闐

See also: 阗

闐 U+95D0, 闐 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-95D0 ← 闏 [U+95CF] CJK Unified Ideographs 闑 → [U+95D1]

Translingual

Han character

闐 (Kangxi radical 169, 門+10, 18 strokes, cangjie input 日弓十月金 (ANJBC), four-corner 7780₁, composition ⿵門真(GHT) or ⿵門眞(JK))

Derived characters

• 𨰎

Related characters

• 阗 (Simplified Chinese)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1339, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41446
• Dae Jaweon: page 1844, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4312, character 4
• Unihan data for U+95D0

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Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
寘	*tjels
䡩	*kʰriːn
黰	*ʔriːn, *ʔljinʔ
顛	*tiːn, *tʰiːns
滇	*tiːn, *tʰiːns, *diːn
齻	*tiːn
槙	*tiːn, *tjinʔ
瘨	*tiːn
傎	*tiːn
蹎	*tiːn
厧	*tiːn
巔	*tiːn
癲	*tiːn
瑱	*tʰiːns, *tins
填	*diːn, *diːns, *tin, *tins
窴	*diːn, *diːns
闐	*diːn, *diːns
磌	*diːn, *tjin
鷏	*diːn
嗔	*diːn, *tʰjin
搷	*diːn
鎮	*tin, *tins
縝	*tʰin, *ʔljinʔ, *tʰjin
真	*ʔljin
禛	*tjin
稹	*ʔljin, *ʔljinʔ
蒖	*tjin
鬒	*ʔljinʔ
瞋	*tʰjin
謓	*tʰjin
慎	*djins

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *diːn, *diːns) : semantic 門 (“gate”) + phonetic 眞 (OC *ʔljin)

Etymology 1

trad.		闐
simp.		阗
alternative forms		嗔 顛／颠 𥧑

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tián (tian²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tián
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tián
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien²
    • Yale: tyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tyan
    • Palladius: тянь (tjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: tin⁴
    • Yale: tìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: den

Rime
Character	闐
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	徒年切
Baxter	den
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/den/
Pan Wuyun	/den/
Shao Rongfen	/dɛn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dɛn/
Li Rong	/den/
Wang Li	/dien/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱien/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tián
Expected Cantonese Reflex	tin4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*diːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	闐
Reading #	1/2
No.	17053
Phonetic component	眞
Rime group	眞
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	田
Old Chinese	/*diːn/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 闐

1. Used in 闐闐／阗阗; also used as its short form.
2. (alt. form 填) to fill up

Etymology 2

trad.		闐
simp.		阗

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tián (tian²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tián
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tián
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien²
    • Yale: tyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tyan
    • Palladius: тянь (tjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: tin⁴
    • Yale: tìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: denH

Rime
Character	闐
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	堂練切
Baxter	denH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/denH/
Pan Wuyun	/denH/
Shao Rongfen	/dɛnH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dɛnH/
Li Rong	/denH/
Wang Li	/dienH/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱienH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	diàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	din6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*diːns/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	闐
Reading #	2/2
No.	17059
Phonetic component	眞
Rime group	眞
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	電
Old Chinese	/*diːns/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 闐

1. Used in place names

   和闐地區／和阗地区  ―  Hétián Dìqū  ―  Hotan Prefecture (in Xinjiang, China; changed to 和田 (Hétián))

   于闐縣／于阗县  ―  Yútián Xiàn  ―  Yutian/Keriya County (in Hotan, Xinjiang, China; changed to 于田 (Yútián))

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Japanese

Kanji

闐

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): てん (ten), でん (den), き (ki)
• Kun: さかん (sakan)