# 掀

| 掀 | U+6380, &#25472; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6380 |
| ← 捿 [U+637F] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 掁 → [U+6381] |

## Translingual
### Han character

掀 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 手竹中人 (QHLO), four-corner 5708$_2$, composition ⿰扌欣)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 436, character 7
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12230
* Dae Jaweon: page 785, character 19
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1899, character 3
* Unihan data for U+6380

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 蘄 | *ɡɯ, *kɯl, *ɡɯn |
| 祈 | *ɡɯl |
| 頎 | *ɡɯl |
| 旂 | *ɡɯl |
| 圻 | *ɡɯl, *ŋɡɯːn, *ŋɡɯn |
| 蚚 | *ɡɯl, *ɡɯːls |
| 岓 | *ɡɯl |
| 玂 | *ɡɯl |
| 沂 | *ŋɡɯl |
| 掀 | *qʰan |
| 釿 | *ŋɡrɯnʔ, *ŋkɯn |
| 齗 | *ŋɡrɯnʔ, *ŋɡɯn |
| 听 | *ŋɡrɯnʔ, *ŋɡɯnʔ |
| 垽 | *ŋrɯns, *qɯns |
| 斤 | *kɯn, *kɯns |
| 菦 | *kɯnʔ |
| 靳 | *kɯns |
| 劤 | *kɯns |
| 勁 | *kɯns, *keŋs |
| 赾 | *kʰɯnʔ |
| 芹 | *ɡɯn |
| 近 | *ɡɯnʔ, *ɡɯns |
| 斦 | *ŋɡɯn |
| 欣 | *qʰɯn |
| 忻 | *qʰɯn |
| 昕 | *qʰɯn |
| 訢 | *qʰɯn |
| 炘 | *qʰɯn, *qʰɯns |
| 邤 | *qʰɯn |
| 庍 | *qʰɯns, *mpreːɡs |
| 焮 | *qʰɯns |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qʰan) : semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 欣 (OC *qʰɯn).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): xiān (xian$^1$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): xuan$^1$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): hin$^1$ / hin$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): hiên / hiân
    (Meixian, Guangdong): hian$^1$
* Northern Min (KCR): hṳ̌ing
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): hian
    (Teochew, Peng'im): hiang$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xiān
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: sian
*** Wade–Giles: hsien$^1$
*** Yale: syān
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shian
*** Palladius: сянь (sjanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: xuan$^1$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xuan
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕyan⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: hin$^1$ / hin$^3$
*** Yale: hīn / hin
*** Cantonese Pinyin: hin$^1$ / hin$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: hin$^1$ / hin$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /hiːn⁵⁵/, /hiːn³³/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hiên
*** Hakka Romanization System: hien$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: hian$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /hi̯en²⁴/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hiân
*** Hakka Romanization System: hian$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: hian$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /hi̯an²⁴/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: hian$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /hian⁴⁴/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: hṳ̌ing
*** Sinological IPA : /xyiŋ²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hian
*** Tâi-lô: hian
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hiefn
*** IPA (Xiamen): /hiɛn⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɛn³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɛn⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /hiɛn⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɛn⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: hiang$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hiang
*** Sinological IPA : /hiaŋ³³/
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit掀 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /ɕian⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /ɕian⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /ɕian²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /ɕiã²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /ɕiã²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /ɕian²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /ɕiã²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /ɕiã⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /ɕian⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /ɕiɛ̃n³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /ɕian⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /ɕiɛn⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /ɕyan⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /ɕian⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /ɕiɛ̃⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /ɕien³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /ɕiĩ²¹/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /ɕie¹¹/ ～開 /ɕye⁴⁵/ 忽～ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /ɕye̞¹³/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /ɕie³¹/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /ɕi⁵³/ /ɕiɔ⁵³/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /ɕiɪ⁵⁵/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /ɕiẽ̞³³/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /ɕaŋ³³/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /ɕie³¹/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /ɕiɛ¹¹/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /ɕiẽ³³/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /ɕiẽ³³/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | |
| Hakka | Meixian | /hian⁴⁴/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /hien²⁴/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /hin⁵³/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /hyn⁵⁵/ /hin⁵⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /hin⁵⁵/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /hian⁵⁵/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /hyoŋ⁴⁴/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /xyiŋ²¹/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /hiaŋ³³/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /hin²³/ |
* Middle Chinese: xjon
Rime :
| Character | 掀 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 曉 (32) |
| Final (韻) | 元 (65) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 虚言切 |
| Baxter | xjon |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /hɨɐn/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /hiɐn/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /xiɐn/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /hɨan/ |
| Li Rong | /xiɐn/ |
| Wang Li | /xĭɐn/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /xɨ̯ɐn/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | xiān |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | hin$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*qʰan/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 掀 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 6643 |
| Phonetic component | 斤 |
| Rime group | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 軒 |
| Old Chinese | /*qʰan/ |

### Definitions

掀
* to raise; to lift (a cover, curtain, etc.)
    掀門簾／掀门帘 ― xiān ménlián ― the lift the door curtain
* to rock; to flip over; to topple
    掀桌 ― xiān zhuō ― to flip a table
    From: c. 13th century, 陸游, 幽事絕句
    Zuó xī fēng xiān wū, jīnzhāo yǔ huài qiáng. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this quotation)
* to expose; to reveal

#### Synonyms

* (to raise):
* 奮起／奋起 (fènqǐ) (with all of one's strength)
* 抬 (tái)
* 拿起 (náqǐ)
* 揚／扬 (yáng)
* 提起 (tíqǐ)
* 舉起／举起 (jǔqǐ)

#### Compounds

* 掀動／掀动 (xiāndòng)
* 掀天
* 掀天揭地
* 掀天斡地
* 掀揚／掀扬
* 掀翻 (xiānfān)
* 掀舞
* 掀起 (xiānqǐ)
* 掀開／掀开 (xiānkāi)
* 掀雷抉電／掀雷抉电
* 掀露
* 掀風播浪／掀风播浪
* 掀風鼓浪／掀风鼓浪
* 掀騰／掀腾
* 掀髯
* 摶擊掀發／抟击掀发
* 畫水掀壁／画水掀壁
* 白浪掀天
* 鐵掀／铁掀 (tiěxiān)
* 騰掀／腾掀

### References

* “掀”, 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

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: こん (kon)
* Kan-on: けん (ken)
* Kan’yō-on: きん (kin)
* Kun: かかげる (kakageru)

## Korean
### Hanja

掀 • (heun) (hangeul 흔, revised heun, McCune–Reischauer hŭn, Yale hun)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

掀: Hán Nôm readings: hiên
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#### References

* Nom Foundation