謇

謇 U+8B07, 謇 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8B07 ← 謆 [U+8B06] CJK Unified Ideographs 謈 → [U+8B08]

Translingual

Han character

謇 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+10, 17 strokes, cangjie input 十廿金口 (JTCR), four-corner 3060₁, composition ⿱𡨄言)

1. stutter
2. speak out boldly

Derived characters

• 𧮎, 𮣫

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1174, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35791
• Dae Jaweon: page 1639, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4009, character 8
• Unihan data for U+8B07

Chinese

simp. and trad.		謇

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
寒	*ɡaːn
蹇	*kranʔ, *kanʔ
謇	*kranʔ
搴	*kranʔ, *kʰran
藆	*kranʔ
騫	*kʰran
褰	*kʰran
攐	*kʰran
鑳	*ɡranʔ
寋	*ɡanʔ
鶱	*qʰan

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǎn (jian³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hin¹, gin²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎn
    • Wade–Giles: chien³
    • Yale: jyǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jean
    • Palladius: цзянь (czjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hin¹, gin²
    • Yale: hīn, gín
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hin¹, gin²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hin¹, gin²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiːn⁵⁵/, /kiːn³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: kjenX

Rime
Character	謇
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	仙 (79)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	九輦切
Baxter	kjenX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠiᴇnX/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚiɛnX/
Shao Rongfen	/kiænX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kianX/
Li Rong	/kjɛnX/
Wang Li	/kĭɛnX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ki̯ɛnX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gin2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kranʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	謇
Reading #	1/1
No.	4872
Phonetic component	寒
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	蹇
Old Chinese	/*kranʔ/

Definitions

謇

1. (literary) stuttering; stammering
2. (literary) honest; upright; forthright; loyal
3. (Classical) Meaningless sentence-initial particle.
4. a surname

Compounds

• 謇諤／謇谔
• 謇諤之風／謇谔之风
• 謇諤自負／謇谔自负
• 謇謇

 

References

• “謇”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

謇

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. stutter
2. speak frankly

Readings

• On (unclassified): けん (ken)
• Kun: どもる (domoru)

Korean

Hanja

謇 • (geon) (hangeul 건, revised geon, McCune–Reischauer kŏn, Yale ken)

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Vietnamese

Han character

謇: Hán Việt readings: kiển

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