躚

See also: 跹

躚	U+8E9A, 躚 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8E9A

← 躙
[U+8E99]

CJK Unified Ideographs

躛 →
[U+8E9B]

Translingual

Han character

躚 (Kangxi radical 157, 足+16, 23 strokes, cangjie input 口一卜一山 (RMYMU), four-corner 6113₁, composition ⿰𧾷遷)

wander about, walk around
revolve

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1236, character 4
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 37985
Dae Jaweon: page 1708, character 26
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3747, character 6
Unihan data for U+8E9A

Chinese

trad.		躚
simp.		跹
alternative forms		蹮

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
遷	*sʰen
櫏	*sʰen
韆	*sʰen
僊	*sen
躚	sen, seːn
蹮	*seːn

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiān (xian¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sin¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhian

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sian
  - Wade–Giles: hsien¹
  - Yale: syān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shian
  - Palladius: сянь (sjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: sin¹
  - Yale: sīn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sin¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: xin¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhian
  - Tâi-lô: tshian
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chiefn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰiɛn⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiɛn³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɛn⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiɛn⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɛn⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: sen, sjen

Rime
Character	躚	躚
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	先 (85)	仙 (77)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	III
Fanqie	蘇前切	相然切
Baxter	sen	sjen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sen/	/siᴇn/
Pan Wuyun	/sen/	/siɛn/
Shao Rongfen	/sɛn/	/sjæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sɛn/	/sian/
Li Rong	/sen/	/siɛn/
Wang Li	/sien/	/sĭɛn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/sien/	/si̯ɛn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiān	xiān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sin¹	sin¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*sen/, /*seːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	躚	躚
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	10237	10239
Phonetic component	遷	遷
Rime group	元	元
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	仙	先
Old Chinese	/*sen/	/*seːn/
Notes	見張衡賦

Definitions

躚

dancing; swirling
(Hokkien) walking back and forth; wandering; roving; roaming

Compounds

翩躚 / 翩跹 (piānxiān)
蹁躚 / 蹁跹 (piánxiān)
躚躚 / 跹跹 (xiānxiān)

References

“躚”, 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

躚

(Hyōgai kanji)

to move effortlessly

Readings

Go-on: せん (sen)^{←せん (sen, historical)}
Kan-on: せん (sen)^{←せん (sen, historical)}
Kun: まう (mau, 躚う)

Compounds

蹁(へん)躚(せん) (hensen)

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 躚 (MC sen|sjen).

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [sʰʌ̹n]
Phonetic hangul: [선]

Hanja

躚 (eumhun 춤출 선 (chumchul seon))

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References

Naver Hanja Dictionary: 躚