磚

See also: 砖 and 𥐯

磚	U+78DA, 磚 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-78DA

← 磙
[U+78D9]

CJK Unified Ideographs

磛 →
[U+78DB]

Translingual edit

Han character edit

磚 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+11, 16 strokes, cangjie input 一口十戈戈 (MRJII), four-corner 1564₃, composition ⿰石專)

References edit

Kangxi Dictionary: page 835, character 7
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24418
Dae Jaweon: page 1252, character 16
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2452, character 7
Unihan data for U+78DA

Chinese edit

trad.		磚
simp.		砖
alternative forms		磗塼／砖甎／砖㼷𥶸

Glyph origin edit

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

	Old Chinese
竱	toːn, tjonʔ
團	*doːn
摶	doːn, doːn, *donʔ
篿	doːn, tjon
慱	*doːn
剸	doːn, tjonʔ, *tjons
鄟	doːn, tjon, *djonʔ
漙	*doːn
鷒	doːn, tjon
轉	tonʔ, tons
傳	tons, don, *dons
囀	*tons
縳	donʔ, dons
專	*tjon
磚	*tjon
甎	*tjon
塼	*tjon
嫥	*tjon
膞	tjon, tjonʔ, *djonʔ
鱄	tjon, tjonʔ
蓴	*djun

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tjon) : semantic 石 (“rock”) + phonetic 專 (OC *tjon).

Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): zhuān (zhuan¹)
(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄢ
(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): zuan¹
Cantonese (Jyutping): zyun¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): chôn
(Meixian, Guangdong): zon¹
Jin (Dictionary): zuan¹
Northern Min (KCR): cuíng
Eastern Min (BUC): cuŏng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chng / chuiⁿ / choan
(Teochew, Peng'im): zeng¹
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ¹tsoe
Xiang (Changsha, Dictionary): qyenn¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhuān
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhuan
  - Wade–Giles: chuan¹
  - Yale: jwān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juan
  - Palladius: чжуань (čžuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯än⁵⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: zuan¹
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: zuan
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡suan⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zyun¹
  - Yale: jyūn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzyn¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: jun¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syːn⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chôn
  - Hakka Romanization System: zon´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zon¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡son²⁴/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: zon¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sɔn⁴⁴/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Dictionary: zuan¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡suæ̃¹¹/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: cuíng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡suiŋ⁵⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: cuŏng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡suoŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung, Hsinchu, Lukang, Sanxia, Kinmen, Magong, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chng
  - Tâi-lô: tsng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zngf
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Kinmen, Singapore): /t͡sŋ̍⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Lukang): /t͡sŋ̍³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Yilan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chuiⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: tsuinn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zvuy
  - IPA (Zhangzhou, Yilan): /t͡suĩ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: choan
  - Tâi-lô: tsuan
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zoafn
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /t͡suan³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡suan⁴⁴/

Note:

chng/chuiⁿ - vernacular;
choan - literary.

(Teochew)
- Peng'im: zeng¹
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsṳng
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɯŋ³³/

Wu
- (Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹tsoe
  - MiniDict: tsoe^平
  - Dictionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tsoe
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sø⁵³/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Dictionary: qyenn¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy̯ẽ³³/

Middle Chinese: tsywen

Rime
Character	磚
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	仙 (78)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	職緣切
Baxter	tsywen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕiuᴇn/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕʷiɛn/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕjuæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cwian/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiuɛn/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭwɛn/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯wɛn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhuān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zyun¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*tjon/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	磚
Reading #	1/1
No.	17684
Phonetic component	專
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	專
Old Chinese	/*tjon/
Notes	塼後起或體

Definitions edit

磚

brick (Classifier: 塊／块 m)
tile; paving
(computing slang, figurative) brick (an electronic device, especially a heavy box-shaped one, that has become non-functional or obsolete)
變磚／变砖 ― biànzhuān ― (electronic devices) to become unfunctional

Synonyms edit

磚頭／砖头 (zhuāntóu)
磚塊／砖块 (zhuānkuài)
(Hakka, Hokkien) 磚仔／砖仔
(Hokkien) 磚仔角／砖仔角

Compounds edit

丟磚料瓦／丢砖料瓦
冰磚／冰砖 (bīngzhuān)
古磚／古砖
地磚／地砖
導盲磚／导盲砖 (dǎomángzhuān)
嵌鑲磚／嵌镶砖
引玉之磚／引玉之砖 (yǐnyùzhīzhuān)
彩磚／彩砖
懷磚之俗／怀砖之俗
打金磚／打金砖
拋磚引玉／抛砖引玉 (pāozhuānyǐnyù)
搬磚／搬砖 (bānzhuān)
搬磚砸腳／搬砖砸脚
敲門磚／敲门砖 (qiāoménzhuān)
方磚／方砖
木磚／木砖
泥磚／泥砖
添磚加瓦／添砖加瓦 (tiānzhuānjiāwǎ)
火磚／火砖
炕面磚／炕面砖
煤磚／煤砖 (méizhuān)
玻璃磚／玻璃砖
琉璃磚／琉璃砖
瓷磚／瓷砖 (cízhuān)
畫像磚／画像砖
畫象磚／画象砖
砌磚／砌砖 (qìzhuān)
磁磚／磁砖 (cízhuān)
磚坯／砖坯 (zhuānpī)
磚契／砖契
磚屋／砖屋
磚牆／砖墙
磚瓦／砖瓦 (zhuānwǎ)
磚畫／砖画
磨磚／磨砖
磨磚成鏡／磨砖成镜
磚窯／砖窑 (zhuānyáo)
磚茶／砖茶 (zhuānchá)
磚雕／砖雕 (zhuāndiāo)
磚頭／砖头 (zhuāntóu)
空心磚／空心砖
紅磚／红砖
耐火磚／耐火砖
茅廁的磚／茅厕的砖
茅廁磚頭／茅厕砖头
茶磚／茶砖 (cházhuān)
變磚／变砖 (biànzhuān)
鎂磚／镁砖
頂磚頭／顶砖头
飛磚擲瓦／飞砖掷瓦

References edit

“磚”, 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 edit

Kanji edit

磚

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings edit

On (unclassified): せん (sen)
Kun: かわら (kawara, 磚)

Korean edit

Hanja edit

磚 • (jeon) (hangeul 전, revised jeon, McCune–Reischauer chŏn, Yale cen)

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Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

磚: Hán Nôm readings: chuyên, gạch

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