湔

湔

湔 U+6E54, 湔 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6E54 ← 湓 [U+6E53] CJK Unified Ideographs 湕 → [U+6E55]

Translingual

Han character

湔 (radical 85, 水+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 水廿月弓 (ETBN), four-corner 3812₁, composition ⿰氵前)

1. wash, cleanse
2. purge, purify
3. soak
4. to redress (a wrong)

References

• KangXi: page 637, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17833
• Dae Jaweon: page 1044, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1686, character 4
• Unihan data for U+6E54

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		湔

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiān (jian¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zin¹
• Min Nan (POJ): chian / chiàn / chiân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: jiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢ
    • Wade–Giles: chien¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jian
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zin¹
    • Yale: jīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: jin¹
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡siːn⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chian / chiàn / chiân
    • Tâi-lô: tsian / tsiàn / tsiân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciefn, ciexn, cieen
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiɛn⁴⁴/, /t͡ɕiɛn²¹/, /t͡ɕiɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiɛn³³/, /t͡ɕiɛn⁴¹/, /t͡ɕiɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiɛn⁴⁴/, /t͡ɕiɛn²¹/, /t͡ɕiɛn¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiɛn⁴⁴/, /t͡ɕiɛn¹¹/, /t͡ɕiɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiɛn⁴⁴/, /t͡ɕiɛn²¹/, /t͡ɕiɛn²³/

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• Middle Chinese: /d͡zen/, /t͡sen/, /t͡siᴇn/, /t͡siᴇn^H/▼

Rime
Character	湔	湔	湔	湔
Reading #	1/4	2/4	3/4	4/4
Initial (聲)	從 (15)	精 (13)	精 (13)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	先 (85)	先 (85)	仙 (77)	仙 (77)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	IV	III	III
Fanqie	昨先切	則前切	子仙切	子賤切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡zen/	/t͡sen/	/t͡siᴇn/	/t͡siᴇnH/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡zen/	/t͡sen/	/t͡siɛn/	/t͡siɛnH/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡zɛn/	/t͡sɛn/	/t͡sjæn/	/t͡sjænH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡zɛn/	/t͡sɛn/	/t͡sian/	/t͡sianH/
Li Rong	/d͡zen/	/t͡sen/	/t͡siɛn/	/t͡siɛnH/
Wang Li	/d͡zien/	/t͡sien/	/t͡sĭɛn/	/t͡sĭɛnH/
Bernard Karlgren	/d͡zʱien/	/t͡sien/	/t͡si̯ɛn/	/t͡si̯ɛnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qián	jiān	jiān	jiàn

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔslen/, /*ʔslens/, /*ʔsleːn/, /*zleːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	湔	湔	湔	湔
Reading #	1/4	2/4	3/4	4/4
No.	10242	10253	10255	10258
Phonetic component	前	前	前	前
Rime group	元	元	元	元
Rime subdivision	2	2	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	煎	箭	箋	前
Old Chinese	/*ʔslen/	/*ʔslens/	/*ʔsleːn/	/*zleːn/

Definitions

湔

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Japanese

Kanji

湔

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. wash
2. rinse

Readings

• On (unclassified): せん (sen); さん (san)
• Kun: あらう (arau)

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Korean

Hanja

湔 (eum 전 (jeon))

1. wash
2. cleanse
3. purge

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Vietnamese

Han character

湔: Hán Nôm readings: tiễn

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References

• Nom Foundation