筅

筅

筅 U+7B45, 筅 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7B45 ← 筄 [U+7B44] CJK Unified Ideographs 筆 → [U+7B46]

Translingual

Han character

筅 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 竹竹土山 (HHGU), four-corner 8821₁, composition ⿱𥫗先)

1. bamboo brush
2. halberd

References

• KangXi: page 882, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25986
• Dae Jaweon: page 1310, character 26
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 2966, character 8
• Unihan data for U+7B45

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Chinese

trad.		筅
simp. #		筅
alternative forms		𣮛 Hokkien

Etymology

Uncertain. Compare with Lhao Vo sham: (“to sweep”) as in Lhao Vo sham: ban: (“brisk, whisk”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎn (xian³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sin²
• Min Bei (KCR): tǐng
• Min Dong (BUC): cēng
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhéng / chhúiⁿ / chháiⁿ / sián

  (Teochew, Peng'im): coin² / cain²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎn
    • Wade–Giles: hsien³
    • Yale: syǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shean
    • Palladius: сянь (sjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕjɛn²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sin²
    • Yale: sín
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sin²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xin²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn³⁵/
• Min Bei
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: tǐng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiŋ²¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: cēng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɛiŋ³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhéng
    • Tâi-lô: tshíng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zheang
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /t͡ɕʰiɪŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕʰiɪŋ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhúiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tshuínn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhvuie
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰuĩ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Kinmen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chháiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tsháinn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhvae
    • IPA (Kinmen): /t͡sʰãi⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sián
    • Tâi-lô: sián
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siern
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ɕiɛn⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɛn⁵⁵⁴/

Note:

• chhéng/chhúiⁿ/chháiⁿ - vernacular;
• sián - literary.

• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: coin² / cain²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshóiⁿ / tsháiⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰõĩ⁵²/, /t͡sʰãĩ⁵²/

Note:

• coin2 - Chaozhou, Shantou;
• cain2 - Jieyang.

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• Middle Chinese: /sen^X/

Rime
Character	筅
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	蘇典切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/senX/
Pan Wuyun	/senX/
Shao Rongfen	/sɛnX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sɛnX/
Li Rong	/senX/
Wang Li	/sienX/
Bernard Karlgren	/sienX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sin2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sɯːnʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	筅
Reading #	1/1
No.	13464
Phonetic component	先
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	銑
Old Chinese	/*sɯːnʔ/
Notes	同箲

Definitions

筅

1. whiskbroom made of thin bamboo strips
2. to clean using such an implement

Compounds

棕筅 棕筅仔 狼筅 竹筅 筅仔 筅堂

筅帚 (xiǎnzhǒu) 筅把 筅筅 筅黗 筤筅 茶筅 (cháxiǎn)

鼎筅 破雞筅／破鸡筅 筅箒／筅帚 雞毛筅／鸡毛筅 雞筅／鸡筅

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Kanji

筅

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: せん (sen)
• Kan-on: せん (sen)
• Kun: ささら (sasara, 筅)

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Korean

Hanja

筅 • (seon) (hangeul 선, revised seon, McCune–Reischauer sŏn, Yale sen)

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