磚

See also: 砖 and 𥐯

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

← 磙
[U+78D9]

CJK Unified Ideographs

磛 →
[U+78DB]

Translingual

Han character

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

References

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

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

Glyph origin

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

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): zhuān (zhuan¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄢ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): zuan¹

(Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): bvǎn

(Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): zhuàn
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zyun¹

(Dongguan, Jyutping++): zoen¹

(Taishan, Wiktionary): zon¹
Gan (Wiktionary): zon¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): chôn

(Hailu, HRS): zhon^ˋ

(Meixian, Guangdong): zon¹
Jin (Wiktionary): zuan¹
Northern Min (KCR): cuíng
Eastern Min (BUC): cuŏng
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zuei¹ / zuinn¹ / zoeng¹ / zuong¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chng / chuiⁿ / choan

(Teochew, Peng'im): zeng¹

(Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): zui¹ / jieng¹
Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): zyun¹
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ¹tsoe / ¹tsie / ¹tse / ¹tsuon / ¹tseen / ¹tsoen
- (Jinhua): ¹cioe; ¹ciuan
Xiang
(Changsha, Wiktionary): jyenn¹

(Loudi, Wiktionary): jyinn¹ / duinn¹

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/
- (Xi'an)
  - Guanzhong Pinyin: bvǎn
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /p͡fã²¹/
- (Nanjing)
  - Nanjing Pinyin: zhuàn
  - Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): zhuan¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂuã³¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: zyun¹
  - Yale: jyūn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzyn¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: jun¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syːn⁵⁵/
- (Dongguan, Guancheng)
  - Jyutping++: zoen¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡søn²¹³/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: zon¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sᵘɔn³³/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: zon¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɵn⁴²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chôn
  - Hakka Romanization System: zon^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zon¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡son²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: zhon^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡ʃon⁵³/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: zon¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sɔn⁴⁴/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: 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/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: zuei¹
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: coiⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡suei⁵³³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: zuinn¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sũĩ⁵⁴⁴/
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: zoeng¹
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ce̤ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sœŋ⁵³³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: zuong¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡suoŋ⁵⁴⁴/

Note:

zuei1/zuinn1 - vernacular;
zoeng1/zuong1 - literary.

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/
(Leizhou)
- Leizhou Pinyin: zui¹ / jieng¹
- Sinological IPA: /t͡sui³⁵/, /t͡sieŋ³⁵/

Note:

zui1 - vernacular;
jieng1 - literary.

Southern Pinghua
- (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
  - Jyutping++: zyun¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syn⁵³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai, Chongming, Suzhou, Kunshan, Changzhou, Jiaxing, Ningbo)
  - Wugniu: ¹tsoe
  - MiniDict: tsoe^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tsoe
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sø⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Chongming): /t͡sø⁵⁵/
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /t͡sø⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Kunshan): /t͡sø⁵⁵/
  - Sinological IPA (Changzhou): /t͡sɵ⁵⁵/
  - Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /t͡sɤə⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /t͡sø⁵²/
- (Northern: Jiading)
  - Wugniu: ¹tsie
  - MiniDict: tsie^平
  - Sinological IPA (Jiading): /t͡sɪ⁵³/
- (Northern: Shanghai, Songjiang)
  - Wugniu: ¹tse
  - MiniDict: tse^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tse
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡se⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Songjiang): /t͡se⁵³/
- (Northern: Hangzhou)
  - Wugniu: ¹tsuon
  - MiniDict: tsuon^平
  - Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /t͡szʷõ³³⁴/
- (Northern: Shaoxing)
  - Wugniu: ¹tseen
  - MiniDict: tsen^平
  - Sinological IPA (Shaoxing): /t͡sẽ⁵²/
- (Northern: Shaoxing, Zhoushan)
  - Wugniu: ¹tsoen
  - MiniDict: tsoeon^平
  - Sinological IPA (Shaoxing): /t͡sø̃⁵²/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhoushan): /t͡sø⁵³/
- (Jinhua)
  - Wugniu: ¹cioe; ¹ciuan
  - Sinological IPA (Jinhua): /t͡ɕyɤ³³⁴/, /t͡ɕyã³³⁴/

Note:

Jinhua:
- 1cioe - vernacular;
- 1ciuan - literary.

Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: jyenn¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy̯ẽ³³/
- (Loudi)
  - Wiktionary: jyinn¹ / duinn¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕyĩ⁴⁴/, /tu̯ĩ⁴⁴/

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/
Bernhard 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

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 ― ( of electronic devices) to become unfunctional

Synonyms

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

Compounds

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 (zhuānqiáng)
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

“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

Kanji

磚

(Hyōgai kanji)

brick

Readings

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

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

磚: Hán Nôm readings: chuyên, gạch

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