㘣

㘣 U 3623, 㘣 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-3623 ← 㘢 [U 3622] CJK Unified Ideographs Extension A 㘤 → [U 3624]

Translingual

Han character

㘣 (Kangxi radical 31, 囗 7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 田口月 (WRB), composition ⿴囗肙)

1. compasses
2. (same as 圓) round, circular

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 218, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 719, character 6
• Unihan data for U 3623

Chinese

simp. and trad.		㘣

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xuān (xuan¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syun⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xuān
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuan
    • Wade–Giles: hsüan¹
    • Yale: sywān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuan
    • Palladius: сюань (sjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: syun⁴
    • Yale: syùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: syn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /syːn²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: xwen

Rime
Character	㘣
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	先 (86)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	火玄切
Baxter	xwen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hwen/
Pan Wuyun	/hʷen/
Shao Rongfen	/xuɛn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hwɛn/
Li Rong	/xuen/
Wang Li	/xiwen/
Bernard Karlgren	/xiwen/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xuān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hyun1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*s-[ɢ]ʷe[n]/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	㘣
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xuán
Middle Chinese	‹ zjwen ›
Old Chinese	/*s-[ɢ]ʷe[n]/
English	compasses
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.

Definitions

㘣

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