U+81E4, 臤
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-81E4

[U+81E3]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+81E5]

Translingual edit

Han character edit

(Kangxi radical 131, +2, 8 strokes, cangjie input 尸中水 (SLE), composition )

Derived characters edit

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 999, character 16
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30070
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1450, character 6
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2802, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+81E4

Chinese edit

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin edit

Historical forms of the character
Shang Western Zhou Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Chu slip and silk script Small seal script
       

Pronunciation 1 edit



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/4 2/4 4/4
Initial () (29) (29) (29)
Final () (61) (73) (44)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division () I II III
Fanqie
Baxter khan khean khinH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kʰɑn/ /kʰˠɛn/ /kʰˠiɪnH/
Pan
Wuyun
/kʰɑn/ /kʰᵚæn/ /kʰᵚinH/
Shao
Rongfen
/kʰɑn/ /kʰæn/ /kʰienH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kʰan/ /kʰəɨn/ /kʰjinH/
Li
Rong
/kʰɑn/ /kʰɛn/ /kʰjĕnH/
Wang
Li
/kʰɑn/ /kʰæn/ /kʰǐĕnH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kʰɑn/ /kʰăn/ /kʰi̯ĕnH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
kān qiān qìn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
hon1 haan1 han3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/4 2/4 4/4
No. 1324 1326 1348
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 1 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kʰaːn/ /*kʰriːn/ /*kʰins/

Definitions edit

  1. (obsolete) firm and solid; rigid; stable

References edit

Pronunciation 2 edit

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“virtuous; good; clever; wise; worthy; able; capable; etc.”).
(This character is an ancient form of ).

See also edit

Japanese edit

Kanji edit

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. hard
  2. wise

Readings edit

Korean edit

Hanja edit

(gan) (hangeul , revised gan, McCune–Reischauer kan, Yale kan)

  1. wise
  2. hard