掀

掀	U+6380, 掀 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6380

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[U+637F]

CJK Unified Ideographs

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[U+6381]

Translingual

Han character

掀 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 手竹中人 (QHLO), four-corner 5708₂, composition ⿰扌欣)

References

KangXi: page 436, character 7

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12230

Dae Jaweon: page 785, character 19

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1899, character 3

Unihan data for U+6380

Chinese

simp. and trad.		掀

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
蘄	ɡɯ, kɯl, *ɡɯn
祈	*ɡɯl
頎	*ɡɯl
旂	*ɡɯl
圻	ɡɯl, ŋɡɯːn, *ŋɡɯn
蚚	ɡɯl, ɡɯːls
岓	*ɡɯl
玂	*ɡɯl
沂	*ŋɡɯl
掀	*qʰan
釿	ŋɡrɯnʔ, ŋkɯn
齗	ŋɡrɯnʔ, ŋɡɯn
听	ŋɡrɯnʔ, ŋɡɯnʔ
垽	ŋrɯns, qɯns
斤	kɯn, kɯns
菦	*kɯnʔ
靳	*kɯns
劤	*kɯns
勁	kɯns, keŋs
赾	*kʰɯnʔ
芹	*ɡɯn
近	ɡɯnʔ, ɡɯns
斦	*ŋɡɯn
欣	*qʰɯn
忻	*qʰɯn
昕	*qʰɯn
訢	*qʰɯn
炘	qʰɯn, qʰɯns
邤	*qʰɯn
庍	qʰɯns, mpreːɡs
焮	*qʰɯns

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *qʰan) : semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 欣 (OC *qʰɯn).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): xiān (xian¹)
(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ
(Chengdu, SP): xuan¹
Cantonese (Jyutping): hin¹, hin³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): hiên / hiân
(Meixian, Guangdong): hian¹
Min Bei (KCR): hṳ̌ing
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): hian
(Teochew, Peng'im): hiang¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sian
  - Wade–Giles: hsien¹
  - Yale: syān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shian
  - Palladius: сянь (sjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕjɛn⁵⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: xuan¹
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xuan
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕyan⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hin¹, hin³
  - Yale: hīn, hin
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hin¹, hin³
  - Guangdong Romanization: hin¹, hin³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiːn⁵⁵/, /hiːn³³/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hiên
  - Hakka Romanization System: hien´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: hian¹
  - Sinological IPA: /hi̯en²⁴/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hiân
  - Hakka Romanization System: hian´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: hian¹
  - Sinological IPA: /hi̯an²⁴/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: hian¹
  - Sinological IPA: /çian⁴⁴/
Min Bei
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: hṳ̌ing
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xyiŋ²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hian
  - Tâi-lô: hian
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hiefn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hiɛn⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɛn³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɛn⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hiɛn⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɛn⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: hiang¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hiang
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiaŋ³³/

Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 掀
Mandarin	Beijing	/ɕian⁵⁵/
	Harbin	/ɕian⁴⁴/
	Tianjin	/ɕian²¹/
	Jinan	/ɕiã²¹³/
	Qingdao	/ɕiã²¹³/
	Zhengzhou	/ɕian²⁴/
	Xi'an	/ɕiã²¹/
	Xining	/ɕiã⁴⁴/
	Yinchuan	/ɕian⁴⁴/
	Lanzhou	/ɕiɛ̃n³¹/
	Ürümqi	/ɕian⁴⁴/
	Wuhan	/ɕiɛn⁵⁵/
	Chengdu	/ɕyan⁵⁵/
	Guiyang	/ɕian⁵⁵/
	Kunming	/ɕiɛ̃⁴⁴/
	Nanjing	/ɕien³¹/
	Hefei	/ɕiĩ²¹/
Jin	Taiyuan	/ɕie¹¹/ ～開 /ɕye⁴⁵/ 忽～
	Pingyao	/ɕye̞¹³/
	Hohhot	/ɕie³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/ɕi⁵³/ /ɕiɔ⁵³/
	Suzhou	/ɕiɪ⁵⁵/
	Hangzhou	/ɕiẽ̞³³/
	Wenzhou	/ɕaŋ³³/
Hui	Shexian	/ɕie³¹/
Hui	Tunxi	/ɕiɛ¹¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/ɕiẽ³³/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/ɕiẽ³³/
Gan	Nanchang
Hakka	Meixian	/hian⁴⁴/
Hakka	Taoyuan	/hien²⁴/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/hin⁵³/
	Nanning	/hyn⁵⁵/ /hin⁵⁵/
	Hong Kong	/hin⁵⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/hian⁵⁵/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/hyoŋ⁴⁴/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/xyiŋ²¹/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/hiaŋ³³/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/hin²³/

Middle Chinese: /hɨɐn/

Rime
Character	掀
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	元 (65)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	虚言切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hɨɐn/
Pan Wuyun	/hiɐn/
Shao Rongfen	/xiɐn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hɨan/
Li Rong	/xiɐn/
Wang Li	/xĭɐn/
Bernard Karlgren	/xɨ̯ɐn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hin¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*qʰan/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	掀
Reading #	1/1
No.	6643
Phonetic component	斤
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	軒
Old Chinese	/*qʰan/

Definitions

掀

to raise; to lift (a cover, curtain, etc.)
to rock; to convulse
to expose; to reveal

Compounds

掀天
掀天揭地
掀天斡地
掀翻 (xiānfān)
掀舞
掀起 (xiānqǐ)
掀露

掀髯
白浪掀天
掀動／掀动 (xiāndòng)
掀揚／掀扬
掀開／掀开 (xiānkāi)
掀雷抉電／掀雷抉电
掀風播浪／掀风播浪

掀風鼓浪／掀风鼓浪
掀騰／掀腾
摶擊掀發／抟击掀发
畫水掀壁／画水掀壁
鐵掀／铁掀
騰掀／腾掀

References

“掀”, 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–

Japanese

Kanji

掀

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: こん (kon)

Kan-on: けん (ken)

Kan’yō-on: きん (kin)

Kun: かかげる (kakageru)

Korean

Hanja

掀 • (heun) (hangeul 흔, revised heun, McCune–Reischauer hŭn, Yale hun)

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Vietnamese

Han character

掀: Hán Nôm readings: hiên

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References

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