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See also: 金, 𠓴, and 㒰
全 U+5168, 全
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5168
← 內
[U+5167] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 兩 →
[U+5169]
全 U+FA72, 全
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FA72
← 况
[U+FA71] 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs 侀 →
[U+FA73]
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Translingual

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Traditional 全
Simplified 全
Japanese 全
Korean 全
Stroke order
 
Stroke order
(Chinese)
 
Stroke order
(Japan)
 

Alternative forms

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  • Note that in Japan, Mainland China and Vietnam, the top of the character is 人, while in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Korea, the top is 入, which is the historical form found in the Kangxi Dictionary.

Han character

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全 (Kangxi radical 11, 入+4, 6 strokes, cangjie input 人一土 (OMG), four-corner 80104, composition ⿱人王 (GJV) or ⿱入王 (HTK))

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 126, character 5
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1424
  • Dae Jaweon: page 271, character 3
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 115, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+5168

Further reading

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Chinese

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trad. 全
simp. # 全
alternative forms 㒰
 
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Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character 全
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
   
 
s03782
Transcribed ancient scripts
 
L32047
 
L32048
 
L07273
 
L07274
 
L07275
 
L07276
 
L07277
 
L07278
 
L07279
 
L07280
 
L07281
 
L07282
 
L07283
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 (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

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 入 + 玉 (“jade”) – a whole piece of jade; pure jade.

Etymology

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Cognate with 痊 (OC *sʰlon, “to become cured”) (Karlgren, 1956).

Pronunciation 1

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Note:
  • chn̂g/chûiⁿ - vernacular;
  • choân - literary.
Note:
  • cuêng5 - Chaozhou;
  • cuang5 - Shantou.
Note:
  • 4jie - Chongmingnese, used in 全靠;
  • 2zhie - used in 全夜 for Chongmingnese, or conservative pronunciation in Haining Xiashi.
  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 全
Mandarin Beijing /t͡ɕʰyan³⁵/
Harbin /t͡ɕʰyan²⁴/
Tianjin /t͡ɕʰyan⁴⁵/
Jinan /t͡ɕʰyã⁴²/
Qingdao /t͡sʰiã⁴²/
Zhengzhou /t͡sʰyan⁴²/
Xi'an /t͡sʰuã²⁴/
Xining /t͡sʰuã²⁴/
Yinchuan /t͡ɕʰyan⁵³/
Lanzhou /t͡ɕʰyɛ̃n⁵³/
Ürümqi /t͡ɕyan⁵¹/
Wuhan /t͡ɕʰyɛn²¹³/ 新
/t͡ɕʰiɛn²¹³/ 舊
Chengdu /t͡ɕʰyan³¹/
Guiyang /t͡ɕʰian²¹/
Kunming /t͡ɕʰiɛ̃³¹/
Nanjing /t͡sʰyen²⁴/
Hefei /t͡ɕʰyĩ⁵⁵/
Jin Taiyuan /t͡ɕʰye¹¹/
Pingyao /t͡ɕʰye̞¹³/
Hohhot /t͡ɕʰye³¹/
Wu Shanghai /ʑi²³/
Suzhou /ziɪ¹³/
Hangzhou /d͡ʑiẽ̞²¹³/
Wenzhou /jy³¹/
Hui Shexian /t͡ɕʰye⁴⁴/
Tunxi /t͡sʰiɛ⁴⁴/
/t͡ɕʰyɛ⁴⁴/
Xiang Changsha /t͡siẽ¹³/
Xiangtan /d͡zyẽ¹²/
Gan Nanchang /t͡ɕʰyɵn⁴⁵/
Hakka Meixian /t͡sʰien¹¹/
Taoyuan /t͡sʰion¹¹/
Cantonese Guangzhou /t͡sʰyn²¹/
Nanning /t͡sʰyn²¹/
Hong Kong /t͡sʰyn²¹/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /t͡suan³⁵/
/t͡sŋ̍³⁵/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /t͡suoŋ⁵³/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /t͡syiŋ²¹/
Shantou (Teochew) /t͡sʰuaŋ⁵⁵/
Haikou (Hainanese) /suaŋ³¹/
Rime
Character 全
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 從 (15)
Final (韻) 仙 (78)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 疾緣切
Baxter dzjwen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/d͡ziuᴇn/
Pan
Wuyun 		/d͡zʷiɛn/
Shao
Rongfen 		/d͡zjuæn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/d͡zwian/
Li
Rong 		/d͡ziuɛn/
Wang
Li 		/d͡zĭwɛn/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/d͡zʱi̯wɛn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		quán
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		cyun4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 全
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		quán
Middle
Chinese 		‹ dzjwen ›
Old
Chinese 		/*[dz]o[n]/
English complete (adj.)

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 全
Reading # 1/1
No. 10718
Phonetic
component 		全
Rime
group 		元
Rime
subdivision 		3
Corresponding
MC rime 		全
Old
Chinese 		/*zlon/

Definitions

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  1. † pure jade
  2. complete; whole; entire
  3. completely; wholly
  4. everything; all
  5. perfect; flawless; faultless
  6. to preserve; to save; to keep whole or intact
  7. to maintain; to keep
  8. a surname

Synonyms

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  • (whole):
  • (all):
Dialectal synonyms of 都 (“all; both”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 皆, 均, 俱
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 都, 全, 皆, 均, 俱
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 都, 全
Taiwan 都
Malaysia 都
Singapore 都
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 都, 全
Central Plains Mandarin Xi'an 都
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 都, 下
Wuhan 都, 下
Guilin 都
Jianghuai Mandarin Yangzhou 都, 全
Hefei 都
Cantonese Guangzhou 都
Hong Kong 都
Yangjiang 都
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 都
Singapore (Guangfu) 都
Gan Nanchang 都
Hakka Meixian 都
Wuhua (Meilin) 都
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 都
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 都
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 都
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 都
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 都
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 攏
Jin Taiyuan 都, 全
Northern Min Jian'ou 都
Eastern Min Fuzhou 都
Southern Min Xiamen 攏, 計, 計計
Xiamen (Tong'an) 攏
Quanzhou 攏, 計, 計計
Zhangzhou 攏, 計, 計計
Zhao'an 攏
Dongshan 攏
Tainan 攏
Penang (Hokkien) 到了
Singapore (Hokkien) 攏, 攏總, 計
Manila (Hokkien) 攏, 攏總
Chaozhou 攏
Shantou 攏
Jieyang 攏
Singapore (Teochew) 攏
Wenchang 都
Qionghai 攏
Singapore (Hainanese) 攏
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 都
Wu Shanghai 儕, 禿 obsolete
Shanghai (Songjiang) 儕
Shanghai (Chongming) 儕, 孩
Suzhou 儕
Wuxi 儕
Nantong (Haimen) 儕, 孩, 純, 恆, 禿
Tongxiang 儕
Ningbo 和
Wenzhou 沃
Lishui 都
Qingyuan 都
Xiang Changsha 下, 都
Shuangfeng 下

Compounds

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (全):
  • → Japanese: 全(ぜん) (zen)
  • → Korean: 전(全) (jeon)
  • → Vietnamese: toàn (全)

Pronunciation 2

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For pronunciation and definitions of 全 – see 儕 (“(Northern Wu) all; completely; each and every one out of a determinate quantity; always; under all circumstances”).
(This character is a variant form of 儕).

Japanese

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Shinjitai 全
Kyūjitai
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全󠄁
全+&#xE0101;?
(Adobe-Japan1) 		 
全󠄃
全+&#xE0103;?
(Hanyo-Denshi)
(Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

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(Third grade kyōiku kanji)

  1. whole; entire; all

Readings

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Compounds

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Compounds

Etymology

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Kanji in this term
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ぜん
Grade: 3
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 全 (dzjwen, “complete, whole”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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全(ぜん) • (zen) 

  1. entire, complete, overall

Prefix

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全(ぜん) • (zen-) 

  1. all, pan-, omni-

References

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  1. ^ “全”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2024
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja

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全 (eumhun 온전할 전 (onjeonhal jeon))

  1. hanja form? of 전 (“intact”)

Vietnamese

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Han character

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全: Hán Nôm readings: toàn, tuyền

Adjective

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全 • (toàn)

  1. chữ Hán form of toàn (“all; everything; everybody; entire; whole”).
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