秈

See also: 籼

秈	U+79C8, 秈 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-79C8

← 秇
[U+79C7]

CJK Unified Ideographs

秉 →
[U+79C9]

Translingual

Han character

秈 (Kangxi radical 115, 禾+3, 8 strokes, cangjie input 竹木山 (HDU), four-corner 2297₀, composition ⿰禾山)

Derived characters

𦱑

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 849, character 16
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24927
Dae Jaweon: page 1272, character 12
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2591, character 5
Unihan data for U+79C8

Chinese

trad.		秈/籼
simp.		籼

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
山	*sreːn
疝	sreːn, sraːns
邖	*sreːn
汕	sreːnʔ, sraːns
訕	sraːn, sraːns
仙	*sen
秈	*sen
苮	*sen
屾	*srin

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Tai *saːlᴬ (“husked rice”) (Sagart, 2011).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiān (xian¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sin¹

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: sin¹
  - Yale: sīn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sin¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: xin¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: sjen

Rime
Character	秈
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	仙 (77)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	相然切
Baxter	sjen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/siᴇn/
Pan Wuyun	/siɛn/
Shao Rongfen	/sjæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sian/
Li Rong	/siɛn/
Wang Li	/sĭɛn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/si̯ɛn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sin¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*sen/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	秈
Reading #	1/1
No.	11061
Phonetic component	山
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	仙
Old Chinese	/*sen/

Definitions

秈

indica rice (Oryza sativa subsp. indica)

Compounds

秈稻 / 籼稻 (xiāndào)
秈米 / 籼米 (xiānmǐ)

Japanese

Kanji

秈

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): せん (sen)
Kun: うるち (uruchi)