躚

See also: 跹

躚 U+8E9A, 躚 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8E9A ← 躙 [U+8E99] CJK Unified Ideographs 躛 → [U+8E9B]

Translingual

Han character

躚 (Kangxi radical 157, 足+16, 23 strokes, cangjie input 口一卜一山 (RMYMU), four-corner 6113₁, composition ⿰𧾷遷)

1. wander about, walk around
2. revolve

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1236, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 37985
• Dae Jaweon: page 1708, character 26
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3747, character 6
• Unihan data for U+8E9A

Chinese

trad.		躚
simp.		跹
alternative forms		蹮

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
遷	*sʰen
櫏	*sʰen
韆	*sʰen
僊	*sen
躚	*sen, *seːn
蹮	*seːn

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiān (xian¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sin¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhian

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sian
    • Wade–Giles: hsien¹
    • Yale: syān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shian
    • Palladius: сянь (sjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: sin¹
    • Yale: sīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhian
    • Tâi-lô: tshian
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiefn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰiɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiɛn³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɛn⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: sen, sjen

Rime
Character	躚	躚
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	先 (85)	仙 (77)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	III
Fanqie	蘇前切	相然切
Baxter	sen	sjen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sen/	/siᴇn/
Pan Wuyun	/sen/	/siɛn/
Shao Rongfen	/sɛn/	/sjæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sɛn/	/sian/
Li Rong	/sen/	/siɛn/
Wang Li	/sien/	/sĭɛn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/sien/	/si̯ɛn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiān	xiān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sin1	sin1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sen/, /*seːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	躚	躚
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	10237	10239
Phonetic component	遷	遷
Rime group	元	元
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	仙	先
Old Chinese	/*sen/	/*seːn/
Notes	見張衡賦

Definitions

躚

1. dancing; swirling
2. (Hokkien) walking back and forth; wandering; roving; roaming

Compounds

• 翩躚／翩跹 (piānxiān)
• 蹁躚／蹁跹 (piánxiān)
• 躚躚／跹跹 (xiānxiān)

 

References

• “躚”, 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

躚

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. to move effortlessly

Readings

• Go-on: せん (sen)^{←せん (sen, historical)}
• Kan-on: せん (sen)^{←せん (sen, historical)}
• Kun: まう (mau, 躚う)

Compounds

• 蹁(へん)躚(せん) (hensen)

 

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 躚 (MC sen|sjen).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [sʰʌ̹n]
• Phonetic hangul: [선]

Hanja

Wikisource

躚 (eumhun 춤출 선 (chumchul seon))

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References

• Naver Hanja Dictionary: 躚