詮

See also: 诠

詮 U+8A6E, 詮 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8A6E ← 詭 [U+8A6D] CJK Unified Ideographs 詯 → [U+8A6F]

Translingual

Han character

詮 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+6, 13 strokes, cangjie input 卜口人一土 (YROMG), four-corner 0861₄, composition ⿰訁全)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1158, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35435
• Dae Jaweon: page 1624, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3967, character 3
• Unihan data for U+8A6E

Chinese

trad.		詮
simp.		诠

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
拴	*sroːn, *sʰlon
栓	*sroːn, *sron
跧	*ʔsroːn, *ʔsron, *ʔslun
痊	*sʰlon
詮	*sʰlon
荃	*sʰlon
銓	*sʰlon
筌	*sʰlon
輇	*sʰlon, *djon
硂	*sʰlon
佺	*sʰlon
駩	*sʰlon
絟	*sʰlon, *sʰlod
恮	*sʰlon, *ʔsron
峑	*sʰlon
全	*zlon
仝	*zlon, *doːŋ
牷	*zlon

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sʰlon) : semantic 言 + phonetic 全 (OC *zlon).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): quán (quan²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cyun⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): choân / chhoan / chhoân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: quán
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyuán
    • Wade–Giles: chʻüan²
    • Yale: chywán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyuan
    • Palladius: цюань (cjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cyun⁴
    • Yale: chyùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: qun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰyːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: choân
    • Tâi-lô: tsuân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoaan
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡suan²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhoan
    • Tâi-lô: tshuan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhoafn
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰuan⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhoân
    • Tâi-lô: tshuân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhoaan
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰuan²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰuan¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: tshjwen

Rime
Character	詮
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	仙 (78)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	此緣切
Baxter	tshjwen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰiuᴇn/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰʷiɛn/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰjuæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰwian/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰiuɛn/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰĭwɛn/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sʰi̯wɛn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	quān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cyun1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sʰlon/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	詮
Reading #	1/1
No.	10706
Phonetic component	全
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	詮
Old Chinese	/*sʰlon/

Definitions

詮

1. ^† to explain

Compounds

• 真詮／真诠
• 詞詮／词诠
• 詮次／诠次
• 詮注／诠注
• 詮說／诠说
• 詮證／诠证
• 詮釋／诠释 (quánshì)

 

Japanese

Kanji

詮

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. discussion

Readings

• Go-on: せん (sen, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: せん (sen, Jōyō)
• Kun: あきらか (akiraka, 詮らか); かい (kai, 詮); のり (nori)
• Nanori: あき (aki); あきら (akira); のり (nori)

Definitions

Kanji in this term
詮
かい Grade: S
kun’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 詮 – see the following entry.

【甲斐かい】 [noun] value, reward, avail, being fruitful or worth doing Alternative spelling 効

(This term, 詮, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

詮: Hán Nôm readings: thuyên

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