# 筅

| 筅 | U+7B45, &#31557; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7B45 |
| ← 筄 [U+7B44] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 筆 → [U+7B46] |

## Translingual
### Han character

筅 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 竹竹土山 (HHGU), four-corner 8821$_1$, composition ⿱𥫗先)
* bamboo brush
* halberd

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 882, character 18
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25986
* Dae Jaweon: page 1310, character 26
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 2966, character 8
* Unihan data for U+7B45

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 洗 | *sɯːlʔ, *sɯːnʔ |
| 先 | *sɯːn, *sɯːns |
| 銑 | *sɯːnʔ |
| 跣 | *sɯːnʔ |
| 毨 | *sɯːnʔ |
| 姺 | *sɯːnʔ, *srin |
| 筅 | *sɯːnʔ |
| 冼 | *sɯːnʔ |
| 箲 | *sɯːnʔ |
| 駪 | *srin |
| 兟 | *srin |
| 詵 | *srin |
| 侁 | *srin |

### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xiǎn (xian$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): sin$^2$
* Northern Min (KCR): tǐng
* Eastern Min (BUC): cēng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chhéng / chhúiⁿ / chháiⁿ / sián
    (Teochew, Peng'im): coin$^2$ / cain$^2$
    (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): xieng$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎn
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: siǎn
*** Wade–Giles: hsien$^3$
*** Yale: syǎn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shean
*** Palladius: сянь (sjanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sin$^2$
*** Yale: sín
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sin$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xin$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /siːn³⁵/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: tǐng
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰiŋ²¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: cēng
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɛiŋ³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhéng
*** Tâi-lô: tshíng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zheang
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁵³/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhúiⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: tshuínn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zhvuie
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰuĩ⁵⁵⁴/
** (Hokkien: Kinmen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chháiⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: tsháinn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zhvae
*** IPA (Kinmen): /t͡sʰãi⁵³/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sián
*** Tâi-lô: sián
*** Phofsit Daibuun: siern
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /siɛn⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /siɛn⁵⁵⁴/
* chhéng/chhúiⁿ/chháiⁿ - vernacular;
* sián - literary.
* Middle Chinese: senX
Rime :
| Character | 筅 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 心 (16) |
| Final (韻) | 先 (85) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | IV |
| Fanqie | 蘇典切 |
| Baxter | senX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /sen$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /sen$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /sɛn$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /sɛn$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /sen$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /sien$^X$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /sien$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | xiǎn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | sin$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*sɯːnʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 筅 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 13464 |
| Phonetic component | 先 |
| Rime group | 文 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 銑 |
| Old Chinese | /*sɯːnʔ/ |
| Notes | 同箲 |

### Definitions

筅
* whiskbroom made of thin bamboo strips
* to clean using such an implement

### Compounds

* 棕筅
* 棕筅仔
* 狼筅
* 破雞筅／破鸡筅
* 竹筅
* 筅仔
* 筅堂
* 筅帚 (xiǎnzhǒu)
* 筅把
* 筅筅
* 筅箒／筅帚
* 筅黗
* 筤筅
* 茶筅 (cháxiǎn)
* 雞毛筅／鸡毛筅
* 雞筅／鸡筅
* 鼎筅

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: せん (sen)
* Kan-on: せん (sen)
* Kun: ささら (sasara, 筅)

## Korean
### Hanja

筅 • (seon) (hangeul 선, revised seon, McCune–Reischauer sŏn, Yale sen)
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