撰

撰	U+64B0, 撰 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-64B0

← 撯
[U+64AF]

CJK Unified Ideographs

撱 →
[U+64B1]

Translingual

Han character

撰 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 手口山金 (QRUC), four-corner 5708₁, composition ⿰扌巽)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 456, character 23
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12753
Dae Jaweon: page 805, character 16
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1964, character 3
Unihan data for U+64B0

Chinese

trad.		撰/譔
simp.		撰
alternative forms		篹籑／馔

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
撰	sɡroːnʔ, sɡronʔ
饌	sɡroːnʔ, sɡrons
譔	skʰon, sɡronʔ, *sɡrons
鐉	*skʰon
選	sqʰonʔ, sqʰons
繏	*sqʰons
潠	sqʰons, sqʰuːns
蟤	*skron
僎	sɡronʔ, sɡrons, *skun
襈	sɡrons, ɡrons
巽	*sqʰuːns
簨	*sqʰunʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *sɡroːnʔ, *sɡronʔ): semantic 扌 + phonetic 巽 (OC *sqʰuːns).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhuàn (zhuan⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zaan⁶ / zaan³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): con

(Hailu, HRS): con^˖
Eastern Min (BUC): cuâng
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zuang⁵ / zuong⁵
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): choān / choǎn

(Teochew, Peng'im): zuêng⁶ / zuang⁶
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁶zoe / ⁶zie / ⁶zae / ⁴dzoe / ⁴zoe / ⁶dzuon / ⁶dzaen / ⁶dzoe / ⁴dzoen
- (Jinhua): ³cioe; ³ciuan

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhuàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhuàn
  - Wade–Giles: chuan⁴
  - Yale: jwàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juann
  - Palladius: чжуань (čžuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯än⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: zaan⁶ / zaan³
  - Yale: jaahn / jaan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzaan⁶ / dzaan³
  - Guangdong Romanization: zan⁶ / zan³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saːn²²/, /t͡saːn³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: con
  - Hakka Romanization System: con
  - Hagfa Pinyim: con⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /con⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: con^˖
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰon³³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: cuâng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡suɑŋ²⁴²/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: zuang⁵
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: cuāng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡suaŋ¹¹/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: zuong⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡suoŋ²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: choān
  - Tâi-lô: tsuān
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zoan
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡suan³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡suan²²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: choǎn
  - Tâi-lô: tsuǎn
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡suan²²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: zuêng⁶ / zuang⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsuĕng / tsuăng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sueŋ³⁵/, /t͡suaŋ³⁵/

Note:

zuêng6 - Chaozhou;
zuang6 - Shantou.

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai, Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ⁶zoe
  - MiniDict: zoe^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zoe
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zø²³/
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /zø²³¹/
- (Northern: Jiading)
  - Wugniu: ⁶zie
  - MiniDict: zie^去
  - Sinological IPA (Jiading): /zɪ¹³/
- (Northern: Songjiang)
  - Wugniu: ⁶zae
  - Sinological IPA (Songjiang): /zɛ¹³/
- (Northern: Chongming)
  - Wugniu: ⁴dzoe
  - MiniDict: dzoe^上
  - Sinological IPA (Chongming): /d͡zø²⁴²/
- (Northern: Jiaxing)
  - Wugniu: ⁴zoe
  - MiniDict: zoe^上
  - Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /zɤə²¹³/
- (Northern: Hangzhou)
  - Wugniu: ⁶dzuon
  - MiniDict: dzuon^去
  - Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /d͡zzʷõ¹¹³/
- (Northern: Shaoxing)
  - Wugniu: ⁶dzaen
  - MiniDict: dzaeon^去
  - Sinological IPA (Shaoxing): /d͡zæ̃¹¹/
- (Northern: Ningbo)
  - Wugniu: ⁶dzoe
  - MiniDict: dzoe^去
  - Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /d͡zø¹¹³/
- (Northern: Zhoushan)
  - Wugniu: ⁴dzoen
  - Sinological IPA (Zhoushan): /d͡zø²⁴/
- (Jinhua)
  - Wugniu: ³cioe; ³ciuan
  - Sinological IPA (Jinhua): /t͡ɕyɤ⁵³⁵/, /t͡ɕyã⁵³⁵/

Middle Chinese: dzrwaenX, dzrjwenX

Rime
Character	撰	撰
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	崇 (20)	崇 (20)
Final (韻)	刪 (70)	仙 (80)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	II	III
Fanqie	雛鯇切	士免切
Baxter	dzrwaenX	dzrjwenX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʒˠuan^X/	/d͡ʒˠiuᴇn^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖ͡ʐʷᵚan^X/	/ɖ͡ʐʷᵚiɛn^X/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʒuɐn^X/	/d͡ʒiuæn^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖ͡ʐwaɨn^X/	/ɖ͡ʐwian^X/
Li Rong	/d͡ʒuan^X/	/d͡ʒjuɛn^X/
Wang Li	/d͡ʒwan^X/	/d͡ʒĭwɛn^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɖ͡ʐʱwan^X/	/ɖ͡ʐʱi̯wɛn^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhuàn	zhuàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zaan⁶	zyun⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[dz]ro[n]ʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*sɡroːnʔ/, /*sɡronʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	撰
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhuàn
Middle Chinese	‹ dzrjwen^X ›
Old Chinese	/*[dz]ro[n]ʔ/
English	create, invent
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	撰	撰
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	14153	14162
Phonetic component	巽	巽
Rime group	元	元
Rime subdivision	3	3
Corresponding MC rime	撰	撰
Old Chinese	/*sɡroːnʔ/	/*sɡronʔ/
Notes		集韻改雛免切以與棧別

Definitions

撰

to write; to compose; to compile
alt. forms: 僎

Synonyms

edit

作文 (zuòwén) (to write an essay or composition)
執筆 / 执笔 (zhíbǐ)
寫作 / 写作 (xiězuò)
寫字 / 写字 (xiězì)
屬文 / 属文 (zhǔwén) (literary, to compose prose)
援筆 / 援笔 (yuánbǐ) (literary)
提筆 / 提笔 (tíbǐ)
撰寫 (zhuànxiě)
撰著 (zhuànzhù) (to write a book)
撰述 (zhuànshù) (formal)
書寫 / 书写 (shūxiě)
書錄 / 书录 (shūlù)
筆耕 / 笔耕 (bǐgēng) (literary)
綴文 / 缀文 (zhuìwén) (literary, to write a composition)
編寫 / 编写 (biānxiě)
著作 (zhùzuò)
著述 (zhùshù)
行文 (xíngwén)
行筆 / 行笔 (xíngbǐ) (literary, to write an essay or composition)
製作 / 制作 (zhìzuò)
譔文 / 撰文 (zhuànwén) (to write an article)

Compounds

修撰 (xiūzhuàn)
憑空杜撰
撰寫 (zhuànxiě)
撰文 (zhuànwén)
撰次
撰稿 (zhuàngǎo)
撰稿人
撰著 (zhuànzhù)
撰述 (zhuànshù)
撰錄
杜撰 (dùzhuàn)
結撰
編撰 (biānzhuàn)
自撰

Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	Shinjitai (extended)	撰󠄀 撰+`󠄀`^? (Adobe-Japan1)
撰󠄂 撰+`󠄂`^? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
Print standard	撰
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Kanji

撰

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

composing
choosing
Synonym: 選

Readings

Go-on: ぜん (zen)、せん (sen)
Kan-on: さん (san)、せん (sen)
Kan’yō-on: せん (sen)
Kun: えらぶ (erabu, 撰ぶ)、えらび (erabi, 撰び)、える (eru, 撰る)、より (yori, 撰り)、よる (yoru, 撰る)
Nanori: えらむ (eramu)、のぶ (nobu)

Compounds

撰(せん)刻(こく) (senkoku)
撰(せん)者(じゃ) (senja)
撰(せん)修(しゅう) (senshū)
撰(せん)集(しゅう) (senshū)
撰(せん)述(じゅつ) (senjutsu)
撰(せん)進(しん) (senshin)
撰(せん)銭(せん) (sensen)
撰(せん)定(てい) (sentei)
撰(せん)答(とう) (sentō)
撰(せん)文(ぶん) (senbun)
撰(せん)録(ろく) (senroku)
官(かん)撰(せん) (kansen)
謹(きん)撰(せん) (kinsen)
私(し)撰(せん) (shisen)
新(しん)撰(せん) (shinsen)
杜(ず)撰(さん) (zusan)
勅(ちょく)撰(せん) (chokusen)
特(とく)撰(せん) (tokusen)

Korean

Etymology 1

From Middle Chinese 撰 (MC dzrwaenX).

Hanja

撰 (eumhun 지을 찬 (jieul chan))

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Compounds

찬록 (撰錄, challok)
찬문 (撰文, chanmun)
찬수 (撰修, chansu)
찬술 (撰述, chansul)
찬자 (撰者, chanja)
찬정 (撰定, chanjeong)
찬진 (撰進, chanjin)
찬집 (撰集, chanjip)
관찬 (官撰, gwanchan)
근찬 (謹撰, geunchan)
두찬 (杜撰, duchan)
사찬 (私撰, sachan)
신찬 (新撰, sinchan)
칙찬 (勅撰, chikchan)

Etymology 2

From Middle Chinese 撰 (MC dzrjwenX).

Hanja

撰 (eumhun 가릴 천 (garil cheon))

This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Vietnamese

Han character

撰: Hán Việt readings: soạn^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7], tuyển^[2]
撰: Nôm readings: chọn^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7], dọn^[1]^[3]^[4], trọn^[1], dốn^[3], rộn^[3], soảng^[3], soạng^[3], chộn^[4], chòn^[6]

chữ Hán form of soạn (“to prepare; to compose; to compile”)
chữ Nôm form of chọn (“to choose; to select”)
chữ Nôm form of dọn (“to arrange; to put in order; to move; to relocate”)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Nguyễn (2014).
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Nguyễn et al. (2009).
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 ^3.4 ^3.5 ^3.6 Trần (2004).
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 Hồ (1976).
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 Bonet (1899).
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 Génibrel (1898).
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 Taberd & Pigneau de Béhaine (1838).

[tdcndg-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Nguyễn (2014).

[tdcntd-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Nguyễn et al. (2009).

[gdhn-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 ^3.4 ^3.5 ^3.6 Trần (2004).

[btcn-4] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 Hồ (1976).

[bonet-5] 5.0 ^5.1 Bonet (1899).

[genibrel-6] 6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 Génibrel (1898).

[taberd-7] 7.0 ^7.1 Taberd & Pigneau de Béhaine (1838).

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