筌

筌 U+7B4C, 筌 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7B4C ← 筋 [U+7B4B] CJK Unified Ideographs 筍 → [U+7B4D]

Translingual

Han character

筌 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 竹人一土 (HOMG), four-corner 8810₄, composition ⿱𥫗全)

Derived characters

• 𣛩

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 882, character 28
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25995
• Dae Jaweon: page 1312, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 2967, character 7
• Unihan data for U+7B4C

Chinese

trad.		筌
simp. #		筌

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
拴	*sroːn, *sʰlon
栓	*sroːn, *sron
跧	*ʔsroːn, *ʔsron, *ʔslun
痊	*sʰlon
詮	*sʰlon
荃	*sʰlon
銓	*sʰlon
筌	*sʰlon
輇	*sʰlon, *djon
硂	*sʰlon
佺	*sʰlon
駩	*sʰlon
絟	*sʰlon, *sʰlod
恮	*sʰlon, *ʔsron
峑	*sʰlon
全	*zlon
仝	*zlon, *doːŋ
牷	*zlon

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): quán (quan²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cyun⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: quán
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyuán
    • Wade–Giles: chʻüan²
    • Yale: chywán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyuan
    • Palladius: цюань (cjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cyun⁴
    • Yale: chyùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: qun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰyːn²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: tshjwen

Rime
Character	筌
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	仙 (78)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	此緣切
Baxter	tshjwen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰiuᴇn/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰʷiɛn/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰjuæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰwian/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰiuɛn/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰĭwɛn/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sʰi̯wɛn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	quān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cyun1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sʰlon/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	筌
Reading #	1/1
No.	10709
Phonetic component	全
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	詮
Old Chinese	/*sʰlon/

Definitions

筌

1. bamboo fish trap

Compounds

• 以筌為魚／以筌为鱼
• 得魚忘筌／得鱼忘筌
• 筌蹄
• 言筌
• 蹄筌

 

Japanese

Kanji

筌

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: せん (sen)
• Kan-on: せん (sen)
• Kun: うえ (ue, 筌); うけ (uke, 筌)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
筌
うえ Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 筌 – see the following entry.

【うえ】 [noun] a device placed in a river used to capture fish

(This term, 筌, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
筌
うけ Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 筌 – see the following entry.

【うけ】 [noun] a device placed in a river used to capture fish

(This term, 筌, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
筌
せん Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) せ​ん [séꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [sẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

筌(せん) • (sen) 

1. a device placed in a river used to capture fish

References

• Takeuchi, Rizō (1962) Nara Ibun: Volume 3 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō Shuppan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja

筌 (eumhun 통발 전 (tongbal jeon))

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