# 詮

| 詮 | U+8A6E, &#35438; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8A6E |
| ← 詭 [U+8A6D] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 詯 → [U+8A6F] |

## Translingual
### Han character

詮 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+6, 13 strokes, cangjie input 卜口人一土 (YROMG), four-corner 0861$_4$, composition ⿰訁全)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1158, character 4
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35435
* Dae Jaweon: page 1624, character 1
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3967, character 3
* Unihan data for U+8A6E

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 拴 | *sroːn, *sʰlon |
| 栓 | *sroːn, *sron |
| 跧 | *ʔsroːn, *ʔsron, *ʔslun |
| 痊 | *sʰlon |
| 詮 | *sʰlon |
| 荃 | *sʰlon |
| 銓 | *sʰlon |
| 筌 | *sʰlon |
| 輇 | *sʰlon, *djon |
| 硂 | *sʰlon |
| 佺 | *sʰlon |
| 駩 | *sʰlon |
| 絟 | *sʰlon, *sʰlod |
| 恮 | *sʰlon, *ʔsron |
| 峑 | *sʰlon |
| 全 | *zlon |
| 仝 | *zlon, *doːŋ |
| 牷 | *zlon |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *sʰlon): semantic 言 + phonetic 全 (OC *zlon).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): quán (quan$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄢˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): cyun$^4$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): choân / chhoan / chhoân
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: quán
*** Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄢˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cyuán
*** Wade–Giles: chʻüan$^2$
*** Yale: chywán
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyuan
*** Palladius: цюань (cjuanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: cyun$^4$
*** Yale: chyùhn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsyn$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: qun$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰyːn²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: choân
*** Tâi-lô: tsuân
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zoaan
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡suan²⁴/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhoan
*** Tâi-lô: tshuan
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zhoafn
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰuan⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhoân
*** Tâi-lô: tshuân
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zhoaan
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰuan²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰuan¹³/
* Middle Chinese: tshjwen
Rime :
| Character | 詮 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 清 (14) |
| Final (韻) | 仙 (78) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 此緣切 |
| Baxter | tshjwen |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡sʰiuᴇn/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡sʰʷiɛn/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡sʰjuæn/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /t͡sʰwian/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡sʰiuɛn/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡sʰĭwɛn/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /t͡sʰi̯wɛn/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | quān |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | cyun$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*sʰlon/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 詮 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 10706 |
| Phonetic component | 全 |
| Rime group | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 3 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 詮 |
| Old Chinese | /*sʰlon/ |

### Definitions

詮
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to explain

### Compounds

* 真詮 / 真诠
* 詞詮 / 词诠
* 詮次 / 诠次
* 詮注 / 诠注
* 詮說 / 诠说
* 詮證 / 诠证
* 詮釋 / 诠释 (quánshì)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)
* discussion

#### Readings

* Go-on: せん (sen, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: せん (sen, Jōyō)
* Kun: あきらか (akiraka, 詮らか)、かい (kai, 詮)、のり (nori)
* Nanori: あき (aki)、あきら (akira)、のり (nori)

### Definitions

* Kanji in this term
* 詮
* かい Grade: S
* kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 詮 – see the following entry. :
| 【甲斐かい】 | [noun] value, reward, avail, being fruitful or worth doing Alternative spelling 効 |
(This term, 詮, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) :

## Korean
### Hanja

詮 • (jeon) (hangeul 전, revised jeon, McCune–Reischauer chŏn, Yale cen)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

詮: Hán Nôm readings: thuyên
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