撰

撰 U+64B0, 撰 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-64B0 ← 撯 [U+64AF] CJK Unified Ideographs 撱 → [U+64B1]

Translingual

Han character

撰 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 手口山金 (QRUC), four-corner 5708₁, composition ⿰扌巽)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 456, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12753
• Dae Jaweon: page 805, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1964, character 3
• Unihan data for U+64B0

Chinese

trad.		撰/譔
simp.		撰
alternative forms		篹 籑／馔

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
撰	*sɡroːnʔ, *sɡronʔ
饌	*sɡroːnʔ, *sɡrons
譔	*skʰon, *sɡronʔ, *sɡrons
鐉	*skʰon
選	*sqʰonʔ, *sqʰons
繏	*sqʰons
潠	*sqʰons, *sqʰuːns
蟤	*skron
僎	*sɡronʔ, *sɡrons, *skun
襈	*sɡrons, *ɡrons
巽	*sqʰuːns
簨	*sqʰunʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhuàn (zhuan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zaan⁶, zaan³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): choān
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶zoe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhuàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhuàn
    • Wade–Giles: chuan⁴
    • Yale: jwàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juann
    • Palladius: чжуань (čžuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯än⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zaan⁶, zaan³
    • Yale: jaahn, jaan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzaan⁶, dzaan³
    • Guangdong Romanization: zan⁶, zan³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saːn²²/, /t͡saːn³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: choān
    • Tâi-lô: tsuān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoan
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡suan⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡suan³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡suan²²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶zoe
    • MiniDict: zoe^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zoe
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zø²³/

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• Middle Chinese: dzrwaenX, dzrjwenX

Rime
Character	撰	撰
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	崇 (20)	崇 (20)
Final (韻)	刪 (70)	仙 (80)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	II	III
Fanqie	雛鯇切	士免切
Baxter	dzrwaenX	dzrjwenX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʒˠuanX/	/d͡ʒˠiuᴇnX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖ͡ʐʷᵚanX/	/ɖ͡ʐʷᵚiɛnX/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʒuɐnX/	/d͡ʒiuænX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖ͡ʐwaɨnX/	/ɖ͡ʐwianX/
Li Rong	/d͡ʒuanX/	/d͡ʒjuɛnX/
Wang Li	/d͡ʒwanX/	/d͡ʒĭwɛnX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɖ͡ʐʱwanX/	/ɖ͡ʐʱi̯wɛnX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhuàn	zhuàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zaan6	zyun6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[dz]ro[n]ʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*sɡroːnʔ/, /*sɡronʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	撰
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhuàn
Middle Chinese	‹ dzrjwenX ›
Old Chinese	/*[dz]ro[n]ʔ/
English	create, invent
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.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	撰	撰
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	14153	14162
Phonetic component	巽	巽
Rime group	元	元
Rime subdivision	3	3
Corresponding MC rime	撰	撰
Old Chinese	/*sɡroːnʔ/	/*sɡronʔ/
Notes		集韻改雛免切以與棧別

Definitions

撰

1. to write; to compose; to compile

Synonyms

• 作文 (zuòwén) (to write an essay or composition)
• 執筆／执笔 (zhíbǐ)
• 寫作／写作 (xiězuò)
• 寫字／写字 (xiězì)
• 屬文／属文 (zhǔwén) (literary, to compose prose)
• 援筆／援笔 (yuánbǐ) (literary)
• 提筆／提笔 (tíbǐ)
• 撰寫／撰写 (zhuànxiě)
• 撰著 (zhuànzhù) (to write a book)
• 撰述 (zhuànshù) (formal)
• 書寫／书写 (shūxiě)
• 筆耕／笔耕 (bǐgēng) (literary)
• 綴文／缀文 (zhuìwén) (literary, to write a composition)
• 編寫／编写 (biānxiě)
• 著作 (zhùzuò)
• 著述 (zhùshù)
• 行文 (xíngwén)
• 行筆／行笔 (xíngbǐ) (literary, to write an essay or composition)
• 製作／制作 (zhìzuò)
• 譔文／撰文 (zhuànwén) (to write an article)

 

Compounds

• 修撰 (xiūzhuàn)
• 憑空杜撰／凭空杜撰
• 撰寫／撰写 (zhuànxiě)
• 撰文 (zhuànwén)
• 撰次
• 撰稿 (zhuàngǎo)
• 撰稿人
• 撰著 (zhuànzhù)
• 撰述 (zhuànshù)
• 撰錄／撰录
• 杜撰 (dùzhuàn)
• 結撰／结撰
• 編撰／编撰 (biānzhuàn)
• 自撰

 

Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	Shinjitai (extended)	撰󠄀 撰+󠄀? (Adobe-Japan1)
撰󠄂 撰+󠄂? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
Kyūjitai	撰
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Kanji

撰

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. composing
2. choosing

   Synonym: 選

Readings

• Go-on: ぜん (zen); せん (sen)
• Kan-on: さん (san); せん (sen)
• Kan’yō-on: せん (sen)
• Kun: えらぶ (erabu, 撰ぶ); えらび (erabi, 撰び); える (eru, 撰る); より (yori, 撰り); よる (yoru, 撰る)
• Nanori: えらむ (eramu); のぶ (nobu)

Compounds

• 撰(せん)刻(こく) (senkoku)
• 撰(せん)者(じゃ) (senja)
• 撰(せん)修(しゅう) (senshū)
• 撰(せん)集(しゅう) (senshū)
• 撰(せん)述(じゅつ) (senjutsu)
• 撰(せん)進(しん) (senshin)
• 撰(せん)銭(せん) (sensen)
• 撰(せん)定(てい) (sentei)
• 撰(せん)答(とう) (sentō)
• 撰(せん)文(ぶん) (senbun)
• 撰(せん)録(ろく) (senroku)
• 官(かん)撰(せん) (kansen)
• 謹(きん)撰(せん) (kinsen)
• 私(し)撰(せん) (shisen)
• 新(しん)撰(せん) (shinsen)
• 杜(ず)撰(さん) (zusan)
• 勅(ちょく)撰(せん) (chokusen)
• 特(とく)撰(せん) (tokusen)

 

Korean

Etymology 1

From Middle Chinese 撰 (MC dzrwaenX).

Hanja

撰 (eumhun 지을 찬 (jieul chan))

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Compounds

• 찬록 (撰錄, challok)
• 찬문 (撰文, chanmun)
• 찬수 (撰修, chansu)
• 찬술 (撰述, chansul)
• 찬자 (撰者, chanja)
• 찬정 (撰定, chanjeong)
• 찬진 (撰進, chanjin)
• 찬집 (撰集, chanjip)
• 관찬 (官撰, gwanchan)
• 근찬 (謹撰, geunchan)
• 두찬 (杜撰, duchan)
• 사찬 (私撰, sachan)
• 신찬 (新撰, sinchan)
• 칙찬 (勅撰, chikchan)

 

Etymology 2

From Middle Chinese 撰 (MC dzrjwenX).

Hanja

撰 (eumhun 가릴 천 (garil cheon))

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Vietnamese

Han character

撰: Hán Nôm readings: soạn, chọn, chộn, dọn, dốn, rộn, soảng, soạng

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