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芊

芊

See also: 茜

Translingual

Han character

芊 (radical 140 艸+3, 9 strokes, cangjie input 廿竹十 (THJ), four-corner 44402)

References

  • KangXi: page 1018, character 7
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30669
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1476, character 7
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3175, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+828A

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 芊

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (人) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
千 *sn̥ʰiːn
仟 *sn̥ʰiːn
芊 *sn̥ʰiːn, *sn̥ʰiːns
阡 *sn̥ʰiːn
汘 *sn̥ʰiːn
迁 *sn̥ʰiːn
杄 *sn̥ʰiːn
人 *njin
仁 *njin
朲 *njin
佞 *neːŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *sn̥ʰiːn, *sn̥ʰiːns) : semantic 艸 + phonetic 千 ‎(OC *sn̥ʰiːn).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 芊 芊
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 清 (14) 清 (14)
Final (韻) 先 (85) 先 (85)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) IV IV
Fanqie 蒼先切 倉甸切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /t͡sʰen/ /t͡sʰenH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /t͡sʰen/ /t͡sʰenH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /t͡sʰɛn/ /t͡sʰɛnH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /t͡sʰɛn/ /t͡sʰɛnH/
Li
Rong		 /t͡sʰen/ /t͡sʰenH/
Wang
Li		 /t͡sʰien/ /t͡sʰienH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /t͡sʰien/ /t͡sʰienH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 qiān qiàn
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 芊 芊
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 10794 10799
Phonetic
component		 人 人
Rime
group		 眞 眞
Rime
subdivision		 1 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 千 蒨
Old
Chinese		 /*sn̥ʰiːn/ /*sn̥ʰiːns/

Definitions

芊

  1. exuberant and vigorous foliage

Compounds

  • 芊綿／芊绵
  • 芊芊
  • 芊萰

Japanese

Kanji

芊

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

芊 • ‎(cheon) (hangeul 천, revised cheon, McCune-Reischauer ch'ŏn, Yale chen)

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Vietnamese

Han character

芊 (thiên)

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