銓

See also: 铨

銓	U+9293, 銓 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9293

← 銒
[U+9292]

CJK Unified Ideographs

銔 →
[U+9294]

Translingual

Han character

銓 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+6, 14 strokes, cangjie input 金人一土 (COMG), four-corner 8811₄, composition ⿰釒全)

weigh, measure
select officials

Derived characters

𦿻

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1304, character 21
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40378
Dae Jaweon: page 1807, character 10
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4199, character 8
Unihan data for U+9293

Chinese

trad.		銓
simp.		铨

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
拴	sroːn, sʰlon
栓	sroːn, sron
跧	ʔsroːn, ʔsron, *ʔslun
痊	*sʰlon
詮	*sʰlon
荃	*sʰlon
銓	*sʰlon
筌	*sʰlon
輇	sʰlon, djon
硂	*sʰlon
佺	*sʰlon
駩	*sʰlon
絟	sʰlon, sʰlod
恮	sʰlon, ʔsron
峑	*sʰlon
全	*zlon
仝	zlon, doːŋ
牷	*zlon

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): quán (quan²)

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cyun⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: quán
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cyuán
  - Wade–Giles: chʻüan²
  - Yale: chywán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyuan
  - Palladius: цюань (cjuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: cyun⁴
  - Yale: chyùhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsyn⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: qun⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰyːn²¹/

Middle Chinese: tshjwen

Rime
Character	銓
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	仙 (78)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	此緣切
Baxter	tshjwen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰiuᴇn/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰʷiɛn/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰjuæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰwian/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰiuɛn/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰĭwɛn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡sʰi̯wɛn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	quān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cyun¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*sʰlon/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	銓
Reading #	1/1
No.	10708
Phonetic component	全
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	詮
Old Chinese	/*sʰlon/

Definitions

銓

to estimate
to select

Compounds

銓列 / 铨列
銓定考試 / 铨定考试
銓廷 / 铨廷
銓敘 / 铨叙 (quánxù)
銓次 / 铨次
銓衡 / 铨衡 (quánhéng)
銓選 / 铨选
銓部 / 铨部

Japanese

Kanji

銓

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: せん (sen)
Kan-on: せん (sen)
Kun: はかり (hakari, 銓り)、はかる (hakaru, 銓る)

Korean

Hanja

銓 • (jeon) (hangeul 전, revised jeon, McCune–Reischauer chŏn, Yale cen)

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