筭

筭

筭 U+7B6D, 筭 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7B6D ← 筬 [U+7B6C] CJK Unified Ideographs 筮 → [U+7B6E]

Translingual

Han character

筭 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 竹一土廿 (HMGT), four-corner 9944₁, composition ⿱𥫗弄)

References

• KangXi: page 885, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 26069
• Dae Jaweon: page 1314, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 2971, character 6
• Unihan data for U+7B6D

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Chinese

trad.		筭
simp. #		筭
alternative forms		算

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
筭	*sloːns
弄	*roːŋs
梇	*roːŋs
哢	*roːŋs
硦	*rʷaːɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): suàn (suan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syun³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: suàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: suàn
    • Wade–Giles: suan⁴
    • Yale: swàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suann
    • Palladius: суань (suanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /swän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: syun³
    • Yale: syun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: syn³
    • Guangdong Romanization: xun³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʃyːn³³/

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• Middle Chinese: /suɑn^H/

Rime
Character	筭
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	桓 (62)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	蘇貫切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/suɑnH/
Pan Wuyun	/sʷɑnH/
Shao Rongfen	/suɑnH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/swanH/
Li Rong	/suɑnH/
Wang Li	/suɑnH/
Bernard Karlgren	/suɑnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	suàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	syun3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sloːns/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	筭
Reading #	1/1
No.	9585
Phonetic component	弄
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	筭
Old Chinese	/*sloːns/

Definitions

筭

1. (obsolete) an ancient device for counting numbers
2. (literary) strategy; tactic
3. Alternative form of 算 (suàn, “to count; to calculate; to figure”).

Compounds

筭盤／筭盘

籌筭／筹筭

遺算／遗算 (yísuàn)

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Japanese

Kanji

筭

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): さん (san)
• Kun: そろばん (soroban); かぞえる (kazoeru)

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Vietnamese

Han character

筭: Hán Nôm readings: toan

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