遣

See also: 遺

遣 U+9063, 遣 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9063 ← 遢 [U+9062] CJK Unified Ideographs 遤 → [U+9064]

Translingual

Han character

遣 (Kangxi radical 162, 辵+10, 14 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 13 strokes in mainland China and Japanese, cangjie input 卜中一口 (YLMR), four-corner 3530₇, composition ⿺辶⿱𠀐㠯)

Derived characters

• 儙, 𱕊, 𡒌, 𭢵, 繾, 缱, 譴, 谴, 𨇀, 鑓, 䪈, 䭤, 𫑍, 𬩠

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1263, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39052
• Dae Jaweon: page 1758, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3871, character 7
• Unihan data for U+9063

Chinese

trad.		遣
simp. #		遣
2nd round simp.		⿺辶欠

Glyph origin

	Old Chinese
遣	*kʰenʔ, *kʰens
繾	*kʰenʔ, *kʰens
譴	*kʰens

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

Originally 𠳋, an ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) in the oracle bone script: two 又 (“hand”) in a configuration of commanding + 𠂤 (“army”) – “to send; to dispatch”.

The 辵 component was later added in some bronze inscriptions, which is retained in the modern glyph.

Pronunciation 1

Rime
Character	遣
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	仙 (77)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	去演切
Baxter	khjienX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰiᴇnX/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰiɛnX/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰjænX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰianX/
Li Rong	/kʰiɛnX/
Wang Li	/kʰĭɛnX/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰi̯ɛnX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qiǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hin2

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	遣
Reading #	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	qiǎn
Middle Chinese	‹ khjienX ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]ʰe[n]ʔ/
English	send
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	遣
Reading #	1/2
No.	10264
Phonetic component	遣
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	遣
Old Chinese	/*kʰenʔ/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiǎn (qian³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hin²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khièn / khiàn
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): khián / khiàn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): kiang² / kiêng²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciǎn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien³
    • Yale: chyǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chean
    • Palladius: цянь (cjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: hin²
    • Yale: hín
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hin²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hin²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiːn³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khièn
    • Hakka Romanization System: kien^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kian²
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯en¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiàn
    • Hakka Romanization System: kian^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kian²
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯an¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khián
    • Tâi-lô: khián
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qiern
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰiɛn⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰiɛn⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /kʰiɛn⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khiàn
    • Tâi-lô: khiàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qiexn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰiɛn⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰiɛn²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: kiang² / kiêng²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khiáng / khiéng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiaŋ⁵²/, /kʰieŋ⁵²/

Note:

• kiang2 - Shantou;
• kiêng2 - Chaozhou.

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• Middle Chinese: khjienX

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ʰe[n]ʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰenʔ/

Definitions

遣

1. to send; to dispatch
2. to exile

Compounds

• 先遣作戰／先遣作战
• 先遣部隊／先遣部队
• 先遣隊／先遣队
• 問遣／问遣
• 差遣 (chāiqiǎn)
• 情恕理遣
• 拘神遣將／拘神遣将
• 排遣 (páiqiǎn)
• 支遣
• 斷遣／断遣
• 津遣
• 派遣 (pàiqiǎn)
• 消遣 (xiāoqiǎn)
• 特遣 (tèqiǎn)
• 發言遣辭／发言遣辞
• 發遣／发遣 (fāqiǎn)
• 編遣／编遣 (biānqiǎn)
• 自遣
• 行遣
• 調兵遣將／调兵遣将 (diàobīngqiǎnjiàng)
• 調遣／调遣 (diàoqiǎn)
• 資遣／资遣 (zīqiǎn)
• 資遣費／资遣费 (zīqiǎnfèi)
• 逼遣
• 過遣／过遣
• 遣人 (qiǎnrén)
• 遣兵 (qiǎnbīng)
• 遣兵調將／遣兵调将
• 遣刑
• 遣唐使 (qiǎntángshǐ)
• 遣回
• 遣將／遣将
• 遣將調兵／遣将调兵
• 遣悶／遣闷 (qiǎnmèn)
• 遣懷／遣怀
• 遣戍
• 遣撥／遣拨
• 遣散
• 遣散費／遣散费
• 遣施
• 遣時／遣时
• 遣派
• 遣發／遣发
• 遣興／遣兴
• 遣興陶情／遣兴陶情
• 遣詞立意／遣词立意
• 遣車／遣车
• 遣辭／遣辞
• 遣辭措意／遣辞措意
• 遣辭用句／遣辞用句
• 遣返 (qiǎnfǎn)
• 遣送 (qiǎnsòng)
• 驅遣／驱遣 (qūqiǎn)

 

Pronunciation 2

Rime
Character	遣
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	仙 (77)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	去戰切
Baxter	khjienH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰiᴇnH/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰiɛnH/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰjænH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰianH/
Li Rong	/kʰiɛnH/
Wang Li	/kʰĭɛnH/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰi̯ɛnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qiàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hin3

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	遣
Reading #	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	qiàn
Middle Chinese	‹ khjienH ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]ʰe[n]ʔ-s/ (*kʰ- doesn"t palatalize)
English	grave goods
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	遣
Reading #	2/2
No.	10267
Phonetic component	遣
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	譴
Old Chinese	/*kʰens/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiàn (qian⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciàn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien⁴
    • Yale: chyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiann
    • Palladius: цянь (cjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: khjienH

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ʰe[n]ʔ-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰens/

Definitions

遣

1. (historical) grave goods; sacrificial objects buried with the dead
2. (historical) ritual ceremony during a funeral

Compounds

• 遣奠
• 遣策

 

Japanese

Shinjitai	遣
Kyūjitai [1]	遣󠄁 遣+󠄁? (Adobe-Japan1)
	遣󠄃 遣+󠄃? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 遣

遣

(Jōyō kanji)

1. to send; to dispatch
2. to do

Readings

• Go-on: けん (ken, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: けん (ken, Jōyō)
• Kun: つかわす (tsukawasu, 遣わす, Jōyō)^{←つかはす (tukafasu, 遣はす, historical)}、つかう (tsukau, 遣う, Jōyō)^{←つかふ (tukafu, 遣ふ, historical)}、やる (yaru, 遣る)、つかい (tsukai, 遣い)^{←つかひ (tukafi, 遣ひ, historical)}、よこす (yokosu, 遣す)

References

1. “遣”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2024

Korean

Hanja

遣 (eumhun 보낼 견 (bonael gyeon))

1. hanja form^? of 견 (“send, dispatch”)

Middle Korean

Suffix

遣 (-kwo)

1. idu form^? of 고 (“and”)
   • 1395, 高士褧 (Go Sa-gyeong), 金祗 (Kim Ji), 大明律直解 (Daemyeongnyul Jikhae) [Correct Translation of the Great Ming Code]:

     本國乙背叛爲遣

     PWON.KWUK-ul POY.PAN-ho-kwo

     Betray his native country, and

Old Korean

Suffix

遣 (*-kwo)

1. verbal connective suffix, largely equivalent to English "and; and then"
   • c. 750, 月明師 (Wolmyeongsa), “祭亡妹歌 (Jemangmae-ga)”, in 三國遺事 (Samguk Yusa) [Memorabilia of the Three Kingdoms]:

     生死路隱此矣有阿米次肹伊遣吾隱去內如辭叱都毛如云遣去內尼叱古

     As life and death's paths are present here, my way is blocked [or "I am in fear" or "I hesitate"]. And you have not finished saying the words "I depart", and you are [still] departing?

Reconstruction notes

Generally reconstructed as *-kwo, because the Old Korean suffix corresponds exactly to the Middle (and Modern) Korean verbal suffix 고 (go) and because fifteenth-century idu texts use 遣 to transcribe what by this point is clearly Middle Korean 고 (Yale: kwo). However, it is difficult to explain what sound shifts could have produced Middle Korean [ko] out of an Old Korean morpheme whose phonetic value was presumably similar to Old Chinese 遣 (OC *kʰenʔ, *kʰens), Middle Chinese 遣 (MC khjienX|khjienH).

Descendants

• Middle Korean: 고 (kwo, verbal connective suffix)
  • Korean: 고 (go, verbal connective suffix)

References

• 김지오 [gimjio] (2019) “고대국어 연결 어미의 현황과 과제 [godaegugeo yeon'gyeol eomiui hyeonhwanggwa gwaje, The conditions and research tasks for Old Korean connective suffixes]”, in Gugyeol Yeon'gu, volume 43, →DOI, pages 55–87

Vietnamese

Han character

遣: Hán Nôm readings: khiển, khiến

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