舷

舷	U+8237, 舷 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8237

← 舶
[U+8236]

CJK Unified Ideographs

舸 →
[U+8238]

Translingual

Han character

舷 (Kangxi radical 137, 舟+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 竹卜卜女戈 (HYYVI), four-corner 2043₂, composition ⿰舟玄)

the sides of a boat, bulwarks
a gunwale

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1010, character 13
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30403
Dae Jaweon: page 1468, character 11
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3060, character 4
Unihan data for U+8237

Chinese

trad.		舷
simp. ^#		舷
alternative forms		墘 Min Nan

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xián (xian²)

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jin⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hiân / kîⁿ

(Teochew, Peng'im): hin⁵ / gin⁵ / hiang⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xián
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sián
  - Wade–Giles: hsien²
  - Yale: syán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyan
  - Palladius: сянь (sjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: jin⁴
  - Yale: yìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jin⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yin⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiân / kîⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: hiân / kînn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hieen, kvii
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hiɛn²⁴/, /kĩ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɛn²⁴/, /kĩ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɛn¹³/, /kĩ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hiɛn²⁴/, /kĩ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɛn²³/, /kĩ²³/

Note:

hiân - literary;
kîⁿ - vernacular.

(Teochew)
- Peng'im: hin⁵ / gin⁵ / hiang⁵
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hîⁿ / kîⁿ / hiâng
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /hĩ⁵⁵/, /kĩ⁵⁵/, /hiaŋ⁵⁵/

Note:

hin5, gin5 - vernacular;
hiang5 - literary.

Middle Chinese: hen

Rime
Character	舷
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	胡田切
Baxter	hen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦen/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦen/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣɛn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦɛn/
Li Rong	/ɣen/
Wang Li	/ɣien/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɣien/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xián
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jin⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ɡeːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	舷
Reading #	1/1
No.	14022
Phonetic component	玄
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	賢
Old Chinese	/*ɡeːn/

Definitions

舷

sides of a boat (i.e. port and starboard)
(Southern Min) side; edge

Compounds

右舷 (yòuxián)
左舷 (zuǒxián)
扣舷
舷梯 (xiántī)
舷窗 (xiánchuāng)
船舷 (chuánxián)
舷門 / 舷门

References

“舷”, 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

舷

(Jōyō kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: げん (gen, Jōyō)
Kan-on: けん (ken)
Kun: ふなばた (funabata, 舷)

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 舷 (MC hen). Recorded as Middle Korean 현 (hyen) (Yale: hyen) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

舷 (eumhun 뱃전 현 (baetjeon hyeon))

hanja form^? of 현 (“the sides of a boat”)

Compounds

건현 (乾舷, geonhyeon)
반현 (半舷, banhyeon)
선현 (船舷, seonhyeon)
우현 (右舷, uhyeon)
좌현 (左舷, jwahyeon)
현두 (舷頭, hyeondu)
현등 (舷燈, hyeondeung)
현문 (舷門, hyeonmun)
현장 (舷牆, hyeonjang)
현제 (舷梯, hyeonje)
현창 (舷窓, hyeonchang)
현측 (舷側, hyeoncheuk)

References

국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [2]