# 犍

| 犍 | U+728D, &#29325; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-728D |
| ← 犌 [U+728C] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 犎 → [U+728E] |

## Translingual
### Han character

犍 (Kangxi radical 93, 牛+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 竹手弓大手 (HQNKQ), four-corner 2554$_4$, composition ⿰牜建)
* a bullock
* a fabulous monster

#### Derived characters

* 𭋑

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 702, character 19
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20078
* Dae Jaweon: page 1115, character 24
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1814, character 13
* Unihan data for U+728D

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 犍 | *ɡran, *kan |
| 騝 | *ɡran, *kan |
| 鍵 | *ɡran, *ɡranʔ, *ɡanʔ |
| 揵 | *ɡran, *kanʔ |
| 鞬 | *kan |
| 腱 | *kan, *ɡans |
| 湕 | *kanʔ |
| 建 | *kans |
| 旔 | *kans |
| 楗 | *ɡanʔ |
| 健 | *ɡans |

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jiān (jian$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gin$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kian / kiān
* 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: gin$^1$
*** Yale: gīn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gin$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gin$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kiːn⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kian
*** Tâi-lô: kian
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kiefn
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kiɛn⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɛn³³/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiān
*** Tâi-lô: kiān
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kien
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kiɛn³³/
* Middle Chinese: kjon
Rime :
| Character | 犍 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 元 (65) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 居言切 |
| Baxter | kjon |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kɨɐn/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kiɐn/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kiɐn/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kɨan/ |
| Li Rong | /kiɐn/ |
| Wang Li | /kĭɐn/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /kɨ̯ɐn/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | jiān |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gin$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*kan/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 犍 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 6215 |
| Phonetic component | 建 |
| Rime group | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 𢳚 |
| Old Chinese | /*kan/ |

#### Definitions

犍
* bullock; ox
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to castrate

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 犅, 特, 犆 †, 牯 †, 犍 †, 犗 † |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 公牛, 牯牛, 牡牛, 雄牛, 犍牛 †, 閹牛 †, 種牛 ‡ |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 公牛 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 公牛 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Langfang | 牤牛 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Ulanhot | 牤牛, 牤子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tongliao | 牤牛, 牤子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 牤牛 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 牤牛, 牤子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 牤子, 牤牛, 犍牛 † |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 牤子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 牤牛 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 公牛 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 牤子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 牤牛 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 牤牛, 公牛, 犍子 † |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 犍子, 蛋犍子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 公牛 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 公牛 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Daming | 毛牛 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 𤙎牛, 犍牛 † |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 牤牛, 老犍 † |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 公牛, 犍牛 † |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 公牛, 犍牛 † |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 牤牛, 牤犍 †, 犍子 † |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 脬牛, 犍牛 † |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) | 脬牛, 犍牛 † |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 騷牛, 犍牛 † |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Bayanhot | 公牛, 犍牛 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 騷牛, 脬牛, 犍牛 † |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 脬牛, 犍牛 † |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 公牛, 牯牛 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 公牛, 牯牛 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 牯牛, 騷牯 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 公牛 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 公牛 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 公牛, 牛牯, 閹牯 † |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 牯子, 騷牯子, 公牛 † |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 公牛, 牯牛 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 公牛, 驐牛 † |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 犍牛, 牯牛 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Huanggang | 牯牛 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 牛公, 牛牯 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 牛公, 公牛 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 牛公 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 牛公 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 牛牯 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 牛牯 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 牛公 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 牛公 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 牛公 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 牛公 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 生牯, 牛牯 † |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 牛公 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 牛公 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 牛公 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 牛牯 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 牛牯 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 牛公 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 牛公 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 牛牯 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 牛公 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 牛牯 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 牛牯 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 牛牯, 牛公 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 牛牯 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 牛牯 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 牛公 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 牛公 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 牛公 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 牛牯 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 牛牯 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 牛公 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 牛牯 |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 牛牯 |
| Cantonese | Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui) | 牛牯 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 牛公, 牛牯 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 牛牯 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 牛牯 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 牛牯 |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 牛牯 |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 牛牯 |
| Cantonese | Guangning | 牛牯 |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 牛公 |
| Cantonese | Huaiji | 牛公 |
| Cantonese | Fengkai (Nanfeng) | 牛牯 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 牛牯 |
| Cantonese | Xinxing | 牛牯 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 牛牯 |
| Cantonese | Yunan (Pingtai) | 牛牯 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 牛公, 牛牯 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 牛牯 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 牛公 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 牛公 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 牛牯 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 牛公, 牛牯 |
| Cantonese | Danzhou | 公牛 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 牛公 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 牛公 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 牛牯, 樣牯子, 驐牯子 † |
| Gan | Lichuan | 牛牯, 結牛 † |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 牛牯, 牯牛, 閹牛牯 † |
| Gan | Guixi | 閹牯 † |
| Hakka | Meixian | 牛牯, 牛牯仔 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 牛牯 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 牛牯, 牛公 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Shuikou; Bendihua) | 牛牯 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Hengli; Bendihua) | 牛牯 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Pingshan; Bendihua) | 牛牯 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 牛公, 牛牯仔 |
| Hakka | Longmen (Pingling; Bendihua) | 牛公, 牛牯 |
| Hakka | Longmen (Luxi; Bendihua) | 牛公, 牛牯 |
| Hakka | Boluo (Bendihua) | 牛牯 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 牛牯 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Zhengguo, Zengcheng) | 牛牯 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Wuguishan) | 牛牯 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 牛牯 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 牛牯 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 牛牯 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 牛牯 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 牛牯 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 牛牯 |
| Hakka | Zijin (Guzhu; Bendihua) | 牛牯 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua) | 牛牯 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Sidu; Bendihua) | 牛牯 |
| Hakka | Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua) | 牛牯 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Zhongxin; Bendihua) | 牛牯 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua) | 牛牯 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 牛牯 |
| Hakka | Xinfeng (Matou; Bendihua) | 牛牯 |
| Hakka | Xinfeng (Daxi; Bendihua) | 牛牯 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 牛牯 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 牛牯 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 牛牯 |
| Hakka | Changting | 牛牯 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 牛牯 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 牛牯 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 牛牯 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 牛牯 † |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 牛牯 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 牛牯 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 牛牯 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 牛牯 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 牛牯 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 牛牯 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 牛牯 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 牛牯 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 牛牯 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 牛牯 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 牛牯頭 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 牛牯 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 牛牯 |
| Hakka | Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) | 牛牯 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 牛牯 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 牯牛, 驐牛 † |
| Huizhou | Huangshan (Tunxi) | 公牛 |
| Huizhou | Yixian | 牯牛, 犍牯 |
| Huizhou | Qimen | 牯牛, 騷牯, 犍牯 † |
| Huizhou | Wuyuan | 牛牯仂 |
| Huizhou | Fuliang | 牯牛 † |
| Huizhou | Dexing | 牛牯, 肉牛 † |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 公牛 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 牙牛 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 公牛, 犍牛 |
| Jin | Taibus (Baochang) | 牤牛 |
| Jin | Linhe | 騷牛 |
| Jin | Jining | 犍牛 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 牤牛 |
| Jin | Baotou | 犍牛 |
| Jin | Dongsheng | 公牛 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 犍牛 |
| Jin | Handan | 犍牛 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 牛牯 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou (Dikou) | 牛牯 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 牛牯 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 牛牯 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe (Zhenqian) | 牛牯, 羯牯 † |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 牛牯 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 牛牯 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 牛牯 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 牛犅 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 牛犅 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 牛犅 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 牛犅 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 牛角 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 牛牯 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 牛犅 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 牛牯 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 牛牯 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 牛牯 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 牛犅 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 牛犅 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 牛犅 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 牛犅 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 牛犅 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 牛犅, 牛牯 ‡ |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 牛犅 † |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 牛犅 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 牛公 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 牛犅, 牛種 ‡ |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 牛犅, 牛種 ‡ |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 牛犅, 牛哥 ‡, 牛種仔 ‡ |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 牛犅, 牛哥 ‡, 牛種 ‡ |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 牛公, 牛犅仔, 牛種 ‡ |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 牛公, 牛哥 ‡ |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 牛犅, 牛哥 ‡, 牛種仔 ‡ |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 牛犅, 牛哥 ‡ |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 牛犅, 牛哥 ‡ |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 牛犅, 牛哥 ‡ |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 牛公, 牛犅 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping | 牛犅 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 牛牯, 牛犅 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 牛犅 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 公牛 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 牛牯 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 牛牯 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 牛牯 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 公牛 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 牛牯 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 牛牯 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 牛公 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 牛牯 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 牛牯, 牛閹 † |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 牛牯 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 牛公, 牛牯 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 牛犅, 牛哥, 公牛 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 牛哥 |
| Puxian Min | Fuding (Aoyao) | 牛牯 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 牛牯 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Sanyuan) | 牛牯 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 牛翁 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 牛牯 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 公牛, 牯牛 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 雄牛, 公牛, 驐牛 † |
| Wu | Shanghai (Songjiang) | 雄牛 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Jiading) | 牯牛, 公牛, 驐牛 † |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 牯牛 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 雄牛, 牯牛 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 雄牛 |
| Wu | Danyang | 公牛 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 公牛 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 雄牛, 羯牛 † |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 牛牯 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 雄牛, 牛牯, 羯牛 † |
| Wu | Jinhua (Tangxi) | 羯牯 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 牛牯子, 牛牯, 牯牛, 牛公子, 牛公, 騷牯子 |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | 牯牛 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 牛牯 |
| Xiang | Hengyang | 牯牛 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 牯牛, 閹牛 † |
| Note | † - bullock; ‡ - stud | † - bullock; ‡ - stud |

#### Compounds

* 犍牛 (jiānniú)
* 犍陀羅 / 犍陀罗 (Jiāntuóluó)

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): qián (qian$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): kin$^4$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiân
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: qián
*** Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cián
*** Wade–Giles: chʻien$^2$
*** Yale: chyán
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyan
*** Palladius: цянь (cjanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: kin$^4$
*** Yale: kìhn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: kin$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: kin$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰiːn²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiân
*** Tâi-lô: kiân
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kieen
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɛn¹³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /kiɛn²⁴/
* Middle Chinese: gjen
Rime :
| Character | 犍 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 群 (30) |
| Final (韻) | 仙 (79) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 渠焉切 |
| Baxter | gjen |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɡˠiᴇn/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɡᵚiɛn/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɡiæn/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /gian/ |
| Li Rong | /ɡjɛn/ |
| Wang Li | /ɡĭɛn/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /gi̯ɛn/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | qián |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | kin$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɡran/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 犍 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 6209 |
| Phonetic component | 建 |
| Rime group | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 乾 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɡran/ |

#### Definitions

犍
* Only used in 犍為／犍为 (Qiánwéi).

### References

* “犍”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): けん (ken)、こん (kon)、げん (gen)

## Korean
### Hanja

犍 • (geon) (hangeul 건, revised geon, McCune–Reischauer kŏn, Yale ken)
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