筌

筌

筌 U+7B4C, 筌 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7B4C ← 筋 [U+7B4B] CJK Unified Ideographs 筍 → [U+7B4D]

Translingual

Han character

筌 (radical 118, 竹+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 竹人一土 (HOMG), four-corner 8810₄, composition ⿱𥫗全)

1. bamboo fish trap

References

• KangXi: page 882, character 28
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25995
• Dae Jaweon: page 1312, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 2967, character 7
• Unihan data for U+7B4C

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		筌

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (全) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
拴	*sroːn, *sʰlon
栓	*sroːn, *sron
跧	*ʔsroːn, *ʔsron, *ʔslun
痊	*sʰlon
詮	*sʰlon
荃	*sʰlon
銓	*sʰlon
筌	*sʰlon
輇	*sʰlon, *djon
硂	*sʰlon
佺	*sʰlon
駩	*sʰlon
絟	*sʰlon, *sʰlod
恮	*sʰlon, *ʔsron
峑	*sʰlon
全	*zlon
仝	*zlon, *doːŋ
牷	*zlon

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): quán (quan²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cyun⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: quán
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄢˊ
    • Wade–Giles: ch'üan²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyuan
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: cyun⁴
    • Yale: chyùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: qun⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃʰyːn²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /t͡sʰiuᴇn/▼

Rime
Character	筌
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	仙 (78)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	此緣切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰiuᴇn/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰʷiɛn/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰjuæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰwian/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰiuɛn/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰĭwɛn/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sʰi̯wɛn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	quān

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*sʰlon/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	筌
Reading #	1/1
No.	10709
Phonetic component	全
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	詮
Old Chinese	/*sʰlon/

Definitions

筌

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Compounds

以筌為魚／以筌为鱼 得魚忘筌／得鱼忘筌

筌蹄 言筌

蹄筌

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Japanese

Kanji

筌

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: せん (sen)
• Kan-on: せん (sen)
• Kun: うえ (ue, 筌); うけ (uke, 筌)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
筌
うえ Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

/uhe₂/: *upəj → upe → uɸe → uwe → ue.

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) うえ​ [ùéꜜ] (Odaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ᵝe̞]

Noun

筌 (hiragana うえ, rōmaji ue, historical hiragana うへ)

1. a device placed in a river used to capture fish
   • 794, Shin'yaku Kegonkyō Ongi Shiki

     筌 音宣, 訓于閇也, 謂敎也

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
筌
うけ Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) うけ​ [ùkéꜜ] (Odaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ᵝke̞]

Noun

筌 (hiragana うけ, rōmaji uke)

1. a device placed in a river used to capture fish

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
筌
せん Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) せ​ん [séꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [sẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

筌 (hiragana せん, rōmaji sen)

1. a device placed in a river used to capture fish

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

• Takeuchi, Rizō (1962) Nara Ibun: Volume 3 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō Shuppan, →ISBN.

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Korean

Hanja

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

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