祆

祆 (Kangxi radical 113, 示+4, 9 strokes, cangjie input 戈火一大 (IFMK), four-corner 3223₄, composition ⿰礻天)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 840, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24638
• Dae Jaweon: page 1258, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2388, character 10
• Unihan data for U+7946

• “Zoroastrianism between Iranic and Sinitic” by Victor Mair (2022-11-18), published by Language Log

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) and phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qʰliːn): semantic 礻 + phonetic 天 (OC *qʰl'iːn, “heaven”).

Cognate with 天 (OC *qʰl'iːn).

祆

1. Ahura Mazda, god of the Zoroastrians

   • 祆：胡神也。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad. and simp.]

     From: Shuowen Jiezi, circa 2^nd century CE

     Xiān: húshén yě. [Pinyin]

     Xian is the god of the foreigners.

• “祆”, 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–

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. Ahura Mazda, god of the Zoroastrians

• Go-on: けん (ken)
• Kan-on: けん (ken)
• Kan’yō-on: てん (ten)

• 祆(けん)教(きょう) (kenkyō, “Zoroastrianism”)

祆 (eum 천 (cheon))

1. Ahura Mazda, god of the Zoroastrians

천교 (祆敎, cheon'gyo, “Zoroastrianism”)

祆: Hán Việt readings: hiên (火(hỏa)千(thiên)切(thiết))

1. chữ Hán form of hiên (“Ahura Mazda, god of the Zoroastrians”)

• 祆教 (hiên giáo)