筭

筭	U+7B6D, 筭 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7B6D

← 筬
[U+7B6C]

CJK Unified Ideographs

筮 →
[U+7B6E]

Translingual

Han character

筭 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 竹一土廿 (HMGT), four-corner 9944₁, composition ⿱𥫗弄)

Derived characters

𡀜

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 885, character 22
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 26069
Dae Jaweon: page 1314, character 2
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 2971, character 6
Unihan data for U+7B6D

Chinese

trad.		筭
simp. ^#		筭
alternative forms		算

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
筭	*sloːns
弄	*roːŋs
梇	*roːŋs
哢	*roːŋs
硦	*rʷaːɡ

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): suàn (suan⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): syun³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: suàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: suàn
  - Wade–Giles: suan⁴
  - Yale: swàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suann
  - Palladius: суань (suanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /su̯än⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: syun³
  - Yale: syun
  - Cantonese Pinyin: syn³
  - Guangdong Romanization: xun³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /syːn³³/

Middle Chinese: swanH

Rime
Character	筭
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	桓 (62)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	蘇貫切
Baxter	swanH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/suɑn^H/
Pan Wuyun	/sʷɑn^H/
Shao Rongfen	/suɑn^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/swan^H/
Li Rong	/suɑn^H/
Wang Li	/suɑn^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/suɑn^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	suàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	syun³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*sloːns/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	筭
Reading #	1/1
No.	9585
Phonetic component	弄
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*sloːns/

Definitions

筭

(obsolete) an ancient device for counting numbers
(literary) strategy; tactic
alternative form of 算 (suàn, “to count; to calculate; to figure”)

Compounds

筭盤 / 筭盘
籌筭 / 筹筭
遺算 / 遗算 (yísuàn)

Japanese

Kanji

筭

(Hyōgai kanji)

An ancient device for working with numbers, count, calculate, figure

Readings

On (unclassified): さん (san)
Kun: そろばん (soroban)、かぞえる (kazoeru)

Vietnamese

Han character

筭: Hán Nôm readings: toan

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