僎

僎	U+50CE, 僎 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-50CE

Translingual

Han character

僎 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+12, 14 strokes, cangjie input 人口山金 (ORUC), four-corner 2728₁, composition ⿰亻巽)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 116, character 7
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1083
Dae Jaweon: page 247, character 19
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 222, character 12
Unihan data for U+50CE

Chinese

trad.		僎
simp. ^#		僎
alternative forms		𠊨

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 僎
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Small seal script s05664
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 (巽) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
撰	sɡroːnʔ, sɡronʔ
饌	sɡroːnʔ, sɡrons
譔	skʰon, sɡronʔ, *sɡrons
鐉	*skʰon
選	sqʰonʔ, sqʰons
繏	*sqʰons
潠	sqʰons, sqʰuːns
蟤	*skron
僎	sɡronʔ, sɡrons, *skun
襈	sɡrons, ɡrons
巽	*sqʰuːns
簨	*sqʰunʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *sɡronʔ, *sɡrons, *skun): semantic 亻 (“human”) + phonetic 巽 (OC *sqʰuːns).

Etymology

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Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhuàn (zhuan⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zaan⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhoân

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhuàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhuàn
  - Wade–Giles: chuan⁴
  - Yale: jwàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juann
  - Palladius: чжуань (čžuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯än⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: zaan⁶
  - Yale: jaahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzaan⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: zan⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saːn²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhoân
  - Tâi-lô: tshuân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhoaan
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰuan²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰuan²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰuan¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰuan²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰuan²³/

Middle Chinese: dzrjwenX, dzrjwenH

Rime
Character	僎	僎
Reading #	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	崇 (20)	崇 (20)
Final (韻)	仙 (80)	仙 (80)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	士免切	士戀切
Baxter	dzrjwenX	dzrjwenH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʒˠiuᴇn^X/	/d͡ʒˠiuᴇn^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖ͡ʐʷᵚiɛn^X/	/ɖ͡ʐʷᵚiɛn^H/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʒiuæn^X/	/d͡ʒiuæn^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖ͡ʐwian^X/	/ɖ͡ʐwian^H/
Li Rong	/d͡ʒjuɛn^X/	/d͡ʒjuɛn^H/
Wang Li	/d͡ʒĭwɛn^X/	/d͡ʒĭwɛn^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɖ͡ʐʱi̯wɛn^X/	/ɖ͡ʐʱi̯wɛn^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhuàn	zhuàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zyun⁶	zyun⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*sɡronʔ/, /*sɡrons/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	僎	僎
Reading #	1/3	2/3
No.	14163	14167
Phonetic component	巽	巽
Rime group	元	元
Rime subdivision	3	3
Corresponding MC rime	撰	籑
Old Chinese	/*sɡronʔ/	/*sɡrons/

Definitions

僎

(alt. form 僝) (obsolete) to prepare; to equip
obsolete form of 撰 (zhuàn, “to elaborate”)

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zūn, zhuàn (zun¹, zhuan⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄣ, ㄓㄨㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zeon¹ / zyun¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zūn
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zun
  - Wade–Giles: tsun¹
  - Yale: dzwūn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuen
  - Palladius: цзунь (czunʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ən⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhuàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhuàn
  - Wade–Giles: chuan⁴
  - Yale: jwàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juann
  - Palladius: чжуань (čžuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯än⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: zeon¹ / zyun¹
  - Yale: jēun / jyūn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzoen¹ / dzyn¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: zên¹ / jun¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɵn⁵⁵/, /t͡syːn⁵⁵/

Note: zyun1 - variant.

Middle Chinese: tswin

Rime
Character	僎
Reading #	1/3
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	諄 (47)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	將倫切
Baxter	tswin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡siuɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʷin/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sjuen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡swin/
Li Rong	/t͡siuĕn/
Wang Li	/t͡sĭuĕn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡si̯uĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jūn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zeon¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*skun/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	僎
Reading #	3/3
No.	14172
Phonetic component	巽
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	遵
Old Chinese	/*skun/

Definitions

僎

(alt. form 遵) (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) master of ceremonies who assists the host
Coordinate term: 介 (jiè, “master of ceremonies who assists the guests”)

Compounds

介僎
僎賓 / 僎宾

References

羅竹風 [Luo, Zhufeng], editor (1986–1994), “僎”, in 漢語大詞典 [Hanyu Da Cidian] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Shanghai: Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House, →ISBN
Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B00163

Japanese

Kanji

僎

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): せん (sen)、しゅん (shun)
Kun: そなえる (sonaeru)、かず (kazu)、かぞえる (kazoeru)

Korean

Hanja

僎 • (jun, seon) (hangeul 준, 선, revised jun, seon, McCune–Reischauer chun, sŏn)

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