𧸘

𧸘	U+27E18, 𧸘 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-27E18

← 𧸗
[U+27E17]

CJK Unified Ideographs Extension B

𧸙 →
[U+27E19]

Translingual

Han character

𧸘 (Kangxi radical 154, 貝+13, 20 strokes, cangjie input 月金人一人 (BCOMO), composition ⿰貝僉)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1212, character 32
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3659, character 7
Unihan data for U+27E18

Chinese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声): semantic 貝 (“shell; money”) + phonetic 僉 (OC *skʰlam).

Etymology 1

trad.		𧸘
simp.		𫎨

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): liàn (lian⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄢˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: liàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: liàn
  - Wade–Giles: lien⁴
  - Yale: lyàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liann
  - Palladius: лянь (ljanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɛn⁵¹/

Middle Chinese: ljemH

Rime
Character	𧸘
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	鹽 (153)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	力驗切
Baxter	ljemH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/liᴇm^H/
Pan Wuyun	/liɛm^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ljæm^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/liam^H/
Li Rong	/liɛm^H/
Wang Li	/lĭɛm^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/li̯ɛm^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	liàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lim⁶

Definitions

𧸘

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to prepay

Etymology 2

trad.		𧸘
simp.		𫎨
alternative forms		瞼／睑

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiǎn (jian³)

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎn
  - Wade–Giles: chien³
  - Yale: jyǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jean
  - Palladius: цзянь (czjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴/

Definitions

𧸘

(historical) An administrative division used by non-Han peoples in ancient Yunnan, equivalent to the prefecture of imperial China.

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 𧸘 – see 貶 (“to reduce; to lower; to demote; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 貶).

Etymology 4

For pronunciation and definitions of 𧸘 – see 贉. (This character is a variant form of 贉).