闡

See also: 阐 and 閳
闡 U+95E1, 闡
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-95E1
← 闠
[U+95E0] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 闢 →
[U+95E2]

Translingual

Han character

闡 (Kangxi radical 169, 門+12, 20 strokes, cangjie input 日弓口口十 (ANRRJ), four-corner 77506, composition ⿵門單)

  1. explain, clarify, elucidate

Derived characters
  • 𢺛, 灛, 𤓙, 𥸍

References
  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1342, character 5
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41489
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1846, character 15
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4318, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+95E1

Chinese
trad. 闡
simp. 阐
alternative forms 閳

Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 闡
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (單) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
嚲 *taːlʔ
癉 *taːlʔ, *taːls, *taːn, *daːn
奲 *taːlʔ, *tʰjaːlʔ
驒 *daːl, *daːn, *teːn
鼉 *daːl
磾 *teːl
鷤 *deːl, *deːls, *daːn
觶 *tjal, *tjals
單 *taːn, *djan, *djanʔ, *djans
鄲 *taːn
殫 *taːn
簞 *taːn
匰 *taːn
襌 *taːn
彈 *daːn, *daːns
貚 *daːn, *deːn
撣 *daːn, *daːnʔ, *daːns, *djan, *taːnʔ
潬 *daːnʔ
僤 *daːnʔ, *daːns, *djan
憚 *daːns
樿 *tjanʔ
燀 *tjanʔ, *tʰjan, *tʰjanʔ
戰 *tjans
闡 *tʰjanʔ
繟 *tʰjanʔ
幝 *tʰjanʔ
嘽 *tʰaːn, *tʰjanʔ
灛 *tʰjanʔ
蟬 *djan
禪 *djan, *djans
嬋 *djan
墠 *djanʔ
鱓 *djanʔ
蕇 *teːnʔ

Pronunciation

Note:
  • chhián - literary;
  • chhán - vernacular.
    Rime
    Character 闡
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (聲) 昌 (24)
    Final (韻) 仙 (77)
    Tone (調) Rising (X)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division (等) III
    Fanqie 昌善切
    Baxter tsyhenX
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang    		 /t͡ɕʰiᴇnX/
    Pan
    Wuyun    		 /t͡ɕʰiɛnX/
    Shao
    Rongfen    		 /t͡ɕʰjænX/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank    		 /cʰianX/
    Li
    Rong    		 /t͡ɕʰiɛnX/
    Wang
    Li    		 /t͡ɕʰĭɛnX/
    Bernard
    Karlgren    		 /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛnX/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex    		 chǎn
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex    		 cin2
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 闡
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 2021
    Phonetic
    component    		 單
    Rime
    group    		 元
    Rime
    subdivision    		 1
    Corresponding
    MC rime    		 闡
    Old
    Chinese    		 /*tʰjanʔ/

    Definitions

    闡

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    Compounds

    References

    Japanese

    Kanji
    闡

    (uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

    1. clarify
    2. kanji used to transliterate Buddhist terms borrowed from Sanskrit

    Readings

    Compounds

    Korean

    Hanja

    闡 • (cheon) (hangeul 천, revised cheon, McCune–Reischauer ch'ŏn, Yale chen)

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    Vietnamese

    Han character

    闡: Hán Nôm readings: xiển, xén, sởn, xển, xèng, siển, xẻn, xởn

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