栴

栴

栴 U+6834, 栴 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6834 ← 栳 [U+6833] CJK Unified Ideographs 栵 → [U+6835]

Translingual

Han character

栴 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 木人月卜 (DOBY), four-corner 4894₇, composition ⿰木⿱𠂉丹)

References

• KangXi: page 523, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14737
• Dae Jaweon: page 912, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1200, character 5
• Unihan data for U+6834

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		栴

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
丹	*taːn
旃	*tjan
栴	*tjan

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhān (zhan¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zin¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhān
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhan
    • Wade–Giles: chan¹
    • Yale: jān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jan
    • Palladius: чжань (čžanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zin¹
    • Yale: jīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: jin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːn⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /t͡ɕiᴇn/

Rime
Character	栴
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	仙 (77)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	諸延切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕiᴇn/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕiɛn/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕjæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cian/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiɛn/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭɛn/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯ɛn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zin1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*tjan/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	栴
Reading #	1/1
No.	1982
Phonetic component	丹
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	𩜾
Old Chinese	/*tjan/

Definitions

栴

1. Only used in 栴檀 (zhāntán).

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Japanese

Kanji

栴

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. bead tree (Melia azedarach)
2. white sandalwood (Santalum album)

Readings

• On (unclassified): せん (sen)
• Kun: おうち

Compounds

• 栴檀 (センダン, sendan) bead tree (Melia azedarach）; white sandalwood

  栴檀は双葉より芳し. cf. w:ja:ビャクダン#栴檀は双葉より芳し.

  Genius displays itself even in childhood. Literally, the white sandalwood is fragrant since the seed leaf, though this may be exaggerated too much.

See also

• 白檀 (ビャクダン, byakudan) white sandalwood (Santalum album)

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Korean

Hanja

栴 • (jeon) (hangeul 전, revised jeon, McCune–Reischauer chŏn, Yale cen)

1. (단향목) sandalwood

Compounds

• 栴檀 (전단, jeondan) sandalwood [1]

See also

• 檀香 (단향, danhyang) sandalwood
• 白檀 (백단, baegdan) white sandalwood (Santalum album)
• 檀 (단, dan) birch; sandalwood
• 楝 (연, yeon) bead tree

References

1. This meaning is contrasted with Japanese making sense of bead tree or Melia azedarach.

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Vietnamese

Han character

栴: Hán Nôm readings: chiên