽牋

Definitions

囀

1. (of birds) to sing, to chirp, to warble, to twitter

Compounds

囀喉／啭喉

鳥囀／鸟啭

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Japanese

Shinjitai	𫝚
Kyūjitai	囀

Kanji

囀

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 𫝚)

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Readings

• Go-on: てん (ten)
• Kan-on: てん (ten)
• Kun: さえずる (saezuru, 囀る)

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Korean

Hanja

囀 • (jeon) (hangeul 전, revised jeon, McCune–Reischauer chŏn)

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Vietnamese

Han character

囀: Hán Nôm readings: chuyển

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References

• Nom Foundation