彖

Han character edit

彖 (Kangxi radical 58, 彐+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 女弓一人 (VNMO), four-corner 2723₂, composition ⿱彑𧰨)

1. a hog
2. hedgehog
3. porcupine

Derived characters edit

• 㑰 剶 𠭣 㥟 䧘 喙 堟 掾 湪 猭 缘 𡟇 𡦁 𡩀 𢍝 𢐄 𨔵 椽 瑑 腞 𢞶 𣂵 𣈬 𣨶 𤊺 䂕 盠 禒 𤬌 𤸁 𫀿 䗍 篆 緣 蒃 蝝 褖 𥯵 𦑙 𦧫 𦧬 䛹 䞼 𧳩 𨂦 䤸 𩀅 𩄖 餯 𩌁 𩔂 𩘐 𩫞 䱲 鶨 蠡

References edit

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 362, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9920
• Dae Jaweon: page 680, character 26
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 961, character 6
• Unihan data for U+5F56

Glyph origin edit

Historical forms of the character 彖
Western Zhou	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Etymology edit

running pig

Probably related to 豚 (OC *duːn, “piglet”) and 貒 (OC *tʰoːn, “hog badger”) (Schuessler, 2007)

Pronunciation edit

Definitions edit

彖

1. (obsolete) running pig
2. to judge; to determine

   • 周公彖凶吉。 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

     From: 歐陽修 Ouyang Xiu《新營小齋鑿地爐輒成五言三十七韻》

     Zhōugōng tuàn xiōngjí. [Pinyin]

     The Duke of Zhou determines the baleful and the propitious.

3. exposition on a divinatory trigram or hexagram from the I Ching

   • 彼將應曰：「伏羲作八卦，文王演為六十四，孔子作彖、象、《繫辭》。三聖重業，《易》乃具足。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     彼将应曰：「伏羲作八卦，文王演为六十四，孔子作彖、象、《系辞》。三圣重业，《易》乃具足。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Wang Chong, Lun Heng (Discussive Weighing), 80 CE

     Bǐ jiāng yìng yuē: “Fúxī zuò bāguà, Wénwáng yǎn wèi liùshísì, Kǒngzǐ zuò tuàn, xiàng, “jìcí”. Sānshèng zhòng yè, “yì” nǎi jù zú.” [Pinyin]

     They will most likely reply that Fu Hsi composed the Eight Trigrams, when Wên Wang developed in sixty-four, and that Confucius wrote the definitions, illustrations, and annexes. By the joint efforts of these three Sages the Yiking was completed.

Compounds edit

Kanji edit

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings edit

• Go-on: たん (tan)
• Kan-on: たん (tan)
• Kun: とく (toku)

Hanja edit

彖 • (dan) (hangeul 단, revised dan, McCune–Reischauer tan, Yale tan)

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