欦

欦	U+6B26, 欦 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6B26

← 欥
[U+6B25]

CJK Unified Ideographs

欧 →
[U+6B27]

Translingual

Han character

欦 (Kangxi radical 76, 欠+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 人弓弓人 (ONNO) or 難人弓弓人 (XONNO), composition ⿰今欠)

Derived characters

𡸛, 𢉄

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 566, character 15
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16019
Dae Jaweon: page 955, character 3
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2136, character 3
Unihan data for U+6B26

Chinese

trad.		欦
simp. ^#		欦

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
貪	*kʰl'uːm
嗿	*l̥ʰuːmʔ
僋	l̥ʰuːms, luːms
酓	qʰɯːm, qlamʔ, *qlɯːms
馠	*qʰɯːm
谽	*qʰɯːm
唅	qʰɯːm, ɡɯːms
含	*ɡɯːm
肣	ɡɯːm, ɡɯːmʔ
頷	ɡɯːm, ɡɯːmʔ
筨	*ɡɯːm
梒	*ɡɯːm
鋡	*ɡɯːm
莟	ɡɯːmʔ, ɡɯːms
琀	*ɡɯːms
浛	*ɡɯːms
盦	qɯːm, qaːb
韽	qɯːm, qrɯːms
玪	*krɯːm
妗	qʰrɯːm, kʰjam, qʰlɯːm, ɡrɯms
欦	qʰrɯːmʔ, qʰram, kʰlam, kʰlamʔ, *qʰlɯːm
黔	ɡram, ɡrɯm
鈐	*ɡram
鳹	*ɡram
雂	ɡram, ɡrɯm
念	*nɯːms
梣	sɡɯm, sɡrɯm
枔	*sɢrɯm
岑	*sɡrɯm
笒	sɡrɯm, ɡrɯms
涔	*sɡrɯm
侺	*ɡjɯms
今	*krɯm
黅	*krɯm
衿	*krɯm
衾	*kʰrɯm
坅	*kʰrɯmʔ
搇	*kʰrɯms
琴	*ɡrɯm
禽	*ɡrɯm
芩	*ɡrɯm
庈	*ɡrɯm
耹	*ɡrɯm
靲	*ɡrɯm
擒	*ɡrɯm
檎	*ɡrɯm
紟	*ɡrɯms
吟	ŋɡrɯm, ŋɡrɯms
訡	*ŋɡrɯm
廞	qʰrɯm, qʰrɯmʔ
陰	*qrɯm
霠
飲	qrɯmʔ, qrɯms
蔭	*qrɯms
廕	*qrɯms
矜	ɡrɯn, ɡɯn, *kɯŋ

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qiān (qian¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): him¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cian
  - Wade–Giles: chʻien¹
  - Yale: chyān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chian
  - Palladius: цянь (cjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: him¹
  - Yale: hīm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: him¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: him¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiːm⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: khjaemX

Rime
Character	欦
Reading #	2/3
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	嚴 (145)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	丘广切
Baxter	khjaemX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰɨɐm^X/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰiɐm^X/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰiɐm^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰɨam^X/
Li Rong	/kʰiɐm^X/
Wang Li	/kʰĭɐm^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kʰi̯ɐm^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qiǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	him²

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*qʰram/, /*kʰlam/, /*kʰlamʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	欦	欦	欦
Reading #	2/5	3/5	4/5
No.	6584	6586	6587
Phonetic component	今	今	今
Rime group	談	談	談
Rime subdivision	1	1	1
Corresponding MC rime		㪁
Old Chinese	/*qʰram/	/*kʰlam/	/*kʰlamʔ/

Definitions

欦

to wear a smile
(literary) extremely wise
(literary) excessive wisdom

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiān (xian¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): him¹

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: him¹
  - Yale: hīm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: him¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: him¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiːm⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: xem, xeamX

Rime
Character	欦	欦
Reading #	1/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	添 (157)	咸 (151)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	II
Fanqie	許兼切	火斬切
Baxter	xem	xeamX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hem/	/hˠɛm^X/
Pan Wuyun	/hem/	/hᵚæm^X/
Shao Rongfen	/xɛm/	/xɐm^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hɛm/	/həɨm^X/
Li Rong	/xem/	/xɐm^X/
Wang Li	/xiem/	/xɐm^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/xiem/	/xăm^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiān	xiǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	him¹	haam²

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*qʰrɯːmʔ/, /*qʰlɯːm/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	欦	欦
Reading #	1/5	5/5
No.	6577	6589
Phonetic component	今	今
Rime group	侵	侵
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	闞	馦
Old Chinese	/*qʰrɯːmʔ/	/*qʰlɯːm/

Definitions

欦

greed; avarice

References

Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 2), p. 134