U+6CEB, 泫
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6CEB

[U+6CEA]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+6CEC]

Translingual edit

Han character edit

(Kangxi radical 85, +5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 水卜女戈 (EYVI), four-corner 30132, composition )

  1. weep
  2. cry
  3. shine, glisten

Derived characters edit

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 618, character 8
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17319
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1013, character 5
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1593, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+6CEB

Chinese edit

simp. and trad.
alternative forms

Etymology edit

Schuessler (2007) minimally reconstructs the Old Chinese as *wînʔ and suggests a derivation from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *lwi(j) (flow; stream), just like (OC lhuiʔ) (minimally reconstructed); early liquids *l- or *r- often disappeared before glides *j- or *w- in Middle Chinese.

Pronunciation edit



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (33)
Final () (86)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () IV
Fanqie
Baxter hwenX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦwenX/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦʷenX/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣuɛnX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦwɛnX/
Li
Rong
/ɣuenX/
Wang
Li
/ɣiwenX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ɣiwenX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
xuàn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jyun6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 14035
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɡʷeːn/

Definitions edit

  1. (of droplets of water) to flow; to trickle
  2. to cry; to shed tears
  3. (of dew) glimmering; glistening
  4. dew

Compounds edit

Japanese edit

Kanji edit

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. weep
  2. cry
  3. shine
  4. glisten

Readings edit

Korean edit

Hanja edit

(eum (hyeon))

  1. weep
  2. cry
  3. shine
  4. glisten

Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

: Hán Nôm readings: huyên

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References edit