喧

See also: 吅

喧 U+55A7, 喧 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-55A7 ← 喦 [U+55A6] CJK Unified Ideographs 喨 → [U+55A8]

Translingual

Han character

喧 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 口十一一 (RJMM), four-corner 6301₆, composition ⿰口宣)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 200, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3976
• Dae Jaweon: page 421, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 662, character 2
• Unihan data for U+55A7

Chinese

trad.		喧/諠
simp.		喧
alternative forms		吅

Glyph origin

	Old Chinese
烜	*qʰrolʔ, *qʰonʔ
貆	*qʰoːn, *ɡoːn, *qʰon
峘	*ɡoːn, *ɡɯːŋ
狟	*ɡoːn
絙	*ɡoːn, *kɯːŋ
荁	*ɡoːn
宣	*sqʰon
咺	*qʰonʔ
暅	*qʰonʔ
桓	*ɡʷaːn
洹	*ɡʷaːn, *ɢʷan
揎	*sqʰʷan
愃	*sqʰʷan, *qʰʷanʔ
瑄	*sqʰʷan
渲	*sqʰʷans
喧	*qʰʷan
萱	*qʰʷan
暄	*qʰʷan
諠	*qʰʷan
翧	*qʰʷan
蝖	*qʰʷan
垣	*ɢʷan
楦	*qʰʷans

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qʰʷan) : semantic 口 + phonetic 宣 (OC *sqʰon).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character	喧
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	元 (66)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	況袁切
Baxter	xjwon
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hʉɐn/
Pan Wuyun	/hʷiɐn/
Shao Rongfen	/xiuɐn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/huan/
Li Rong	/xiuɐn/
Wang Li	/xĭwɐn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/xi̯wɐn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xuān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hyun1

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	喧
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xuǎn
Middle Chinese	‹ xjwon ›
Old Chinese	/*qʷʰar/
English	clamor, shout
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	喧
Reading #	1/1
No.	14010
Phonetic component	亘
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	暄
Old Chinese	/*qʰʷan/
Notes	見尉繚子

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xuān (xuan¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hyun¹
• Northern Min (KCR): sṳ́ing
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): soeng¹ / syeng¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): soan
• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ¹shioe / ¹shiuon

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xuān
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuan
    • Wade–Giles: hsüan¹
    • Yale: sywān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuan
    • Palladius: сюань (sjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: hyun¹
    • Yale: hyūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hyn¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hün¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hyːn⁵⁵/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: sṳ́ing
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /syiŋ⁵⁴/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: soeng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬœŋ⁵³³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: syeng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬyøŋ⁵³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soan
    • Tâi-lô: suan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soafn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /suan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /suan³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /suan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /suan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /suan⁴⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹shioe
    • MiniDict: shioe^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹xyoe
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕyø⁵³/
  • (Northern: Hangzhou)
    • Wugniu: ¹shiuon
    • MiniDict: shiuon^平
    • Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /ɕyõ³³⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: xjwon

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*qʷʰar/

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰʷan/

Definitions

喧

1. noisy; uproarious; clamouring

Compounds

• 作喧
• 喧叫 (xuānjiào)
• 喧哄
• 喧嘩 (xuānhuá)
• 喧噪
• 喧嚷 (xuānrǎng)
• 喧囂 (xuānxiāo)
• 喧天 (xuāntiān)
• 喧擾
• 喧豗 (xuānhuī)
• 喧賓奪主／喧宾夺主 (xuānbīnduózhǔ)
• 喧赫
• 喧闐 (xuāntián)
• 喧騰
• 喧鬧 (xuānnào)
• 喧鬨
• 弄喧
• 弄喧搗鬼
• 煩囂喧鬧／烦嚣喧闹
• 紛喧
• 蓋喧
• 語笑喧呼
• 語笑喧譁／语笑喧哗
• 語笑喧闐／语笑喧阗
• 金鼓喧天 (jīngǔxuāntiān)
• 鑼鼓喧天
• 鼓樂喧天

 

References

• “Entry #21357”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.
• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “喧”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 269.

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 喧

喧

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. noisy; uproarious; clamouring
2. lively

Readings

• Go-on: こん (kon)
• Kan-on: けん (ken)^{←けん (ken, historical)←くゑん (kwen, ancient)}
• Kun: かまびすしい (kamabisushii, 喧しい)、やかましい (yakamashii, 喧しい)
• Nanori: あつ (atsu)、はる (haru)

Compounds

• 喧(けん)嘩(か) (kenka) (諠(けん)譁(か))
• 喧(けん)豗(かい) (kenkai)
• 暄(けん)赫(かく) (kenkaku) (諠(けん)赫(かく), 烜(けん)赫(かく))
• 喧(けん)聒(かつ) (kenkatsu)
• 喧(けん)喧(けん) (kenken)
• 喧(けん)呼(こ) (kenko) (諠(けん)呼(こ))
• 喧(けん)囂(ごう) (kengō) (諠(けん)囂(ごう))
• 喧(けん)轟(ごう) (kengō)
• 喧(けん)啾(しゅう) (kenshū)
• 喧(けん)擾(じょう) (kenjō)
• 喧(けん)静(せい) (kensei)
• 喧(けん)然(ぜん) (kenzen)
• 喧(けん)争(そう) (kensō)
• 喧(けん)噪(そう) (kensō) (諠(けん)譟(そう), 喧(けん)騒(そう))
• 喧(けん)闐(てん) (kenten)
• 喧(けん)伝(でん) (kenden) (諠(けん)伝(でん))
• 喧(けん)呶(ど) (kendo)
• 喧(けん)騰(とう) (kentō)
• 喧(けん)鬧(とう) (kentō) (諠(けん)鬧(とう))
• 喧(けん)呶(どう) (kendō)
• 喧(けん)熱(ねつ) (kennetsu)
• 喧(けん)卑(ぴ) (kenpi)
• 喧(けん)紛(ぷん) (kenpun)
• 赫(かく)喧(けん) (kakuken) (赫(かく)烜(けん), 赫(かく)咺(けん))
• 囂(ごう)諠(けん) (gōken)
• 啾(しゅう)喧(けん) (shūken)
• 紛(ふん)喧(けん) (funken) (紛(ふん)諠(けん))

 

Korean

Hanja

喧 • (hwon) (hangeul 훤, revised hwon, McCune–Reischauer hwŏn)

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Vietnamese

Han character

喧: Hán Nôm readings: huyên

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