仚

See also: 仙

仚	U+4EDA, 仚 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4EDA

← 仙
[U+4ED9]

CJK Unified Ideographs

仛 →
[U+4EDB]

Translingual

Han character

仚 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+3, 5 strokes, cangjie input 人山 (OU) or 難人山 (XOU), four-corner 8077₀, composition ⿱𠆢山)

Derived characters

佡, 𭇔, 𭖜, 𢊞

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 92, character 14
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 375
Dae Jaweon: page 196, character 4
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 111, character 7
Unihan data for U+4EDA

Chinese

simp. and trad.		仚

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 仚
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Small seal script s05905
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).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiān (xian¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hin¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sian
  - Wade–Giles: hsien¹
  - Yale: syān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shian
  - Palladius: сянь (sjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: hin¹
  - Yale: hīn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hin¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: hin¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiːn⁵⁵/

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*qʰren/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	仚
Reading #	1/1
No.	13456
Phonetic component
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	嘕
Old Chinese	/*qʰren/

Definitions

仚

there are people on the mountain
to fly

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 仚 – see 仙 (“xian; extraordinary person; etc.”). (This character is an ancient form of 仙).

References

(Cantonese) Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 1), p. 63

Japanese

Kanji

仚

(Hyōgai kanji)

to fly

Readings

On (unclassified): けん (ken)
Kun: とぶ (tobu)

Korean

Etymology 1

Hanja

仚 (eumhun 산 위에 사람 있을 헌 (san wie saram isseul heon))

(obsolete) hanja form^? of 헌 (“There are people on the top of a mountain”)

Etymology 2

Hanja

仚 (eumhun 신선 선 (sinseon seon))

(obsolete) alternative form of 仙 (“hanja form^? of 선 (“a sage or hermit, an enlightened person, usually immortal and ageless”)”)
(obsolete) hanja form^? of 선 (“to fly”)