仚

See also: 仙

仚 U+4EDA, 仚 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4EDA ← 仙 [U+4ED9] CJK Unified Ideographs 仛 → [U+4EDB]

Translingual

Han character

仚 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+3, 5 strokes, cangjie input 人山 (OU) or 難人山 (XOU), four-corner 8077₀, composition ⿱𠆢山)

Derived characters

• 佡, 𭇔, 𭖜, 𢊞

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 92, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 375
• Dae Jaweon: page 196, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 111, character 7
• Unihan data for U+4EDA

Chinese

simp. and trad.		仚

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 仚
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Small seal script s05905
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiān (xian¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hin¹

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• 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: hin¹
    • Yale: hīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiːn⁵⁵/

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰren/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	仚
Reading #	1/1
No.	13456
Phonetic component	仚
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	嘕
Old Chinese	/*qʰren/

Definitions

仚

1. there are people on the mountain
2. to fly

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 仚 – see 仙 (“xian; extraordinary person; etc.”). (This character is an ancient form of 仙).

References

• (Cantonese) Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 1), p. 63

Japanese

Kanji

仚

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. to fly

Readings

• On (unclassified): けん (ken)
• Kun: とぶ (tobu)

Korean

Etymology 1

Hanja

仚 (eumhun 산 위에 사람 있을 헌 (san wie saram isseul heon))

1. (obsolete) Hanja form^? of 헌 (“There are people on the top of a mountain”).

Etymology 2

Hanja

仚 (eumhun 신선 선 (sinseon seon))

1. (obsolete) Alternative form of 仙 (“Hanja form^? of 선 (“a sage or hermit, an enlightened person, usually immortal and ageless”).”)
2. (obsolete) Hanja form^? of 선 (“to fly”).