蒨

蒨 U+84A8, 蒨 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-84A8 ← 蒧 [U+84A7] CJK Unified Ideographs 蒩 → [U+84A9]

Translingual

Han character

蒨 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 廿人手月 (TOQB), four-corner 4422₇, composition ⿱艹倩)

1. lush vegetation, luxuriant growth

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1049, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31590
• Dae Jaweon: page 1510, character 25
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3264, character 13
• Unihan data for U+84A8

Chinese

trad.		蒨
simp. #		蒨

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
猜	*sʰlɯː
輤	*sʰleːns
綪	*sʰleːns, *ʔsreːŋ
倩	*sʰleːns, *sʰleŋs
棈	*sʰleːns
蒨	*sʰeːns
篟	*sʰeːns
生	*sʰleːŋ, *sreŋs
牲	*sreŋ
笙	*sreŋ
甥	*sreŋ
鉎	*sreŋ, *sleːŋ
珄	*sreŋ
鼪	*sreŋ, *sreŋs
猩	*sreŋ, *seːŋ
狌	*sreŋ
眚	*sreŋʔ
貹	*sreŋs
崝	*zreːŋ
精	*ʔsleŋ, *ʔsleŋs
菁	*ʔsleŋ
鶄	*ʔsleŋ, *sʰleːŋ
蜻	*ʔsleŋ, *sʰleːŋ
鼱	*ʔsleŋ
婧	*ʔsleŋ, *zleŋs, *zleŋʔ
睛	*ʔsleŋ, *sʰleŋʔ
箐	*ʔsleŋ
聙	*ʔsleŋ
旌	*ʔsleŋ
清	*sʰleŋ
圊	*sʰleŋ
請	*sʰleŋʔ, *zleŋs, *zleŋ
凊	*sʰleŋs
䝼	*zleŋs, *zleŋ
靚	*zleŋs
情	*zleŋ
晴	*zleŋ
夝	*zleŋ
靜	*zleŋʔ
靖	*zleŋʔ
睲	*seŋʔ, *seːŋs
惺	*seŋʔ, *seːŋ
性	*sleŋs
姓	*sleŋs
靗	*l̥ʰeŋs
鯖	*ʔljeŋ, *sʰleːŋ
青	*sʰleːŋ
靘	*sʰleːŋ, *sʰleːŋs
掅	*sʰleːŋs
胜	*sleːŋ
曐	*sleːŋ
星	*sleːŋ
鮏	*sleːŋ
腥	*seːŋ, *seːŋs
鯹	*seːŋ
醒	*seːŋ, *seːŋʔ, *seːŋs
篂	*seːŋ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiàn (qian⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sin³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciàn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien⁴
    • Yale: chyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiann
    • Palladius: цянь (cjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sin³
    • Yale: sin
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sin³
    • Guangdong Romanization: xin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn³³/

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• Middle Chinese: tshenH

Rime
Character	蒨
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	倉甸切
Baxter	tshenH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰenH/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰenH/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰɛnH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰɛnH/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰenH/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰienH/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sʰienH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qiàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cin3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sʰeːns/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蒨
Reading #	1/1
No.	11310
Phonetic component	生
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	蒨
Old Chinese	/*sʰeːns/

Definitions

蒨

1. Alternative form of 茜 (“madder; deep red”)
2. (literary) lush; luxuriant

Compounds

• 妍蒨
• 峭蒨 (qiàoqiàn)
• 蒨蒨
• 蔥蒨／葱蒨

 

Japanese

Kanji

蒨

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): せん (sen)
• Kun: あかね (akane)

Korean

Hanja

蒨 • (cheon) (hangeul 천, revised cheon, McCune–Reischauer ch'ŏn, Yale chen)

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