筅

筅 U+7B45, 筅 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7B45 ← 筄 [U+7B44] CJK Unified Ideographs 筆 → [U+7B46]

Translingual

Han character

筅 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 竹竹土山 (HHGU), four-corner 8821₁, composition ⿱𥫗先)

1. bamboo brush
2. halberd

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 882, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25986
• Dae Jaweon: page 1310, character 26
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 2966, character 8
• Unihan data for U+7B45

Chinese

trad.		筅
simp. #		筅
alternative forms		箲 𣮛 Hokkien

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
洗	*sɯːlʔ, *sɯːnʔ
先	*sɯːn, *sɯːns
銑	*sɯːnʔ
跣	*sɯːnʔ
毨	*sɯːnʔ
姺	*sɯːnʔ, *srin
筅	*sɯːnʔ
冼	*sɯːnʔ
箲	*sɯːnʔ
駪	*srin
兟	*srin
詵	*srin
侁	*srin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎn (xian³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sin²
• Northern Min (KCR): tǐng
• Eastern Min (BUC): cēng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhéng / chhúiⁿ / chháiⁿ / sián

  (Teochew, Peng'im): coin² / cain²

  (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): xieng²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎn
    • Wade–Giles: hsien³
    • Yale: syǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shean
    • Palladius: сянь (sjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sin²
    • Yale: sín
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sin²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xin²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn³⁵/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: tǐng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiŋ²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: cēng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɛiŋ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhéng
    • Tâi-lô: tshíng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zheang
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhúiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tshuínn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhvuie
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰuĩ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Kinmen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chháiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tsháinn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhvae
    • IPA (Kinmen): /t͡sʰãi⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sián
    • Tâi-lô: sián
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siern
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /siɛn⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɛn⁵⁵⁴/

Note:

• chhéng/chhúiⁿ/chháiⁿ - vernacular;
• sián - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: coin² / cain²
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshóiⁿ / tsháiⁿ
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰõĩ⁵²/, /t͡sʰãĩ⁵²/

Note:

• coin2 - Chaozhou, Shantou;
• cain2 - Jieyang.

• (Leizhou)
  • Leizhou Pinyin: xieng²
  • Sinological IPA: /sieŋ³¹/

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• Middle Chinese: senX

Rime
Character	筅
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	蘇典切
Baxter	senX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/senX/
Pan Wuyun	/senX/
Shao Rongfen	/sɛnX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sɛnX/
Li Rong	/senX/
Wang Li	/sienX/
Bernard Karlgren	/sienX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sin2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sɯːnʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	筅
Reading #	1/1
No.	13464
Phonetic component	先
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	銑
Old Chinese	/*sɯːnʔ/
Notes	同箲

Definitions

筅

1. whiskbroom made of thin bamboo strips
2. to clean using such an implement

Compounds

• 棕筅
• 棕筅仔
• 狼筅
• 破雞筅／破鸡筅
• 竹筅
• 筅仔
• 筅堂
• 筅帚 (xiǎnzhǒu)
• 筅把
• 筅筅
• 筅箒／筅帚
• 筅黗
• 筤筅
• 茶筅 (cháxiǎn)
• 雞毛筅／鸡毛筅
• 雞筅／鸡筅
• 鼎筅

 

Japanese

Kanji

筅

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: せん (sen)
• Kan-on: せん (sen)
• Kun: ささら (sasara, 筅)

Korean

Hanja

筅 • (seon) (hangeul 선, revised seon, McCune–Reischauer sŏn, Yale sen)

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