腺

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TranslingualEdit

EtymologyEdit

Coined in Japan (kokuji) in late 1700s - early 1800s by rangaku scholar Udagawa Genshin as a translation for Dutch klier ‎(“gland”), as a compound of Sinitic elements 肉 + 泉.

Han characterEdit

腺 (radical 130 肉+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 月竹日水 (BHAE), four-corner 7623₂, composition ⿰⺼泉)

Usage notesEdit

This is a Japanese-coined character used outside Japanese.

ReferencesEdit

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 990, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29746
• Dae Jaweon: page 1442, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2097, character 5
• Unihan data for U+817A

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ChineseEdit

simp. and trad.		腺

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PronunciationEdit

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiàn (xian⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sin³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sien
• Min Nan (POJ): sòaⁿ / siàn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: xiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˋ
    • Wade-Giles: hsien⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiann
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sin³
    • Yale: sin
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sin³
    • IPA ^(key): /siːn³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sien
    • Hakka Romanization System: xien
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xian⁴
    • IPA: /ɕi̯en⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sòaⁿ / siàn
    • Tâi-lô: suànn / siàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: svoax, siexn
    • IPA (Taipei): /suã¹¹/, /ɕiɛn¹¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /suã²¹/, /ɕiɛn²¹/
    • Note: sòaⁿ - vernacular; siàn - literary (rare).

DefinitionsEdit

腺

1. (anatomy) gland

CompoundsEdit

• 乳腺 (rǔxiàn)
• 乳腺炎
• 內分泌腺／内分泌腺
• 前列腺 (qiánlièxiàn)
• 前庭大腺 (qiántíngdàxiàn, “Bartholin's gland”)
• 前庭小腺 (qiántíngxiǎoxiàn, “Skene's gland”)
• 唾液腺 (tuòyèxiàn)
• 唾腺
• 外分泌腺
• 尿道球腺 (niàodàoqiúxiànyè, “bulbourethral gland”)
• 性腺 (xìngxiàn)
• 扁桃腺 (biǎntáoxiàn, “tonsil”)
• 扁桃腺炎 (biǎntáoxiàn yán)
• 攝護腺／摄护腺
• 毒腺 (dúxiàn)
• 汗腺 (hànxiàn)

• 消化腺
• 淋巴腺
• 淚腺／泪腺 (lèixiàn)
• 無管腺／无管腺
• 生殖腺 (shēngzhíxiàn)
• 甲狀腺／甲状腺 (jiǎzhuàngxiàn)
• 甲狀腺素／甲状腺素
• 甲狀腺腫／甲状腺肿 (jiǎzhuàngxiànzhǒng)
• 皮脂腺
• 瞼腺炎／睑腺炎
• 耳下腺 (ěrxiàxiàn)
• 耵聹腺／耵聍腺
• 胃腺
• 胸腺 (xiōngxiàn)
• 脂肪腺
• 腎上腺／肾上腺 (shènshàngxiàn)

• 腎上腺素／肾上腺素 (shènshàngxiànsù)
• 腦上腺／脑上腺
• 腦下腺／脑下腺
• 腮腺 (sāixiàn)
• 腮腺炎 (sāixiànyán)
• 腸腺／肠腺
• 腺嘌呤 (xiànpiàolìng, “adenine”)
• 腺病毒
• 腺細胞／腺细胞
• 腺體／腺体 (xiàntǐ, “gland”)
• 臭腺
• 舌下腺
• 蜜腺
• 頷下腺／颔下腺
• 顎下腺／颚下腺

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JapaneseEdit

KanjiEdit

腺

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. gland

ReadingsEdit

• Kan’yōon: せん (sen)

CompoundsEdit

Compounds

腺状 (せんじょう) ‎(senjō): line 甲状腺 (こうじょうせん) ‎(kōjōsen): thyroid gland 管状腺 (かんじょうせん) ‎(kanjōsen): loop line 涙腺 (るいせん) ‎(ruisen): lacrimal gland 耳下腺 (じかせん) ‎(jikasen): parotid gland 顎下腺 (がっかせん) ‎(gakkasen): submaxillary gland 舌下腺 (ぜっかせん) ‎(zekkasen): sublingual gland 唾液腺 (だえきせん) ‎(daekisen): salivary gland 扁桃腺 (へんとうせん) ‎(hentōsen): tonsil

前立腺 (ぜんりつせん) ‎(zenritsusen): prostate gland 尿道球腺 (にょうどうきゅうせん) ‎(nyōdōkyūsen): bulbourethral gland カウパー腺 (せん) ‎(kaupāsen): bulbourethral gland スキーン腺 (せん) ‎(sukīnsen): Skene's gland 小前庭腺 (しょうぜんていせん) ‎(shōzenteisen): Skene's gland 傍尿道腺 (ぼうにょうどうせん) ‎(bōnyōdōsen): Skene's gland バルトリン腺 (せん) ‎(barutorinsen): Bartholin's gland 大前庭腺 (だいぜんていせん) ‎(daizenteisen): Bartholin's gland 汗腺 (かんせん) ‎(kansen): sweat gland 皮脂腺 (ひしせん) ‎(hishisen): sebaceous gland 性腺 (せいせん) ‎(seisen): sex gland 毒腺 (どくせん) ‎(dokusen): venom gland

EtymologyEdit

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Kanji in this term
腺
せん Grade: S
kan'yōon

Coined in Japan (kokuji) in late 1700s - early 1800s by rangaku scholar Udagawa Genshin as a translation for Dutch klier ‎(“gland”), as a compound of Sinitic elements 肉 + 泉.

PronunciationEdit

• Kan'yōyomi
• (Tokyo) せ​ん [séꜜǹ] (Atamadaka - [1])
• IPA^(key): [sẽ̞ɴ]

NounEdit

腺 ‎(hiragana せん, romaji sen)

1. gland

ReferencesEdit

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KoreanEdit

HanjaEdit

腺 • ‎(seon) (hangeul 선, revised seon, McCune-Reischauer sŏn, Yale sen)

1. gland

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VietnameseEdit

Han characterEdit

腺 (tuyến)

1. gland