欦

欦 U+6B26, 欦 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6B26 ← 欥 [U+6B25] CJK Unified Ideographs 欧 → [U+6B27]

Translingual

Han character

欦 (Kangxi radical 76, 欠+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 人弓弓人 (ONNO) or 難人弓弓人 (XONNO), composition ⿰今欠)

Derived characters

• 𡸛, 𢉄

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 566, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16019
• Dae Jaweon: page 955, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2136, character 3
• Unihan data for U+6B26

Chinese

trad.		欦
simp. #		欦

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
貪	*kʰl'uːm
嗿	*l̥ʰuːmʔ
僋	*l̥ʰuːms, *luːms
酓	*qʰɯːm, *qlamʔ, *qlɯːms
馠	*qʰɯːm
谽	*qʰɯːm
唅	*qʰɯːm, *ɡɯːms
含	*ɡɯːm
肣	*ɡɯːm, *ɡɯːmʔ
頷	*ɡɯːm, *ɡɯːmʔ
筨	*ɡɯːm
梒	*ɡɯːm
鋡	*ɡɯːm
莟	*ɡɯːmʔ, *ɡɯːms
琀	*ɡɯːms
浛	*ɡɯːms
盦	*qɯːm, *qaːb
韽	*qɯːm, *qrɯːms
玪	*krɯːm
妗	*qʰrɯːm, *kʰjam, *qʰlɯːm, *ɡrɯms
欦	*qʰrɯːmʔ, *qʰram, *kʰlam, *kʰlamʔ, *qʰlɯːm
黔	*ɡram, *ɡrɯm
鈐	*ɡram
鳹	*ɡram
雂	*ɡram, *ɡrɯm
念	*nɯːms
梣	*sɡɯm, *sɡrɯm
枔	*sɢrɯm
岑	*sɡrɯm
笒	*sɡrɯm, *ɡrɯms
涔	*sɡrɯm
侺	*ɡjɯms
今	*krɯm
黅	*krɯm
衿	*krɯm
衾	*kʰrɯm
坅	*kʰrɯmʔ
搇	*kʰrɯms
琴	*ɡrɯm
禽	*ɡrɯm
芩	*ɡrɯm
庈	*ɡrɯm
耹	*ɡrɯm
靲	*ɡrɯm
擒	*ɡrɯm
檎	*ɡrɯm
紟	*ɡrɯms
吟	*ŋɡrɯm, *ŋɡrɯms
訡	*ŋɡrɯm
廞	*qʰrɯm, *qʰrɯmʔ
陰	*qrɯm
霠
飲	*qrɯmʔ, *qrɯms
蔭	*qrɯms
廕	*qrɯms
矜	*ɡrɯn, *ɡɯn, *kɯŋ

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiān (qian¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): him¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cian
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien¹
    • Yale: chyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chian
    • Palladius: цянь (cjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: him¹
    • Yale: hīm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: him¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: him¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiːm⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: khjaemX

Rime
Character	欦
Reading #	2/3
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	嚴 (145)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	丘广切
Baxter	khjaemX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰɨɐmX/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰiɐmX/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰiɐmX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰɨamX/
Li Rong	/kʰiɐmX/
Wang Li	/kʰĭɐmX/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰi̯ɐmX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qiǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	him2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰram/, /*kʰlam/, /*kʰlamʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	欦	欦	欦
Reading #	2/5	3/5	4/5
No.	6584	6586	6587
Phonetic component	今	今	今
Rime group	談	談	談
Rime subdivision	1	1	1
Corresponding MC rime		㪁	欦
Old Chinese	/*qʰram/	/*kʰlam/	/*kʰlamʔ/

Definitions

欦

1. to wear a smile
2. (literary) extremely wise
3. (literary) excessive wisdom

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiān (xian¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): him¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sian
    • Wade–Giles: hsien¹
    • Yale: syān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shian
    • Palladius: сянь (sjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: him¹
    • Yale: hīm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: him¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: him¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiːm⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: xem, xeamX

Rime
Character	欦	欦
Reading #	1/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	添 (157)	咸 (151)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	II
Fanqie	許兼切	火斬切
Baxter	xem	xeamX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hem/	/hˠɛmX/
Pan Wuyun	/hem/	/hᵚæmX/
Shao Rongfen	/xɛm/	/xɐmX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hɛm/	/həɨmX/
Li Rong	/xem/	/xɐmX/
Wang Li	/xiem/	/xɐmX/
Bernard Karlgren	/xiem/	/xămX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiān	xiǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	him1	haam2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰrɯːmʔ/, /*qʰlɯːm/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	欦	欦
Reading #	1/5	5/5
No.	6577	6589
Phonetic component	今	今
Rime group	侵	侵
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	闞	馦
Old Chinese	/*qʰrɯːmʔ/	/*qʰlɯːm/

Definitions

欦

1. greed; avarice

References

• Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 2), p. 134