# 湔

| 湔 | U+6E54, &#28244; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6E54 |
| ← 湓 [U+6E53] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 湕 → [U+6E55] |

## Translingual
### Han character

湔 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 水廿月弓 (ETBN), four-corner 3812$_1$, composition ⿰氵前)

#### Derived characters

* 𦺍, 𥳷, 𤏄

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 637, character 1
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17833
* Dae Jaweon: page 1044, character 3
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1686, character 4
* Unihan data for U+6E54

## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jiān (jian$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zin$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chian / chiàn / chiân
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jiān
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jian
*** Wade–Giles: chien$^1$
*** Yale: jyān
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jian
*** Palladius: цзянь (czjanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zin$^1$
*** Yale: jīn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzin$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: jin$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡siːn⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chian / chiàn / chiân
*** Tâi-lô: tsian / tsiàn / tsiân
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ciefn, ciexn, cieen
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɛn⁴⁴/, /t͡siɛn²¹/, /t͡siɛn²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɛn³³/, /t͡siɛn⁴¹/, /t͡siɛn²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɛn⁴⁴/, /t͡siɛn²¹/, /t͡siɛn¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɛn⁴⁴/, /t͡siɛn¹¹/, /t͡siɛn²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɛn⁴⁴/, /t͡siɛn²¹/, /t͡siɛn²³/
* Middle Chinese: dzen, tsen, tsjen, tsjenH
Rime :
| Character | 湔 | 湔 | 湔 | 湔 |
| Reading # | 1/4 | 2/4 | 3/4 | 4/4 |
| Initial (聲) | 從 (15) | 精 (13) | 精 (13) | 精 (13) |
| Final (韻) | 先 (85) | 先 (85) | 仙 (77) | 仙 (77) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | IV | IV | III | III |
| Fanqie | 昨先切 | 則前切 | 子仙切 | 子賤切 |
| Baxter | dzen | tsen | tsjen | tsjenH |
| Reconstructions |||||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /d͡zen/ | /t͡sen/ | /t͡siᴇn/ | /t͡siᴇn$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /d͡zen/ | /t͡sen/ | /t͡siɛn/ | /t͡siɛn$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /d͡zɛn/ | /t͡sɛn/ | /t͡sjæn/ | /t͡sjæn$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /d͡zɛn/ | /t͡sɛn/ | /t͡sian/ | /t͡sian$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /d͡zen/ | /t͡sen/ | /t͡siɛn/ | /t͡siɛn$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /d͡zien/ | /t͡sien/ | /t͡sĭɛn/ | /t͡sĭɛn$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /d͡zʱien/ | /t͡sien/ | /t͡si̯ɛn/ | /t͡si̯ɛn$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | qián | jiān | jiān | jiàn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | cin$^4$ | zin$^1$ | zin$^1$ | zin$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ʔslen/, /*ʔslens/, /*ʔsleːn/, /*zleːn/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 湔 | 湔 | 湔 | 湔 |
| Reading # | 1/4 | 2/4 | 3/4 | 4/4 |
| No. | 10242 | 10253 | 10255 | 10258 |
| Phonetic component | 前 | 前 | 前 | 前 |
| Rime group | 元 | 元 | 元 | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 煎 | 箭 | 箋 | 前 |
| Old Chinese | /*ʔslen/ | /*ʔslens/ | /*ʔsleːn/ | /*zleːn/ |

### Definitions

湔
* (literary) to wash, to clean; to cleanse
* (literary) to redress (a wrong)
* Alternative form of 濺／溅 (“to splash”)
* soak
* Used in 湔江 (“name of a river in Sichuan province”).

#### Compounds

* 湔江
* 湔洗
* 湔浣腸胃／湔浣肠胃
* 湔濯
* 湔祓
* 湔裙
* 湔雪 (jiānxuě)
* 湔雪前恥／湔雪前耻 (jiānxuěqiánchǐ)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* wash
* rinse

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): せん (sen)、さん (san)
* Kun: あらう (arau, 湔う)

#### Compounds

* 湔除(せんじょ) (senjo)

## Korean
### Hanja

湔 (eum 전 (jeon))
* wash
* cleanse
* purge

## Vietnamese
### Han character

湔: Hán Nôm readings: tiễn
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#### References

* Nom Foundation