癇

癇

See also: 痫

癇 U+7647, 癇 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7647 ← 癆 [U+7646] CJK Unified Ideographs 癈 → [U+7648]

Translingual

Han character

癇 (radical 104, 疒+12, 17 strokes, cangjie input 大日弓月 (KANB), four-corner 0012₇, composition ⿸疒閒)

References

• KangXi: page 780, character 38
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22518
• Dae Jaweon: page 1190, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2698, character 14
• Unihan data for U+7647

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Chinese

trad.		癇
simp.		痫
variant forms		癎 𤺛 𣩝 𣩞

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 癇
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (閒) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
間	*kreːn, *kreːns
簡	*kreːnʔ
澗	*kreːns, *kraːns
鐧	*kreːns, *kraːns
蕑	*kreːn
覵	*kreːn, *kreːns, *pkrenʔ
襉	*kreːnʔ, *kreːns
僩	*kreːnʔ, *ɡraːnʔ
鬜	*kʰreːn, *kʰraːn, *kʰreːd
癇	*ɡreːn
瞯	*ɡreːn
憪	*ɡreːn, *ɡraːnʔ
橌	*ɡraːnʔ
撊	*ɡraːnʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɡreːn) : semantic 疒 (“illness”) + phonetic 閒 (OC *ɡreːn).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xián (xian²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haan⁴, gaan²
• Min Dong (BUC): hièng
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): hân

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hiêng⁵ / hiang⁵ / gang²

• Wu (Wiktionary): hhe (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: xián
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˊ
    • Wade–Giles: hsien²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyan
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: haan⁴, gaan²
    • Yale: hàahn, gáan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haan⁴, gaan²
    • Guangdong Romanization: han⁴, gan²
    • IPA ^(key): /häːn²¹/, /käːn³⁵/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: hièng
    • IPA ^(key): /hieŋ⁵³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hân
    • Tâi-lô: hân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: haan
    • IPA (Xiamen): /han²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /han²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /han¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /han²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /han²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hiêng⁵ / hiang⁵ / gang²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hiêng / hiâng / káng
    • IPA ^(key): /hieŋ⁵⁵/, /hiaŋ⁵⁵/, /kaŋ⁵²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: hhe (T3)
    • IPA ^(key): /ɦe̞²³/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɦˠɛn/▼

Rime
Character	癇
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	山 (73)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	戸閒切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦˠɛn/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦᵚæn/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦəɨn/
Li Rong	/ɣɛn/
Wang Li	/ɣæn/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣăn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xián

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡreːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	癇
Reading #	1/1
No.	6240
Phonetic component	閒
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	閑
Old Chinese	/*ɡreːn/

Definitions

癇

1. epilepsy

Compounds

癇症／痫症 癲癇／癫痫 (diānxián)

羊癇瘋／羊痫疯 羊癲癇／羊癫痫

腦癇／脑痫 (nǎoxián) 驚癇／惊痫

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Japanese

Kanji

癇

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: げん (gen)
• Kan-on: かん (kan)
• Kun: ひきつけ (hikitsuke, 癇け)