磚

磚

See also: 砖 and 𥐯

磚 U+78DA, 磚 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-78DA ← 磙 [U+78D9] CJK Unified Ideographs 磛 → [U+78DB]

Translingual

Han character

磚 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+11, 16 strokes, cangjie input 一口十戈戈 (MRJII), four-corner 1564₃, composition ⿰石專)

References

• KangXi: page 835, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24418
• Dae Jaweon: page 1252, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2452, character 7
• Unihan data for U+78DA

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Chinese

trad.		磚
simp.		砖
alternative forms		甎／砖

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
竱	*toːn, *tjonʔ
團	*doːn
摶	*doːn, *doːn, *donʔ
篿	*doːn, *tjon
慱	*doːn
剸	*doːn, *tjonʔ, *tjons
鄟	*doːn, *tjon, *djonʔ
漙	*doːn
鷒	*doːn, *tjon
轉	*tonʔ, *tons
傳	*tons, *don, *dons
囀	*tons
縳	*donʔ, *dons
專	*tjon
磚	*tjon
甎	*tjon
塼	*tjon
嫥	*tjon
膞	*tjon, *tjonʔ, *djonʔ
鱄	*tjon, *tjonʔ
蓴	*djun

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *tjon) : semantic 石 (“rock”) + phonetic 專 (OC *tjon).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): zhuān (zhuan¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄢ

  (Chengdu, SP): zuan¹

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zyun¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): chôn

  (Meixian, Guangdong): zon¹

• Jin (Wiktionary): zuan¹
• Min Bei (KCR): cuíng
• Min Dong (BUC): cuŏng
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): chng / chuiⁿ / choan

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zeng¹

• Wu (Wiktionary): tse (T1)
• Xiang (Wiktionary): qyenn¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhuān
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhuan
    • Wade–Giles: chuan¹
    • Yale: jwān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juan
    • Palladius: чжуань (čžuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂwän⁵⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: zuan¹
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: zuan
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡suan⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zyun¹
    • Yale: jyūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzyn¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: jun¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃyːn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chôn
    • Hakka Romanization System: zon´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zon¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡son²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: zon¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sɔn⁴⁴/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: zuan¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡suæ̃¹¹/
• Min Bei
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: cuíng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡suiŋ⁵⁴/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: cuŏng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡suoŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung, Hsinchu, Lukang, Sanxia, Kinmen, Magong, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chng
    • Tâi-lô: tsng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zngf
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Kinmen, Singapore): /t͡sŋ̍⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Lukang): /t͡sŋ̍³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Yilan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chuiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tsuinn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zvuy
    • IPA (Zhangzhou, Yilan): /t͡suĩ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: choan
    • Tâi-lô: tsuan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoafn
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /t͡suan³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡suan⁴⁴/

Note:

• chng/chuiⁿ - vernacular;
• choan - literary.

• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zeng¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsṳng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɯŋ³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: tse (T1)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡se̞⁵³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: qyenn¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰyẽ³³/

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• Middle Chinese: /t͡ɕiuᴇn/

Rime
Character	磚
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	仙 (78)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	職緣切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕiuᴇn/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕʷiɛn/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕjuæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cwian/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiuɛn/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭwɛn/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯wɛn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhuān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zyun1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*tjon/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	磚
Reading #	1/1
No.	17684
Phonetic component	專
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	專
Old Chinese	/*tjon/
Notes	塼後起或體

Definitions

磚

1. brick (Classifier: 塊／块 m)
2. tile; paving
3. (computing slang, figurative) brick (an electronic device, especially a heavy box-shaped one, that has become non-functional or obsolete.)

   變磚／变砖  ―  biànzhuān  ―  (electronic devices) to become unfunctional

Synonyms

• 磚頭／砖头 (zhuāntóu)
• 磚塊／砖块 (zhuānkuài)
• (Hakka, Min Nan) 磚仔／砖仔
• (Min Nan) 磚仔角／砖仔角

Compounds

丟磚料瓦／丢砖料瓦 冰磚／冰砖 (bīngzhuān) 古磚／古砖 地磚／地砖 導盲磚／导盲砖 (dǎomángzhuān) 嵌鑲磚／嵌镶砖 引玉之磚／引玉之砖 (yǐnyùzhīzhuān) 彩磚／彩砖 懷磚之俗／怀砖之俗 打金磚／打金砖 拋磚引玉／抛砖引玉 (pāozhuānyǐnyù) 搬磚／搬砖 (bānzhuān) 搬磚砸腳／搬砖砸脚 敲門磚／敲门砖 (qiāoménzhuān) 方磚／方砖 木磚／木砖 泥磚／泥砖

添磚加瓦／添砖加瓦 (tiānzhuānjiāwǎ) 火磚／火砖 炕面磚／炕面砖 煤磚／煤砖 (méizhuān) 玻璃磚／玻璃砖 (bōlizhuān) 琉璃磚／琉璃砖 瓷磚／瓷砖 (cízhuān) 畫像磚／画像砖 畫象磚／画象砖 砌磚／砌砖 (qìzhuān) 磁磚／磁砖 磚坯／砖坯 (zhuānpī) 磚契／砖契 磚屋／砖屋 磚牆／砖墙 磚瓦／砖瓦 (zhuānwǎ) 磚畫／砖画

磚窯／砖窑 (zhuānyáo) 磚茶／砖茶 (zhuānchá) 磚雕／砖雕 (zhuāndiāo) 磚頭／砖头 (zhuāntóu) 磨磚／磨砖 磨磚成鏡／磨砖成镜 空心磚／空心砖 紅磚／红砖 耐火磚／耐火砖 茅廁的磚／茅厕的砖 茅廁磚頭／茅厕砖头 茶磚／茶砖 (cházhuān) 變磚／变砖 (biànzhuān) 鎂磚／镁砖 頂磚頭／顶砖头 飛磚擲瓦／飞砖掷瓦

References

• “磚”, 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–

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Japanese

Kanji

磚

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): せん (sen)
• Kun: かわら (kawara, 磚)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

磚: Hán Nôm readings: chuyên, gạch

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