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縴

縴

See also: 纤

Translingual

Han character

縴 (radical 120 糸+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 女火卜女手 (VFYVQ), four-corner 2095₃)

tow line

References

KangXi: page 936, character 5

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27827

Dae Jaweon: page 1375, character 3

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3448, character 4

Unihan data for U+7E34

Chinese

trad.		縴
simp.		纤

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (牽) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
牽	kʰiːn, kʰiːns
縴	*kʰiːn

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): xiān (xian¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hin¹, hin³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: xiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ
  - Wade-Giles: hsien¹
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shian
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hin¹, hin³
  - Yale: hīn, hin
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hin¹, hin³
  - IPA ^(key): /hiːn⁵⁵/, /hiːn³³/

Middle Chinese: /kʰen/▼

Rime
Character	縴
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	苦堅切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰen/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰen/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰɛn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰɛn/
Li Rong	/kʰen/
Wang Li	/kʰien/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰien/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qiān

Old Chinese▼
(Zhengzhang): /*kʰiːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	縴
Reading #	1/1
No.	10176
Phonetic component	牽
Rime group	眞
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	牽
Old Chinese	/*kʰiːn/

Definitions

縴

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Compounds

內縴／内纤
扯篷拉縴／扯篷拉纤
扯縴／扯纤

拉縴／拉纤
縴夫／纤夫 (qiànfū)
縴戶／纤户

縴手／纤手
跎縴／跎纤

References

(Cantonese) Multi-function Chinese Character Database (漢語多功能字庫)

Japanese

Kanji

縴

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

On: けん (ken)

Kun: わた (wata)

Korean

Hanja

縴 • ‎(gyeon) (hangeul 견, revised gyeon, McCune-Reischauer kyŏn, Yale kyen)

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