圱

圱	U+5731, 圱 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5731

← 地
[U+5730]

CJK Unified Ideographs

圲 →
[U+5732]

Translingual

Han character

圱 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 竹十土 (HJG), composition ⿰千土)

Further reading

Kangxi Dictionary: page 224, character 12
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4891
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 419, character 8
Unihan data for U+5731

Chinese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声): phonetic 千 (OC *sn̥ʰiːn) + semantic 土.

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		圱
alternative forms		圲

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qiān (qian¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cin¹

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/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: cin¹
  - Yale: chīn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsin¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: qin¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: tshen

Rime
Character	圱
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	蒼先切
Baxter	tshen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰen/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰen/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰɛn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰɛn/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰen/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰien/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡sʰien/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qiān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cin¹

Definitions

圱

field the size of three Chinese mile

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 圱 – see 阡 (“footpath between fields going north to south”). (This character is recorded in one or more historical dictionaries as a variant form of 阡).

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 圱 – see 俗 (“vulgar; unrefined; common; popular; vernacular; cheap; inexpensive; etc.”). (This character is recorded in one or more historical dictionaries as a variant form of 俗).

References