柬

See also: 東
柬 U+67EC, 柬
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-67EC
← 柫
[U+67EB]
CJK Unified Ideographs 柭 →
[U+67ED]

Translingual

Han character

柬 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 木田火 (DWF), four-corner 50906, composition ⿻束丷)

Derived characters

Further reading

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 520, character 19
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14655
  • Dae Jaweon: page 908, character 14
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1179, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+67EC

Chinese

simp. and trad.
柬
2nd round simp. 𫠣

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 柬
Western Zhou Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions Chu slip and silk script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

Ideogrammic compound (會意/会意) : 束 (“tie”) + 八 (“individually”).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 柬
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 山 (73)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) II
Fanqie 古限切
Baxter keanX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kˠɛnX/
Pan
Wuyun
/kᵚænX/
Shao
Rongfen
/kænX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kəɨnX/
Li
Rong
/kɛnX/
Wang
Li
/kænX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kănX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jiǎn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gaan2
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 柬
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
jiǎn
Middle
Chinese
‹ kɛnX ›
Old
Chinese
/*kˁr[a]nʔ/
English select, distinguish

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 柬
Reading # 1/1
No. 6138
Phonetic
component
柬
Rime
group
元
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
簡
Old
Chinese
/*kreːnʔ/
Notes 揀初文

Definitions

柬

  1. † Alternative form of 揀/拣 (jiǎn, “to pick; to select”)
  2. letter; note; invitation
  3. Short for 柬埔寨 (Jiǎnpǔzhài, “Cambodia”).
  4. † Alternative form of 簡/简 (jiǎn)

Compounds

Japanese

See also 柬する

Kanji

柬

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. select, pick out

Readings

  • Go-on: けん (ken)
  • Kan-on: かん (kan)
  • Kun: えらぶ (erabu, 柬ぶ)

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

柬 • (gan) (hangeul 간)

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Vietnamese

Han character

柬: Hán Nôm readings: giản

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