俔

See also: 伣

俔 U+4FD4, 俔 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4FD4 ← 俓 [U+4FD3] CJK Unified Ideographs 俕 → [U+4FD5]

Translingual

Han character

俔 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 人月山山 (OBUU), four-corner 2621₀, composition ⿰亻見)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 104, character 28
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 686
• Dae Jaweon: page 221, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 161, character 1
• Unihan data for U+4FD4

Chinese

trad.		俔
simp.		伣*

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 俔
Shang	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Oracle bone script	Small seal script
Small seal script s05802
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

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

	Old Chinese
涀	*ɡeːlʔ, *kʰeːns, *ɡeːns
莧	*ɡreːns
粯	*ɡreːns
晛	*ŋl'eːns, *ɡeːnʔ
筧	*keːnʔ
絸	*keːnʔ
垷	*keːnʔ, *ɡeːnʔ
挸	*keːnʔ
見	*keːns, *ɡeːns
俔	*kʰeːns, *ɡeːnʔ
蜆	*kʰeːns, *qʰeːnʔ, *ɡeːnʔ
硯	*ŋɡeːn, *ŋɡeːns
峴	*ɡeːnʔ
哯	*ɡeːnʔ
睍	*ɡeːnʔ
現	*ɡeːns

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiàn (xian⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jin⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàn
    • Wade–Giles: hsien⁴
    • Yale: syàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiann
    • Palladius: сянь (sjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jin⁵
    • Yale: yíhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jin⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yin⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: henX, khenH

Rime
Character	俔	俔
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	先 (85)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	IV
Fanqie	胡典切	苦甸切
Baxter	henX	khenH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦenX/	/kʰenH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦenX/	/kʰenH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣɛnX/	/kʰɛnH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦɛnX/	/kʰɛnH/
Li Rong	/ɣenX/	/kʰenH/
Wang Li	/ɣienX/	/kʰienH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣienX/	/kʰienH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiàn	qiàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jin6	hin3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*N-[k]ˤenʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰeːns/, /*ɡeːnʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	俔
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xiàn
Middle Chinese	‹ henX ›
Old Chinese	/*N-[k]ˁenʔ/
English	to be like
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	俔	俔
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	6193	6204
Phonetic component	見	見
Rime group	元	元
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	俔	峴
Old Chinese	/*kʰeːns/	/*ɡeːnʔ/

Definitions

俔

1. (archaic) like, as

Japanese

Kanji

俔

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: けん (ken); げん (gen)
• Kan-on: けん (ken)
• Kun: うかがう (ukagau, 俔う); たとえる (tatoeru, 俔える)

Korean

Hanja

俔 • (hyeon) (hangeul 현, revised hyeon, McCune–Reischauer hyŏn)

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