# 釧

| 釧 | U+91E7, &#37351; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-91E7 |
| ← 釦 [U+91E6] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 釨 → [U+91E8] |

## Translingual
### Han character

釧 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+3, 11 strokes, cangjie input 金中中中 (CLLL), four-corner 8210$_0$, composition ⿰釒川)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1296, character 17
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40176
* Dae Jaweon: page 1800, character 4
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4172, character 3
* Unihan data for U+91E7

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 川 | *kʰjon |
| 釧 | *kʰjons |
| 巛 | *kʰuːn |
| 巡 | *sɢljun |
| 馴 | *sɢljun |
| 紃 | *sɢljun, *ɢljun |
| 甽 | *kljuns, *kʷeːnʔ |
| 順 | *ɢljuns |
| 訓 | *qʰuns |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kʰjons) : semantic 金 + phonetic 川 (OC *kʰjon).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): chuàn (chuan$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄢˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): cyun$^3$ / cyun$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhoan
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$tshoe
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chuàn
*** Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄢˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chuàn
*** Wade–Giles: chʻuan$^4$
*** Yale: chwàn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuann
*** Palladius: чуань (čuanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: cyun$^3$ / cyun$^1$
*** Yale: chyun / chyūn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsyn$^3$ / tsyn$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: qun$^3$ / qun$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰyːn³³/, /t͡sʰyːn⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhoan
*** Tâi-lô: tshuan
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zhoafn
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰuan⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰuan³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰuan⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰuan⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰuan⁴⁴/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$tshoe
*** MiniDict: tshoe$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$tshoe
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰø³⁴/
* Middle Chinese: tsyhwenH
Rime :
| Character | 釧 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 昌 (24) |
| Final (韻) | 仙 (78) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 尺絹切 |
| Baxter | tsyhwenH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡ɕʰiuᴇn$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡ɕʰʷiɛn$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡ɕʰjuæn$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /cʰwian$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡ɕʰiuɛn$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡ɕʰĭwɛn$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /t͡ɕʰi̯wɛn$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | chuàn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | cyun$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*kʰjons/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 釧 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 1629 |
| Phonetic component | 川 |
| Rime group | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 3 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 釧 |
| Old Chinese | /*kʰjons/ |

### Definitions

釧
* (literary or chiefly Southern Min) bracelet; armlet
    See also: 鐲, 鋜
* a surname

### Compounds

* 玉釧／玉钏
* 腕釧／腕钏
* 臂釧／臂钏
* 金釧／金钏
* 釧臂／钏臂
* 釵釧／钗钏
* 釵釧記／钗钏记

### Descendants

* → Japanese: 釧(せん) (sen)
* → Korean: 천(釧) (cheon)
* → Vietnamese: xuyến (釧)

### References

* “釧”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
* bracelet

#### Readings

* Go-on: せん (sen)
* Kan-on: せん (sen)
* Kun: うでわ (udewa, 釧)、くしろ (kushiro, 釧)

## Korean
### Hanja

釧 • (cheon) (hangeul 천, revised cheon, McCune–Reischauer ch'ŏn, Yale chen)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

釧: Hán Nôm readings: xuyến, xén, xoắn, xoăn
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