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U+9322, 錢
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9322

[U+9321]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+9323]

Translingual

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Traditional
Shinjitai
Simplified

Han character

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(Kangxi radical 167, +8, 16 strokes, cangjie input 金戈戈 (CII), four-corner 83153, composition )

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1311, character 5
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40563
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1812, character 14
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4217, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+9322

Chinese

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alternative forms

Glyph origin

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Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *ʔslenʔ, *zlen) : semantic (metal; gold; money) + phonetic (OC *zlaːn).

Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation 1

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Note:
  • chîⁿ - vernacular (incl. surname);
  • chiân/chên - literary;
  • chhiân - limited (e.g. in 一錢,二緣,三媠,四少年).

  • Dialectal data
Variety Location
Mandarin Beijing /t͡ɕʰian³⁵/
Harbin /t͡ɕʰian²⁴/
Tianjin /t͡ɕʰian⁴⁵/
Jinan /t͡ɕʰiã⁴²/
Qingdao /t͡sʰiã⁴²/
Zhengzhou /t͡sʰian⁴²/
Xi'an /t͡ɕʰiã²⁴/
Xining /t͡ɕʰiã²⁴/
Yinchuan /t͡ɕʰian⁵³/
Lanzhou /t͡ɕʰiɛ̃n⁵³/
Ürümqi /t͡ɕʰian⁵¹/
Wuhan /t͡ɕʰiɛn²¹³/
Chengdu /t͡ɕʰian³¹/
Guiyang /t͡ɕʰian²¹/
Kunming /t͡ɕʰiɛ̃³¹/
Nanjing /t͡sʰien²⁴/
Hefei /t͡ɕʰiĩ⁵⁵/
Jin Taiyuan /t͡ɕʰie¹¹/
Pingyao /t͡ɕʰie̞¹³/
/t͡ɕie̞¹³/
Hohhot /t͡ɕʰie³¹/
Wu Shanghai /ʑi²³/
Suzhou /ziɪ¹³/
Hangzhou /d͡ʑiẽ̞²¹³/
Wenzhou /d͡ʑi³¹/
Hui Shexian /t͡sʰe⁴⁴/
Tunxi /t͡sʰiɛ⁴⁴/
Xiang Changsha /t͡siẽ¹³/
Xiangtan /d͡ziẽ¹²/
Gan Nanchang /t͡ɕʰiɛn²⁴/
Hakka Meixian /t͡sʰien¹¹/
Taoyuan /t͡sʰien¹¹/
Cantonese Guangzhou /t͡sʰin²¹/
Nanning /t͡sʰin²¹/
Hong Kong /t͡sʰin²¹/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /t͡sian³⁵/
/t͡sĩ³⁵/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /t͡sieŋ⁵³/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /t͡siŋ³³/
Shantou (Teochew) /t͡sĩ⁵⁵/
Haikou (Hainanese) /t͡si³¹/

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2
Initial () (15)
Final () (77)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter dzjen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/d͡ziᴇn/
Pan
Wuyun
/d͡ziɛn/
Shao
Rongfen
/d͡zjæn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/d͡zian/
Li
Rong
/d͡ziɛn/
Wang
Li
/d͡zĭɛn/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/d͡zʱi̯ɛn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
qián
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
cin4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
qián
Middle
Chinese
‹ dzjen ›
Old
Chinese
/*N-ts[a][n]/
English coin, money

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 # 2/2
No. 6003
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*zlen/

Definitions

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  1. money; cash
    沒有没有  ―  Wǒ méiyǒu qián.  ―  I don't have money.
  2. currency; coins
      ―  qián  ―  ancient coin
      ―  tóngqián  ―  copper (coin)
  3. cost; fund; expense
    多少多少  ―  Duōshao qián?  ―  How much does it cost?
    偌濟偌济 [Hokkien]  ―  Gōa chē chîⁿ? [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  How much does it cost?
      ―  chēqián  ―  transport cost
  4. coin-shaped object
      ―  qián  ―  fruit of an elm tree
  5. mace (unit of weight equivalent to one tenth of a (liǎng, “tael”) and equal to ten (fēn, “candareen”))
  6. a surname. Qian, listed second in the Baijiaxing & the dynasty of the kings of Wuyue
      ―  Qián  ―  Chien Mu (Chinese historian)
Synonyms
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Compounds

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic ():
  • Japanese: (せん) (sen, mace)
  • Korean: 전(錢) (jeon, mace)
  • Vietnamese: tiền (, money)

Others:

Pronunciation 2

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Rime
Character
Reading # 2/2
Initial () (13)
Final () (77)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter tsjenX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡siᴇnX/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡siɛnX/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡sjænX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/t͡sianX/
Li
Rong
/t͡siɛnX/
Wang
Li
/t͡sĭɛnX/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/t͡si̯ɛnX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jiǎn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
zin2
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2
No. 5996
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ʔslenʔ/

Definitions

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  1. a kind of farm tool

References

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Japanese

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Shinjitai

Kyūjitai

Kanji

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(Hyōgai kanjikyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form )

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Readings

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  • Go-on: せん (sen)ぜん (zen)
  • Kan-on: せん (sen)
  • Kun: ぜに (zeni, )すき (suki, )

Korean

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Hanja

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(eumhun (don jeon))

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Vietnamese

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Han character

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: Hán Việt readings: tiền[1][2][3]
: Nôm readings: tiền[1]

  1. chữ Hán form of tiền (money).

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