旃

旃 U+65C3, 旃 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-65C3 ← 旂 [U+65C2] CJK Unified Ideographs 旄 → [U+65C4]

Translingual

Han character

旃 (Kangxi radical 70, 方+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 卜尸人月卜 (YSOBY), four-corner 0824₇, composition ⿸𭤨丹)

1. silk banner with bent pole

Derived characters

• 㮵 𩔣 𪄟

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 482, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13640
• Dae Jaweon: page 844, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2178, character 4
• Unihan data for U+65C3

Chinese

simp. and trad.		旃

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
丹	*taːn
旃	*tjan
栴	*tjan

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tjan) : semantic 㫃 + phonetic 丹 (OC *taːn)

Etymology 1

旃

Possibly related to 丹 (OC *taːn) (Wang, 1982; Schuessler, 2007).

Hill (2014) compares it instead to Tibetan དར (dar, “flag”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhān (zhan¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zin¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhān
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhan
    • Wade–Giles: chan¹
    • Yale: jān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jan
    • Palladius: чжань (čžanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zin¹
    • Yale: jīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: jin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːn⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyen

Rime
Character	旃
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	仙 (77)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	諸延切
Baxter	tsyen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕiᴇn/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕiɛn/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕjæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cian/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiɛn/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭɛn/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯ɛn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zin1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*tjan/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	旃
Reading #	1/1
No.	1981
Phonetic component	丹
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	𩜾
Old Chinese	/*tjan/

Definitions

旃

1. (literary) a kind of red banner with a bent shaft
2. (literary) banner; flag (in general)
3. (obsolete) Alternative form of 氈／毡 (zhān, “felt”)

Compounds

• 嚼旃
• 廣夏細旃／广夏细旃
• 戎旃
• 旃毛
• 旃裘
• 旃車／旃车

 

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhān (zhan¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zin¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhān
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhan
    • Wade–Giles: chan¹
    • Yale: jān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jan
    • Palladius: чжань (čžanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zin¹
    • Yale: jīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: jin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːn⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyen

Rime
Character	旃
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	仙 (77)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	諸延切
Baxter	tsyen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕiᴇn/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕiɛn/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕjæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cian/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiɛn/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭɛn/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯ɛn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zin1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*tjan/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	旃
Reading #	1/1
No.	1981
Phonetic component	丹
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	𩜾
Old Chinese	/*tjan/

Definitions

旃

1. (literary, obsolete) Contraction of 之焉 (zhī yān).

   • 人之為言，苟亦無信。舍旃舍旃，苟亦無然。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     人之为言，苟亦无信。舍旃舍旃，苟亦无然。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Rén zhī wéi yán, gǒu yì wú xìn. Shě zhān shě zhān, gǒu yì wú rán. [Pinyin]

     When men tell their stories, / Do not readily believe them; / Put them aside, put them aside. / Do not readily assent to them.

   • 方當盛漢之隆，願勉旃，毋多談！ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     方当盛汉之隆，愿勉旃，毋多谈！ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Han, circa 1^st century CE

     Fāng dāng shèng Hàn zhī lóng, yuàn miǎn zhān, wú duōtán! [Pinyin]

     Now we happen to live in this great era of Han, a time of prosperity. May you strive for your part in it (as a state official), and stop meddling in my business!

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhān (zhan¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zin¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhān
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhan
    • Wade–Giles: chan¹
    • Yale: jān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jan
    • Palladius: чжань (čžanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zin¹
    • Yale: jīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: jin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːn⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyen

Rime
Character	旃
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	仙 (77)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	諸延切
Baxter	tsyen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕiᴇn/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕiɛn/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕjæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cian/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiɛn/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭɛn/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯ɛn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zin1

Definitions

旃

1. Used in transcription.

Compounds

• 旃檀 (zhāntán)
• 旃荼羅／旃荼罗 (zhāntúluó)
• 迦旃延

 

Japanese

Kanji

旃

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: せん (sen)
• Kan-on: せん (sen)
• Kun: はた (hata)

Korean

Hanja

旃 • (jeon) (hangeul 전, revised jeon, McCune–Reischauer chŏn, Yale cen)

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