詮

See also: 诠

詮	U+8A6E, 詮 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8A6E

← 詭
[U+8A6D]

CJK Unified Ideographs

詯 →
[U+8A6F]

Translingual edit

Han character edit

詮 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+6, 13 strokes, cangjie input 卜口人一土 (YROMG), four-corner 0861₄, composition ⿰訁全)

References edit

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1158, character 4
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35435
Dae Jaweon: page 1624, character 1
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3967, character 3
Unihan data for U+8A6E

Chinese edit

trad.		詮
simp.		诠

Glyph origin edit

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

	Old Chinese
拴	sroːn, sʰlon
栓	sroːn, sron
跧	ʔsroːn, ʔsron, *ʔslun
痊	*sʰlon
詮	*sʰlon
荃	*sʰlon
銓	*sʰlon
筌	*sʰlon
輇	sʰlon, djon
硂	*sʰlon
佺	*sʰlon
駩	*sʰlon
絟	sʰlon, sʰlod
恮	sʰlon, ʔsron
峑	*sʰlon
全	*zlon
仝	zlon, doːŋ
牷	*zlon

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sʰlon) : semantic 言 + phonetic 全 (OC *zlon).

Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): quán (quan²)
(Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cyun⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): choân / chhoan / chhoân

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: quán
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cyuán
  - Wade–Giles: chʻüan²
  - Yale: chywán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyuan
  - Palladius: цюань (cjuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cyun⁴
  - Yale: chyùhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsyn⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: qun⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰyːn²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: choân
  - Tâi-lô: tsuân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zoaan
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡suan²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhoan
  - Tâi-lô: tshuan
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhoafn
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰuan⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhoân
  - Tâi-lô: tshuân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhoaan
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰuan²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰuan¹³/

Middle Chinese: tshjwen

Rime
Character	詮
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	仙 (78)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	此緣切
Baxter	tshjwen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰiuᴇn/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰʷiɛn/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰjuæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰwian/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰiuɛn/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰĭwɛn/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sʰi̯wɛn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	quān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cyun¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*sʰlon/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	詮
Reading #	1/1
No.	10706
Phonetic component	全
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	詮
Old Chinese	/*sʰlon/

Definitions edit

詮

^† to explain

Compounds edit

真詮／真诠
詞詮／词诠
詮次／诠次
詮注
詮說／诠说
詮證／诠证
詮釋／诠释 (quánshì)

Japanese edit

Kanji edit

詮

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

discussion

Readings edit

Go-on: せん (sen, Jōyō)
Kan-on: せん (sen, Jōyō)
Kun: あきらか (akiraka, 詮らか); かい (kai, 詮); のり (nori)
Nanori: あき (aki); あきら (akira); のり (nori)

Definitions edit

Kanji in this term
詮
かい Grade: S
kun’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 詮 – see the following entry.

【甲斐かい】

[noun] value, reward, avail, being fruitful or worth doing

Alternative spelling
効

(This term, 詮, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean edit

Hanja edit

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

This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

詮: Hán Nôm readings: thuyên

This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.