竄

See also: 窜

竄	U+7AC4, 竄 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7AC4

← 竃
[U+7AC3]

CJK Unified Ideographs

竅 →
[U+7AC5]

Translingual

Han character

竄 (Kangxi radical 116, 穴+13, 18 strokes, cangjie input 十金竹X女 (JCHXV), four-corner 3071₇, composition ⿱穴鼠)

Derived characters

攛躥鑹

References

KangXi: page 869, character 1

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25679

Dae Jaweon: page 1298, character 15

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2744, character 7

Unihan data for U+7AC4

Chinese

trad.		竄
simp.		窜
alternative forms		⿱穴𰀁

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
躥	*sʰoːn
竄	sʰoːn, sʰoːns
攛	*sʰoːn
鑹	*sʰoːns

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 鼠 (“mouse”) + 穴 (“hole”) – to hide in a hole.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cuàn (cuan⁴)
(Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cyun³, cyun²
Min Dong (BUC): chuáng
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): chhǹg / chhoàn
(Teochew, Peng'im): cuang³ / cuêng³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cuàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cuàn
  - Wade–Giles: tsʻuan⁴
  - Yale: tswàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsuann
  - Palladius: цуань (cuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰwän⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: cyun³, cyun²
  - Yale: chyun, chyún
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsyn³, tsyn²
  - Guangdong Romanization: qun³, qun²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃʰyːn³³/, /t͡ʃʰyːn³⁵/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: chuáng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰuɑŋ²¹³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhǹg / chhoàn
  - Tâi-lô: tshǹg / tshuàn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhngx, zhoaxn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰŋ̍²¹/, /t͡sʰuan²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰŋ̍⁴¹/, /t͡sʰuan⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰŋ̍²¹/, /t͡sʰuan²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰŋ̍¹¹/, /t͡sʰuan¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰŋ̍²¹/, /t͡sʰuan²¹/

Note:

chhǹg - vernacular;
chhoàn - literary.

- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: cuang³ / cuêng³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshuàng / tshuèng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰuaŋ²¹³/, /t͡sʰueŋ²¹³/

Note:

cuang3 - Shantou;
cuêng3 - Chaozhou.

Middle Chinese: /t͡sʰuɑn^H/, /t͡sʰuɑn/

Rime
Character	竄	竄
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	清 (14)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	桓 (62)	桓 (62)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	七亂切	七丸切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰuɑn^H/	/t͡sʰuɑn/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰʷɑn^H/	/t͡sʰʷɑn/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰuɑn^H/	/t͡sʰuɑn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰwan^H/	/t͡sʰwan/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰuɑn^H/	/t͡sʰuɑn/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰuɑn^H/	/t͡sʰuɑn/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sʰuɑn^H/	/t͡sʰuɑn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cuàn	cuān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cyun³	cyun¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[tsʰ]ˤo[n]-s/
(Zhengzhang): /*sʰoːn/, /*sʰoːns/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	竄
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	cuàn
Middle Chinese	‹ tshwan^H ›
Old Chinese	/*[tsʰ]ˁo[n]-s/
English	hide; flee
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	竄	竄
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	1869	1871
Phonetic component	竄	竄
Rime group	元	元
Rime subdivision	3	3
Corresponding MC rime		竄
Old Chinese	/*sʰoːn/	/*sʰoːns/

Definitions

竄

(now derogatory) to flee; to go in exile
(literary) to exile; to banish
- 流共工于幽洲，放驩兜于崇山，竄三苗于三危，殛鯀于羽山，四罪而天下咸服。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  流共工于幽洲，放欢兜于崇山，窜三苗于三危，殛鲧于羽山，四罪而天下咸服。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Book of Documents, circa 4^th – 3^rd century BCE
  Liú Gònggōng yú yōuzhōu, fàng huāndōu yú chóngshān, cuàn Sānmiáo yú Sānwēi, jí Gǔn yú Yǔshān, sìzuì ér tiānxià xiánfú. [Pinyin]
  He (Shun) banished the Minister of Works to You island; confined Huan-dou on mount Chong; drove (the chief of) San-miao (and his people) into San-wei, and kept them there; and held Gun a prisoner till death on mount Yu. These four criminals being thus dealt with, all under heaven acknowledged the justice (of Shun's administration).
(literary) to hide
(literary, or in compounds) to revise; to edit
竄改／窜改 ― cuàngǎi ― to doctor; to alter
a surname: Cuan

Synonyms

(to flee):

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Synonyms of 竄

亡命 (wángmìng)
出亡 (chūwáng) (literary)
出奔 (chūbēn)
流亡 (liúwáng)

走反 (Hokkien, from war)
逃亡 (táowáng)
逃荒 (táohuāng) (from famine)

逋逃 (būtáo) (literary)
逃難／逃难 (táonàn) (from a disaster)
避難／避难 (bìnàn)

(to hide):

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Synonyms of 竄

匿藏 (nìcáng)
埋藏 (máicáng) (figuratively)
暗囥 (Min Nan)
暗藏 (àncáng)
藏身 (cángshēn)
藏躲 (cángduǒ)
躲藏 (duǒcáng)
躲避 (duǒbì)
逃 (táo)

逃匿 (táonì)
逃避 (táobì)
潛藏／潜藏 (qiáncáng)
竄匿／窜匿 (cuànnì)
藏蹤／藏踪 (cángzōng)
覕囥／𰴕囥 (Min Nan)
走覕／走𰴕 (Min Nan)
走閃／走闪 (Min Nan)

迴避／回避 (huíbì)
避諱／避讳 (bìhuì) (colloquial)
閃覕／闪𰴕 (Min Nan)
隱秘／隐秘 (yǐnmì)
隱蔽／隐蔽 (yǐnbì)
隱藏／隐藏 (yǐncáng)
隱覕／隐𰴕 (ín-bih, ún-bih) (Min Nan)
隱避／隐避 (yǐnbì)

(to revise):

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Synonyms of 竄

修改 (xiūgǎi)
改造 (gǎizào)
更改 (gēnggǎi)
游移 (yóuyí)
移易 (yíyì) (literary)
切換／切换 (qiēhuàn)
改動／改动 (gǎidòng)
改換／改换 (gǎihuàn)

改觀／改观 (gǎiguān) (to change appearance, to change one's view)
改變／改变 (gǎibiàn)
更動／更动 (gēngdòng)
更換／更换 (gēnghuàn)
竄亂／窜乱 (cuànluàn) (literary)
變／变 (biàn)
變換／变换 (biànhuàn)
變易／变易 (biànyì)

變更／变更 (biàngēng)
變變／变变 (Min Nan)
變革／变革 (biàngé) (chiefly social systems)
轉化／转化 (zhuǎnhuà)
轉換／转换 (zhuǎnhuàn)
轉變／转变 (zhuǎnbiàn)
遷／迁 (qiān)
革變／革变 (gébiàn) (literary)

Compounds

上竄下跳／上窜下跳 (shàngcuànxiàtiào)
亂竄／乱窜 (luàncuàn)
伏竄／伏窜
匿竄／匿窜
壯竄／壮窜
奉頭鼠竄／奉头鼠窜
奔竄／奔窜 (bēncuàn)
打竄鼓／打窜鼓
打著竄鼓／打著窜鼓
投山竄海／投山窜海
抱頭鼠竄／抱头鼠窜 (bàotóu-shǔcuàn)
捧頭鼠竄／捧头鼠窜
掉頭鼠竄／掉头鼠窜
改竄／改窜 (gǎicuàn)

東奔西竄／东奔西窜 (dōngbēnxīcuàn)
東逃西竄／东逃西窜 (dōngtáoxīcuàn)
楊葉竄兒／杨叶窜儿
流竄／流窜 (liúcuàn)
潛骸竄影／潜骸窜影
狐奔鼠竄／狐奔鼠窜
狼奔鼠竄／狼奔鼠窜
竄伏／窜伏
竄動／窜动
竄匿／窜匿 (cuànnì)
竄升／窜升
竄句／窜句
竄定／窜定
竄擾／窜扰 (cuànrǎo)

竄改／窜改 (cuàngǎi)
竄犯／窜犯 (cuànfàn)
竄紅／窜红
竄起／窜起
竄身／窜身
竄逃／窜逃 (cuàntáo)
竄逐／窜逐
竄進竄出／窜进窜出
竄遊／窜游
跳竄／跳窜
逃竄／逃窜 (táocuàn)
點竄／点窜
鼠竄／鼠窜 (shǔcuàn)
鼠竄狼奔／鼠窜狼奔

Japanese

Kanji

竄

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

escape, run away
encroach

Readings

Go-on: さん (san)
Kan-on: さん (san)
Kan’yō-on: ざん (zan)
Kun: かくれる (kakureru, 竄れる); のがれる (nogareru, 竄れる)

Korean

Hanja

竄 • (chan) (hangeul 찬)

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Vietnamese

Han character

竄: Hán Nôm readings: thoán

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