See also:
U+6DFA, 淺
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6DFA

[U+6DF9]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+6DFB]

Translingual edit

Traditional
Shinjitai
Simplified

Han character edit

(Kangxi radical 85, +8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 水戈戈 (EII), four-corner 33153, composition )

Derived characters edit

Antonyms edit

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 632, character 18
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17697
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1039, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1646, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+6DFA

Chinese edit

trad.
simp.

Glyph origin edit

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *sʰlenʔ, *ʔsleːn) : semantic + phonetic (OC *zlaːn).

Pronunciation 1 edit


Note:
  • chhíⁿ - vernacular;
  • chhián - literary.
Note:
  • ciêng2 - Chaozhou;
  • ciang2 - Shantou.

Rime
Character
Reading # 2/2
Initial () (14)
Final () (77)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter tshjenX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡sʰiᴇnX/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡sʰiɛnX/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡sʰjænX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/t͡sʰianX/
Li
Rong
/t͡sʰiɛnX/
Wang
Li
/t͡sʰĭɛnX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/t͡sʰi̯ɛnX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
qiǎn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
cin2
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
qiǎn
Middle
Chinese
‹ tshjenX ›
Old
Chinese
/*[tsʰ]e[n]ʔ/
English shallow

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
Reading # 1/2
No. 6000
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*sʰlenʔ/

Definitions edit

  1. shallow; not deep
    Antonym: (shēn)
  2. superficial; surface; minimal; insignificant
  3. simple; easy-to-understand
  4. not intimate; distant
  5. (of colours) light; pale
    Synonym:
    Antonyms: (shēn), (nóng)
  6. (of time) short; not long
  7. (of level) slight; light

Compounds edit

Pronunciation 2 edit



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2
Initial () (13)
Final () (85)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () IV
Fanqie
Baxter tsen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡sen/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡sen/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡sɛn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/t͡sɛn/
Li
Rong
/t͡sen/
Wang
Li
/t͡sien/
Bernard
Karlgren
/t͡sien/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jiān
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
zin1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 2/2
No. 6017
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ʔsleːn/

Definitions edit

  1. Only used in 淺淺浅浅 (qiǎnqiǎn, “gurgle; babble of running water”).

Japanese edit

Shinjitai

Kyūjitai

Kanji edit

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanjikyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form )

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Readings edit

Korean edit

Hanja edit

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

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Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

: Hán Nôm readings: thiển, sẻn, tiên

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