㨴

㨴 U+3A34, 㨴 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-3A34 ← 㨳 [U+3A33] CJK Unified Ideographs Extension A 㨵 → [U+3A35]

Translingual

Han character

㨴 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 手十十弓 (QJJN), composition ⿰扌乾)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 450, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1942, character 8
• Unihan data for U+3A34

Chinese

simp. and trad.		㨴

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiàn (jian⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiàn
    • Wade–Giles: chien⁴
    • Yale: jyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiann
    • Palladius: цзянь (czjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/

Definitions

㨴

1. ^‡ to turn over; to collapse

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		㨴
alternative forms		掀

Has a nasal-stop alternant in 揭 (kit3). Compare Wuming Zhuang gwenj (“to uncover”).

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kin²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: kin²
    • Yale: kín
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kin²
    • Guangdong Romanization: kin²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiːn³⁵/

Definitions

㨴

1. (Cantonese) to lift (a lid)
2. (Cantonese) to uncover
3. (Cantonese) to flip (a page in a book)

Synonyms

• (to uncover):

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• 宣洩 / 宣泄 (xuānxiè)
• 戳破 (chuōpò)
• 戳穿 (chuōchuān)
• 抖 (dǒu)
• 抖落 (dǒuluò)
• 拓破 (Hokkien)
• 捅
• 揭
• 揭發 / 揭发 (jiēfā)
• 揭穿 (jiēchuān)
• 揭露 (jiēlù)
• 撞破 (zhuàngpò)
• 泄露 (xièlù)
• 洩漏 / 泄漏 (xièlòu)
• 洩露 / 泄露 (xièlù)
• 流露 (liúlù)
• 浮泛 (fúfàn)
• 漏 (lòu)
• 漏洩 / 漏泄 (lòuxiè)
• 破 (pò) (literary, or in compounds)
• 篤爆 / 笃爆 (duk¹ baau³) (Cantonese)
• 篤穿 / 笃穿 (duk¹ cyun¹) (Cantonese)
• 說破 / 说破 (shuōpò)
• 說穿 / 说穿 (shuōchuān)
• 講穿 / 讲穿 (gan³ qyenn¹) (Xiang, Cantonese)
• 走 (zǒu)
• 走漏 (zǒulòu)
• 踢爆 (tek³ baau³) (Cantonese)
• 透露 (tòulù)