# 荃

| 荃 | U+8343, &#33603; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8343 |
| ← 荂 [U+8342] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 荄 → [U+8344] |

## Translingual
### Han character

荃 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+6, 10 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 9 strokes in mainland China and Japanese, cangjie input 廿人一土 (TOMG), four-corner 4410$_4$, composition ⿱艹全)
* calamus
* pickled leaf mustard
* fish tackle
* fine cloth

#### Derived characters

* 𣗎, 醛

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1030, character 5
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30934
* Dae Jaweon: page 1489, character 2
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3206, character 13
* Unihan data for U+8343

## 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 艹 (“grass/plant”) + phonetic 全 (OC *zlon).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): quán (quan$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄢˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): cyun$^4$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhoan / choan / choân
* 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: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhoan
*** Tâi-lô: tshuan
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zhoafn
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰuan⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰuan³³/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: choan
*** Tâi-lô: tsuan
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zoafn
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡suan⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: choân
*** Tâi-lô: tsuân
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zoaan
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡suan²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡suan²³/
* Middle Chinese: tshjwen
Rime :
| Character | 荃 |
| 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 | 荃 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 10707 |
| Phonetic component | 全 |
| Rime group | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 3 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 詮 |
| Old Chinese | /*sʰlon/ |

### Definitions

荃
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, literary) Acorus calamus, sweet flag, a species of flowering plant with psychoactive chemicals.
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, literary, figurative) ruler (of a country)
    From: The Verses of Chu, 4th century BCE – 2nd century CE
    Quán bù chá yú zhī zhōng qíng xī, fǎn xìn chán ér jìnù. [Pinyin]
    But the Fragrant One refused to examine my true feelings: He lent ear, instead, to slander, and raged against me.
* (Hong Kong) Short for 荃灣／荃湾 (Quánwān, “Tsuen Wan”).

### Synonyms

* 菖蒲 (chāngpú)
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, literary) 荪

### Compounds

* 荃宰
* 荃察
* 荃葛
* 荃蹄

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): せん (sen)、そん (son)、せつ (setsu)、せち (sechi)、さつ (satsu)
* Kun: からしあえ (karashiae)

## Korean
### Hanja

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

荃: Hán Nôm readings: thuyên
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#### References

* Nom Foundation