祆
See also: 祅
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Translingual
Han character
祆 (Kangxi radical 113, 示+4, 9 strokes, cangjie input 戈火一大 (IFMK), four-corner 32234, composition ⿰礻天)
References
- KangXi: page 840, character 7
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24638
- Dae Jaweon: page 1258, character 9
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2388, character 10
- Unihan data for U+7946
Further reading
- “Zoroastrianism between Iranic and Sinitic” by Victor Mair (2022-11-18), published by Language Log
Chinese
simp. and trad. | 祆 |
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Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (天) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
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添 | *tʰiːm |
忝 | *l̥ʰiːmʔ, *l̥ʰiːms |
悿 | *tʰiːmʔ |
舔 | *l̥ʰiːmʔ |
菾 | *diːm |
天 | *qʰl'iːn |
吞 | *qʰl'iːn, *qʰl'ɯːn |
祆 | *qʰliːn |
蚕 | *zluːm, *hl'iːnʔ |
Ideogrammic compound (會意) and phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *qʰliːn) : semantic 礻 + phonetic 天 (OC *qʰl'iːn, “heaven”).
Etymology
Cognate with 天 (OC *qʰl'iːn).
Pronunciation
Definitions
祆
- Ahura Mazda, god of the Zoroastrians
- 祆:胡神也。 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]
- From: Shuowen Jiezi, circa 2nd century CE
- Xiān: húshén yě. [Pinyin]
- Xian is the god of the foreigners.
Compounds
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References
- “祆”, 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–
Japanese
Kanji
祆
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)
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Readings
- On (unclassified): けん (ken); てん (ten)
Korean
Hanja
祆 (eum 천 (cheon))
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