倩

倩 U+5029, 倩
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5029
← 倨
[U+5028]
CJK Unified Ideographs 倪 →
[U+502A]

Translingual

Han character

倩 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+8, 10 strokes, cangjie input 人手一月 (OQMB), four-corner 25227, composition ⿰亻青(GHTV) or ⿰亻靑(JK))

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 109, character 1
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 791
  • Dae Jaweon: page 231, character 10
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 170, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+5029

Chinese

trad. 倩
simp. # 倩
2nd round simp. ⿰亻𰀈

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 倩



References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *sʰleːns, *sʰleŋs) : semantic 人 + phonetic 青 (OC *sʰleːŋ).

Pronunciation 1



Rime
Character 倩
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 清 (14)
Final (韻) 先 (85)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 倉甸切
Baxter tshenH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡sʰenH/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡sʰenH/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡sʰɛnH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/t͡sʰɛnH/
Li
Rong
/t͡sʰenH/
Wang
Li
/t͡sʰienH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/t͡sʰienH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
qiàn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
cin3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 倩
Reading # 1/2
No. 11308
Phonetic
component
生
Rime
group
元
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
蒨
Old
Chinese
/*sʰleːns/
Definitions

倩

  1. † smiling
  2. † (beautiful) man
  3. † beautiful; pretty; handsome
  4. † fast
Compounds
  • 倩倩
  • 倩女
  • 倩女離魂/倩女离魂
  • 倩妝/倩妆
  • 倩妹 (Hakka)
  • 倩影 (qiànyǐng)
  • 巧笑倩兮
  • 盼倩

Pronunciation 2


Note:

Rime
Character 倩
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 清 (14)
Final (韻) 清 (121)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 七政切
Baxter tshjengH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡sʰiᴇŋH/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡sʰiɛŋH/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡sʰiæŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/t͡sʰiajŋH/
Li
Rong
/t͡sʰiɛŋH/
Wang
Li
/t͡sʰĭɛŋH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/t͡sʰi̯ɛŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
qìng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
cing3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 倩
Reading # 2/2
No. 11342
Phonetic
component
生
Rime
group
耕
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
倩
Old
Chinese
/*sʰleŋs/
Definitions

倩

  1. † to ask someone to do something
  2. † to have the aid of
  3. † to borrow
  4. (Min) to employ; to hire
    倩一个助理/辛勞/散工/看護/家教 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
    倩一个助理/辛劳/散工/看护/家教 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
    chhiàⁿ chi̍t ê chō͘-lí / sin-lô / sòaⁿ-kang / khan-hō͘ / ka-kàu [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
    to hire a(n) assistant/employer/temporary worker/caretaker/private tutor
  5. (Teochew) to beg; to plea; to please; to excuse oneself. Example: 倩食 (ciah4 ziah8) is a very polite way of asking people to eat.
  6. (Hokkien) to urge; to entrust
  7. † son-in-law
  8. † servant; domestic servant
  9. Alternative form of 銃/铳 (chòng). Only used in 飯匙倩/饭匙倩.
See also
Compounds

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 倩 – see 歉 (“deficient; lacking; insufficient; to apologize; etc.”).
(This character is the second-round simplified form of 歉).
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji

倩

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

倩 (eum 천 (cheon))

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Vietnamese

Han character

倩: Hán Nôm readings: thiến

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