僎

僎 U+50CE, 僎 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-50CE ← 働 [U+50CD] CJK Unified Ideographs 像 → [U+50CF]

Translingual

Han character

僎 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+12, 14 strokes, cangjie input 人口山金 (ORUC), four-corner 2728₁, composition ⿰亻巽)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 116, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1083
• Dae Jaweon: page 247, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 222, character 12
• Unihan data for U+50CE

Chinese

trad.		僎
simp. #		僎
alternative forms		𠊨

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 僎
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Small seal script s05664
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).

	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

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *sɡronʔ, *sɡrons, *skun): semantic 亻 (“human”) + phonetic 巽 (OC *sqʰuːns).

Etymology

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Pronunciation 1

Rime
Character	僎	僎
Reading #	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	崇 (20)	崇 (20)
Final (韻)	仙 (80)	仙 (80)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	士免切	士戀切
Baxter	dzrjwenX	dzrjwenH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʒˠiuᴇnX/	/d͡ʒˠiuᴇnH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖ͡ʐʷᵚiɛnX/	/ɖ͡ʐʷᵚiɛnH/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʒiuænX/	/d͡ʒiuænH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖ͡ʐwianX/	/ɖ͡ʐwianH/
Li Rong	/d͡ʒjuɛnX/	/d͡ʒjuɛnH/
Wang Li	/d͡ʒĭwɛnX/	/d͡ʒĭwɛnH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɖ͡ʐʱi̯wɛnX/	/ɖ͡ʐʱi̯wɛnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhuàn	zhuàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zyun6	zyun6

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	僎	僎
Reading #	1/3	2/3
No.	14163	14167
Phonetic component	巽	巽
Rime group	元	元
Rime subdivision	3	3
Corresponding MC rime	撰	籑
Old Chinese	/*sɡronʔ/	/*sɡrons/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhuàn (zhuan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zaan⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhoân

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• 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
    • Yale: jaahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzaan⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: zan⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saːn²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhoân
    • Tâi-lô: tshuân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhoaan
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰuan²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰuan²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰuan¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰuan²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰuan²³/

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• Middle Chinese: dzrjwenX, dzrjwenH

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sɡronʔ/, /*sɡrons/

Definitions

僎

1. (alt. form 僝) (obsolete) to prepare; to equip
2. Obsolete form of 撰 (zhuàn, “to elaborate”).

Pronunciation 2

Rime
Character	僎
Reading #	1/3
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	諄 (47)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	將倫切
Baxter	tswin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡siuɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʷin/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sjuen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡swin/
Li Rong	/t͡siuĕn/
Wang Li	/t͡sĭuĕn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡si̯uĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jūn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zeon1

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	僎
Reading #	3/3
No.	14172
Phonetic component	巽
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	遵
Old Chinese	/*skun/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zūn, zhuàn (zun¹, zhuan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄣ, ㄓㄨㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zeon¹ / zyun¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zūn
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zun
    • Wade–Giles: tsun¹
    • Yale: dzwūn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuen
    • Palladius: цзунь (czunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ən⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • 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: zeon¹ / zyun¹
    • Yale: jēun / jyūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoen¹ / dzyn¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zên¹ / jun¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɵn⁵⁵/, /t͡syːn⁵⁵/

Note: zyun1 - variant.

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• Middle Chinese: tswin

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*skun/

Definitions

僎

1. (alt. form 遵) (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) master of ceremonies who assists the host

   Coordinate term: 介 (jiè, “master of ceremonies who assists the guests”)

Compounds

• 介僎
• 僎賓 / 僎宾

References

• 羅竹風 [Luo, Zhufeng], editor (1986–1994), “僎”, in 漢語大詞典 [Hanyu Da Cidian] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Shanghai: Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House, →ISBN
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B00163

Japanese

Kanji

僎

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): せん (sen)、しゅん (shun)
• Kun: そなえる (sonaeru)、かず (kazu)、かぞえる (kazoeru)

Korean

Hanja

僎 • (jun, seon) (hangeul 준, 선, revised jun, seon, McCune–Reischauer chun, sŏn)

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