縴

See also: 纤

縴	U+7E34, 縴 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7E34

← 縳
[U+7E33]

CJK Unified Ideographs

縵 →
[U+7E35]

Translingual

Han character

縴 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 女火卜女手 (VFYVQ), four-corner 2095₃, composition ⿰糹牽)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 936, character 5
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27827
Dae Jaweon: page 1375, character 3
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3448, character 4
Unihan data for U+7E34

Chinese

trad.		縴
simp.		纤^*
nonstandard simp.		𰬮

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
牽	kʰiːn, kʰiːns
縴	*kʰiːn

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kʰiːn): semantic 糸 (“silk”) + phonetic 牽 (OC *kʰiːn, *kʰiːns).

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “related to 牽?”)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qiàn (qian⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hin¹ / hin³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khian

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qiàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ciàn
  - Wade–Giles: chʻien⁴
  - Yale: chyàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiann
  - Palladius: цянь (cjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: hin¹ / hin³
  - Yale: hīn / hin
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hin¹ / hin³
  - Guangdong Romanization: hin¹ / hin³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiːn⁵⁵/, /hiːn³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khian
  - Tâi-lô: khian
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qiefn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰiɛn⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰiɛn³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰiɛn⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰiɛn⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰiɛn⁴⁴/

Definitions

縴

towrope (for boats); rope (for pulling animals)

Compounds

內縴 / 内纤
扯篷拉縴 / 扯篷拉纤
扯縴 / 扯纤
拉縴 / 拉纤 (lāqiàn)
縴夫 / 纤夫 (qiànfū)
縴戶 / 纤户
縴手 / 纤手 (qiànshǒu)
縴繩 / 纤绳
跎縴 / 跎纤

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qiān (qian¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢ

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/

Middle Chinese: khen

Rime
Character	縴
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	苦堅切
Baxter	khen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰen/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰen/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰɛn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰɛn/
Li Rong	/kʰen/
Wang Li	/kʰien/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kʰien/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qiān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hin¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*kʰiːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	縴
Reading #	1/1
No.	10176
Phonetic component	牽
Rime group	眞
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	牽
Old Chinese	/*kʰiːn/

Definitions

縴

(historical dictionaries only) cotton of poor quality

References

“縴”, 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

縴

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): けん (ken)
Kun: わた (wata)

Korean

Hanja

縴 • (gyeon) (hangeul 견, revised gyeon, McCune–Reischauer kyŏn, Yale kyen)

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