せん

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せん U+6F5B, 潛
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6F5B

[U+6F5A]
CJK Unified Ideographs せん
[U+6F5C]

Translingual

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Han character

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せん (Kangxi radical 85, みず+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input みず一山ひとやま (EMUA), four-corner 34161, composition )

References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 649, character 9
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18240
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1059, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1740, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+6F5B

Chinese

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trad. せん
simp. せん
2nd round simp.

Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character せん
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

Phono-semantic compound (形聲けいせい形声けいせい, OC *zlom, *zloms) : semantic みず + phonetic (OC *sʰlɯːmʔ, *zlam).

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character せん せん
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (こえ) したがえ (15) したがえ (15)
Final (いん) しお (153) しお (153)
Tone (調しらべ) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (ひらきあい) Open Open
Division (ひとし) III III
Fanqie さくしおきり きり
Baxter dzjem dzjemH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/d͡ziᴇm/ /d͡ziᴇmH/
Pan
Wuyun
/d͡ziɛm/ /d͡ziɛmH/
Shao
Rongfen
/d͡zjæm/ /d͡zjæmH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/d͡ziam/ /d͡ziamH/
Li
Rong
/d͡ziɛm/ /d͡ziɛmH/
Wang
Li
/d͡zĭɛm/ /d͡zĭɛmH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/d͡zʱi̯ɛm/ /d͡zʱi̯ɛmH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
qián jiàn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
cim4 zim6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character せん せん せん
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
qián qián qián
Middle
Chinese
‹ dzjem › ‹ dzjem › ‹ dzjemH ›
Old
Chinese
/*[dz][o]m/ /*[dz][o]m/ /*[dz][o]m-s/
English go under water 驩潛 Khwārazm (region in Central Asia, W. Hàn) to hide; secretly

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 せん せん
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 6709 6710
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
だん だん
Rime
subdivision
3 3
Corresponding
MC rime
せん せん
Old
Chinese
/*zlom/ /*zloms/

Definitions

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せん

  1. to go under water; to move under water
  2. to hide; to conceal
  3. to live in seclusion
  4. to make a concentrated effort
  5. hidden; secret
  6. latent
  7. secretly; stealthily
  8. a surname

Compounds

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Japanese

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Shinjitai

せん

Kyūjitai

せん

Kanji

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せん

(Hyōgai kanjikyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form せん)

Readings

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Korean

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Hanja

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せん (eumhun 무자맥질할 (mujamaekjilhal jam))

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Vietnamese

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Han character

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せん: Hán Việt readings: tiềm
せん: Nôm readings: tiềm, tèm, tỉm

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