荃

荃 U+8343, 荃 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8343 ← 荂 [U+8342] CJK Unified Ideographs 荄 → [U+8344]

Translingual

Han character

荃 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+6, 10 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 9 strokes in mainland China and Japanese, cangjie input 廿人一土 (TOMG), four-corner 4410₄, composition ⿱艹全)

1. calamus
2. pickled leaf mustard
3. fish tackle
4. fine cloth

Derived characters

• 𣗎, 醛

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1030, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30934
• Dae Jaweon: page 1489, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3206, character 13
• Unihan data for U+8343

Chinese

trad.		荃
simp. #		荃

Glyph origin

	Old Chinese
拴	*sroːn, *sʰlon
栓	*sroːn, *sron
跧	*ʔsroːn, *ʔsron, *ʔslun
痊	*sʰlon
詮	*sʰlon
荃	*sʰlon
銓	*sʰlon
筌	*sʰlon
輇	*sʰlon, *djon
硂	*sʰlon
佺	*sʰlon
駩	*sʰlon
絟	*sʰlon, *sʰlod
恮	*sʰlon, *ʔsron
峑	*sʰlon
全	*zlon
仝	*zlon, *doːŋ
牷	*zlon

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *sʰlon): semantic 艹 (“grass/plant”) + phonetic 全 (OC *zlon).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character	荃
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	仙 (78)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	此緣切
Baxter	tshjwen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰiuᴇn/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰʷiɛn/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰjuæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰwian/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰiuɛn/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰĭwɛn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡sʰi̯wɛn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	quān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cyun1

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	荃
Reading #	1/1
No.	10707
Phonetic component	全
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	詮
Old Chinese	/*sʰlon/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): quán (quan²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cyun⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhoan / choan / choân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: quán
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyuán
    • Wade–Giles: chʻüan²
    • Yale: chywán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyuan
    • Palladius: цюань (cjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: cyun⁴
    • Yale: chyùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: qun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰyːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhoan
    • Tâi-lô: tshuan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhoafn
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰuan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰuan³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: choan
    • Tâi-lô: tsuan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoafn
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡suan⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: choân
    • Tâi-lô: tsuân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoaan
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡suan²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡suan²³/

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• Middle Chinese: tshjwen

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sʰlon/

Definitions

荃

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, literary) Acorus calamus, sweet flag, a species of flowering plant with psychoactive chemicals.
2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, literary, figurative) ruler (of a country)

   • 荃不察余之忠情兮，反信讒而齌怒。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     荃不察余之忠情兮，反信谗而𱌗怒。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Verses of Chu, 4^th century BCE – 2^nd century CE

     Quán bù chá yú zhī zhōng qíng xī, fǎn xìn chán ér jìnù. [Pinyin]

     But the Fragrant One refused to examine my true feelings: He lent ear, instead, to slander, and raged against me.

3. (Hong Kong) Short for 荃灣／荃湾 (Quánwān, “Tsuen Wan”).

Synonyms

• 菖蒲 (chāngpú)
• (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, literary) 荪

Compounds

• 荃宰
• 荃察
• 荃葛
• 荃蹄

Japanese

Kanji

荃

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): せん (sen)、そん (son)、せつ (setsu)、せち (sechi)、さつ (satsu)
• Kun: からしあえ (karashiae)

Korean

Hanja

荃 • (jeon) (hangeul 전, revised jeon, McCune–Reischauer chŏn, Yale cen)

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Vietnamese

Han character

荃: Hán Nôm readings: thuyên

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References

• Nom Foundation