荈

荈 U+8348, 荈 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8348 ← 荇 [U+8347] CJK Unified Ideographs 草 → [U+8349]

Translingual

Han character

荈 (radical 140, 艸+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 廿弓戈手 (TNIQ), four-corner 4425₀, composition ⿱艹舛)

References

• KangXi: page 1030, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30943
• Dae Jaweon: page 1489, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3207, character 10
• Unihan data for U+8348

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		荈

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
舛	*tʰjonʔ
荈	*tʰjonʔ
僢	*l̥ʰjunʔ
舜	*hljuns
瞬	*hljuns
蕣	*hljuns

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chuǎn (chuan³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cyun²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: chuǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄢˇ
    • Wade–Giles: chʻuan3
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: choan
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chuǎn
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰwän²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: cyun²
    • Yale: chyún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsyn²
    • Guangdong Romanization: qun²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃʰyːn³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /t͡ɕʰiuᴇn^X/

Rime
Character	荈
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	昌 (24)
Final (韻)	仙 (78)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	昌兖切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕʰiuᴇnX/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕʰʷiɛnX/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕʰjuænX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cʰwianX/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕʰiuɛnX/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕʰĭwɛnX/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕʰi̯wɛnX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chuǎn

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*tʰjonʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	荈
Reading #	1/1
No.	1641
Phonetic component	舛
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	舛
Old Chinese	/*tʰjonʔ/

Definitions

荈

1. old leaves of tea, coarse tea
2. tea in general

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 茶 (“tea (drink)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		茶, 檟, 蔎, 茗, 荈
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		茶
Mandarin	Beijing	茶
	Taiwan	茶
	Harbin	茶
	Muping	茶
	Jinan	茶
	Luoyang	茶
	Wanrong	茶
	Xi'an	茶
	Yinchuan	茶
	Lanzhou	茶
	Xining	茶
	Ürümqi	茶
	Wuhan	茶
	Chengdu	茶
	Guiyang	茶
	Guilin	茶
	Liuzhou	茶
	Xuzhou	茶, 茶葉茶
	Yangzhou	茶, 茶葉茶
	Nanjing	茶
	Hefei	茶
	Nantong	茶葉茶
	Malaysia	茶
	Singapore	茶
Cantonese	Guangzhou	茶
	Hong Kong	茶
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	夷茶
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	茶
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	茶葉茶
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	茶葉茶
	Macau	茶
	Panyu	茶
	Huadu (Huashan)	茶
	Conghua	茶
	Zengcheng	茶
	Foshan	茶
	Nanhai (Shatou)	茶
	Shunde	茶
	Sanshui	茶
	Gaoming (Mingcheng)	茶
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	茶
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	茶
	Doumen (Shangheng Tanka)	茶
	Doumen	茶
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	茶
	Xinhui	茶
	Taishan	茶
	Kaiping (Chikan)	茶
	Enping (Niujiang)	茶
	Heshan (Yayao)	茶
	Dongguan	茶
	Bao'an (Shajing)	茶
	Yangjiang	茶
	Beihai	茶
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	茶
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	茶
	Singapore (Guangfu)	茶
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	茶
Gan	Nanchang	茶, 茶葉茶
	Lichuan	茶
	Pingxiang	茶
Hakka	Meixian	茶
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	茶
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	茶
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	茶
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	茶
	Conghua (Lütian)	茶
	Yudu	茶
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	茶
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	茶
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	茶
	Dongshi (Dabu)	茶
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	茶
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	茶
	Hong Kong	茶葉茶
	Senai (Huiyang)	茶
Huizhou	Jixi	茶
Jin	Taiyuan	茶
Min Bei	Jian'ou	茶
Min Dong	Fuzhou	茶
	Fuqing	茶
	Matsu	茶
Min Nan	Xiamen	茶
	Quanzhou	茶
	Zhangzhou	茶
	Taipei	茶
	Kaohsiung	茶
	Tainan	茶
	Taichung	茶
	Hsinchu	茶
	Lukang	茶
	Sanxia	茶
	Yilan	茶
	Kinmen	茶
	Magong	茶
	Penang (Hokkien)	茶
	Singapore (Hokkien)	茶
	Manila (Hokkien)	茶
	Chaozhou	茶
	Shantou	茶
	Chaoyang	茶
	Haifeng	茶
	Bangkok (Teochew)	茶
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	茶
	Singapore (Teochew)	茶
	Leizhou	茶
	Wenchang	茶
	Haikou	茶
	Singapore (Hainanese)	茶
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	茶
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	茶
Wu	Shanghai	茶葉茶
	Chongming	茶葉茶
	Suzhou	茶, 茶葉茶
	Danyang	茶, 茶葉茶
	Hangzhou	茶
	Ningbo	茶, 茶葉茶
	Wenzhou	茶, 茶葉茶
	Jinhua	茶
Xiang	Changsha	茶, 茶葉茶
	Shuangfeng	茶
	Loudi	茶

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Vietnamese

Han character

荈 (suyễn)