朘

朘

See also: 脧

朘 U+6718, 朘 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6718 ← 朗 [U+6717] CJK Unified Ideographs 朙 → [U+6719]

Translingual

Han character

朘 (radical 74, 月+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 月戈金水 (BICE), four-corner 7324₇, composition ⿰月夋)

References

• KangXi: page 505, character 26
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14365
• Dae Jaweon: page 884, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2082, character 10
• Unihan data for U+6718

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Chinese

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		朘

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): juān (juan¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syun¹, zyun¹, zeon¹, zeon³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: juān
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄢ
    • Wade–Giles: chüan¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiuan
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: syun¹, zyun¹, zeon¹, zeon³
    • Yale: syūn, jyūn, jēun, jeun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: syn¹, dzyn¹, dzoen¹, dzoen³
    • Guangdong Romanization: xun¹, jun¹, zên¹, zên³
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕyːn⁵⁵/, /t͡ɕyːn⁵⁵/, /t͡ɕɵn⁵⁵/, /t͡ɕɵn³³/

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• Middle Chinese: /t͡siuᴇn/▼

Rime
Character	朘
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	仙 (78)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	子泉切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡siuᴇn/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʷiɛn/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sjuæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡swian/
Li Rong	/t͡siuɛn/
Wang Li	/t͡sĭwɛn/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡si̯wɛn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	juān

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔslon/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	朘
Reading #	1/1
No.	16438
Phonetic component	允
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	鐫
Old Chinese	/*ʔslon/
Notes	見漢書

Definitions

朘

1. ^† to reduce; to wane
2. ^† to exploit

Compounds

日削月朘 日朘月削

朘削

歲朘月耗／岁朘月耗

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 朘 – see 脧 (“penis”). (This character, 朘, is a variant form of 脧.)

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Japanese

Kanji

朘

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): せん (sen)
• Kun: ちじまる (chijimaru), ちじむ (chijimu), へる (heru)