舷

舷 U+8237, 舷 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8237 ← 舶 [U+8236] CJK Unified Ideographs 舸 → [U+8238]

Translingual

Han character

舷 (Kangxi radical 137, 舟+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 竹卜卜女戈 (HYYVI), four-corner 2043₂, composition ⿰舟玄)

1. the sides of a boat, bulwarks
2. a gunwale

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1010, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30403
• Dae Jaweon: page 1468, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3060, character 4
• Unihan data for U+8237

Chinese

trad.		舷
simp. #		舷
alternative forms		墘 Min Nan

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xián (xian²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jin⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hiân / kîⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hin⁵ / gin⁵ / hiang⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xián
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sián
    • Wade–Giles: hsien²
    • Yale: syán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyan
    • Palladius: сянь (sjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jin⁴
    • Yale: yìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiân / kîⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: hiân / kînn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hieen, kvii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hiɛn²⁴/, /kĩ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɛn²⁴/, /kĩ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɛn¹³/, /kĩ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hiɛn²⁴/, /kĩ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɛn²³/, /kĩ²³/

Note:

• hiân - literary;
• kîⁿ - vernacular.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: hin⁵ / gin⁵ / hiang⁵
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hîⁿ / kîⁿ / hiâng
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hĩ⁵⁵/, /kĩ⁵⁵/, /hiaŋ⁵⁵/

Note:

• hin5, gin5 - vernacular;
• hiang5 - literary.

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• Middle Chinese: hen

Rime
Character	舷
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	胡田切
Baxter	hen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦen/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦen/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣɛn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦɛn/
Li Rong	/ɣen/
Wang Li	/ɣien/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɣien/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xián
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jin4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡeːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	舷
Reading #	1/1
No.	14022
Phonetic component	玄
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	賢
Old Chinese	/*ɡeːn/

Definitions

舷

1. sides of a boat (i.e. port and starboard)
2. (Southern Min) side; edge

Compounds

• 右舷 (yòuxián)
• 左舷 (zuǒxián)
• 扣舷
• 舷梯 (xiántī)
• 舷窗 (xiánchuāng)
• 船舷 (chuánxián)
• 舷門 / 舷门

 

References

• “舷”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

舷

(Jōyō kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: げん (gen, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: けん (ken)
• Kun: ふなばた (funabata, 舷)

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 舷 (MC hen). Recorded as Middle Korean 현 (hyen) (Yale: hyen) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

Wikisource

舷 (eumhun 뱃전 현 (baetjeon hyeon))

1. hanja form^? of 현 (“the sides of a boat”)

Compounds

Compounds

• 현장 (舷牆, hyeonjang)
• 선현 (船舷, seonhyeon)
• 우현 (右舷, uhyeon)
• 좌현 (左舷, jwahyeon)
• 현두 (舷頭, hyeondu)
• 현등 (舷燈, hyeondeung)
• 반현 (半舷, banhyeon)
• 현문 (舷門, hyeonmun)
• 현창 (舷窓, hyeonchang)
• 현측 (舷側, hyeoncheuk)
• 현제 (舷梯, hyeonje)
• 건현 (乾舷, geonhyeon)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [2]