# 癇

| 癇 | U+7647, &#30279; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7647 |
| ← 癆 [U+7646] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 癈 → [U+7648] |

## Translingual
### Han character

癇 (Kangxi radical 104, 疒+12, 17 strokes, cangjie input 大日弓月 (KANB), four-corner 0012$_7$, composition ⿸疒閒)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 780, character 38
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22518
* Dae Jaweon: page 1190, character 13
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2698, character 14
* Unihan data for U+7647

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 癇
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 間 | *kreːn, *kreːns |
| 簡 | *kreːnʔ |
| 澗 | *kreːns, *kraːns |
| 鐧 | *kreːns, *kraːns |
| 蕑 | *kreːn |
| 覵 | *kreːn, *kreːns, *pkrenʔ |
| 襉 | *kreːnʔ, *kreːns |
| 僩 | *kreːnʔ, *ɡraːnʔ |
| 鬜 | *kʰreːn, *kʰraːn, *kʰreːd |
| 癇 | *ɡreːn |
| 瞯 | *ɡreːn |
| 憪 | *ɡreːn, *ɡraːnʔ |
| 橌 | *ɡraːnʔ |
| 撊 | *ɡraːnʔ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡreːn) : semantic 疒 (“illness”) + phonetic 閒 (OC *ɡreːn).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xián (xian$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): haan$^4$ / gaan$^2$
* Eastern Min (BUC): hièng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): hân
    (Teochew, Peng'im): hiêng$^5$ / hiang$^5$ / gang$^2$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$ghe
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xián
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: sián
*** Wade–Giles: hsien$^2$
*** Yale: syán
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyan
*** Palladius: сянь (sjanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ɛn³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: haan$^4$ / gaan$^2$
*** Yale: hàahn / gáan
*** Cantonese Pinyin: haan$^4$ / gaan$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: han$^4$ / gan$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /haːn²¹/, /kaːn³⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: hièng
*** Sinological IPA : /hieŋ⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hân
*** Tâi-lô: hân
*** Phofsit Daibuun: haan
*** IPA (Xiamen): /han²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /han²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /han¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /han²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /han²³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: hiêng$^5$ / hiang$^5$ / gang$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hiêng / hiâng / káng
*** Sinological IPA : /hieŋ⁵⁵/, /hiaŋ⁵⁵/, /kaŋ⁵²/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$ghe
*** MiniDict: ghe$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$hhe
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦe²³/
* Middle Chinese: hean
Rime :
| Character | 癇 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 匣 (33) |
| Final (韻) | 山 (73) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 戸閒切 |
| Baxter | hean |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɦˠɛn/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɦᵚæn/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɣæn/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɦəɨn/ |
| Li Rong | /ɣɛn/ |
| Wang Li | /ɣæn/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ɣăn/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | xián |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | haan$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɡreːn/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 癇 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 6240 |
| Phonetic component | 閒 |
| Rime group | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 閑 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɡreːn/ |

### Definitions

癇
* epilepsy

### Compounds

* 癇症 / 痫症
* 癲癇 / 癫痫
* 羊癇瘋 / 羊痫疯
* 羊癲癇 / 羊癫痫
* 腦癇 / 脑痫 (nǎoxián)
* 驚癇 / 惊痫

### References

* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B02803

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* convulsion
* epilepsy
* irritable

#### Readings

* Go-on: げん (gen)
* Kan-on: かん (kan)
* Kun: ひきつけ (hikitsuke, 癇け)

#### Compounds

* 癇(かん)声(ごえ) (kangoe)
* 癇(かん)疾(しつ) (kanshitsu) (疳(かん)疾(しつ))
* 癇(かん)癪(しゃく) (kanshaku) (疳(かん)癪(しゃく))
* 癇(かん)性(しょう) (kanshō) (疳(かん)性(しょう))
* 癇(かん)癖(ぺき) (kanpeki)
* 子(し)癇(かん) (shikan)
* 癲(てん)癇(かん) (tenkan)