葌

葌	U+844C, 葌 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-844C

← 葋
[U+844B]

CJK Unified Ideographs

葍 →
[U+844D]

Translingual

Han character

葌 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 廿女女女 (TVVV), four-corner 4444₄, composition ⿱艹姦)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1044, character 10
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31394
Dae Jaweon: page 1505, character 7
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3258, character 10
Unihan data for U+844C

Chinese

trad.		葌
simp. ^#		葌

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
姦	*kraːn
葌	*kraːn

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiān (jian¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jian
  - Wade–Giles: chien¹
  - Yale: jyān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jian
  - Palladius: цзянь (czjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: kaen

Rime
Character	葌
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	刪 (69)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	古顔切
Baxter	kaen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠan/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚan/
Shao Rongfen	/kɐn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kaɨn/
Li Rong	/kan/
Wang Li	/kan/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kan/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gaan¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*kraːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	葌
Reading #	1/1
No.	6028
Phonetic component	姦
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	姦
Old Chinese	/*kraːn/

Definitions

葌

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Alternative name for 蘭草／兰草 (láncǎo, “orchid”).
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) cogon grass