縴

See also: 纤

縴 U+7E34, 縴 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7E34 ← 縳 [U+7E33] CJK Unified Ideographs 縵 → [U+7E35]

Translingual

Han character

縴 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 女火卜女手 (VFYVQ), four-corner 2095₃, composition ⿰糹牽)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 936, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27827
• Dae Jaweon: page 1375, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3448, character 4
• Unihan data for U+7E34

Chinese

trad.		縴
simp.		纤*
nonstandard simp.		𰬮

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
牽	*kʰiːn, *kʰiːns
縴	*kʰiːn

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kʰiːn) : semantic 糸 (“silk”) + phonetic 牽 (OC *kʰiːn, *kʰiːns).

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “related to 牽?”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiàn (qian⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hin¹, hin³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khian

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciàn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien⁴
    • Yale: chyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiann
    • Palladius: цянь (cjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hin¹, hin³
    • Yale: hīn, hin
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hin¹, hin³
    • Guangdong Romanization: hin¹, hin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiːn⁵⁵/, /hiːn³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khian
    • Tâi-lô: khian
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qiefn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰiɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰiɛn³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰiɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰiɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰiɛn⁴⁴/

Definitions

縴

1. towrope (for boats); rope (for pulling animals)

Compounds

• 內縴／内纤
• 扯篷拉縴／扯篷拉纤
• 扯縴／扯纤
• 拉縴／拉纤 (lāqiàn)
• 縴夫／纤夫 (qiànfū)
• 縴戶／纤户
• 縴手／纤手
• 縴繩／纤绳
• 跎縴／跎纤

 

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiān (qian¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cian
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien¹
    • Yale: chyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chian
    • Palladius: цянь (cjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: khen

Rime
Character	縴
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	苦堅切
Baxter	khen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰen/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰen/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰɛn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰɛn/
Li Rong	/kʰen/
Wang Li	/kʰien/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰien/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qiān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hin1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰiːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	縴
Reading #	1/1
No.	10176
Phonetic component	牽
Rime group	眞
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	牽
Old Chinese	/*kʰiːn/

Definitions

縴

1. ^‡ cotton of poor quality

References

• “縴”, 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

縴

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): けん (ken)
• Kun: わた (wata)

Korean

Hanja

縴 • (gyeon) (hangeul 견, revised gyeon, McCune–Reischauer kyŏn, Yale kyen)

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