㧄

㧄 U+39C4, 㧄 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-39C4 ← 㧃 [U+39C3] CJK Unified Ideographs Extension A 㧅 → [U+39C5]

Translingual

Han character

㧄 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 手山 (QU), composition ⿰扌凵)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 417, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1827, character 8
• Unihan data for U+39C4

Chinese

simp. and trad.		㧄

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声) : semantic 手 + phonetic 凵 (OC *kʰomʔ, *kʰomʔ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiǎn (qian³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciǎn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien³
    • Yale: chyǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chean
    • Palladius: цянь (cjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn²¹⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: khjomX

Rime
Character	㧄
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	凡 (146)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	丘犯切
Baxter	khjomX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰɨɐmX/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰiɐmX/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰiɐmX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰuamX/
Li Rong	/kʰiɐmX/
Wang Li	/kʰĭwɐmX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kʰi̯wɐmX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kuǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	faam2

Definitions

㧄

1. (obsolete) to take; to fetch
   • 18th century, Cao Xueqin, chapter 57, in Dream of the Red Chamber, Ji Mao (己卯) (transcribed) edition:

     薛姨媽因又問：「是那裡㧄的？」 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     薛姨妈因又问：「是那里㧄的？」 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     Xuē Yímā yīn yòu wèn: “Shì nǎlǐ qiǎn de?” [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)