# 俔

| 俔 | U+4FD4, &#20436; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4FD4 |
| ← 俓 [U+4FD3] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 俕 → [U+4FD5] |

## Translingual
### Han character

俔 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 人月山山 (OBUU), four-corner 2621$_0$, composition ⿰亻見)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 104, character 28
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 686
* Dae Jaweon: page 221, character 12
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 161, character 1
* Unihan data for U+4FD4

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 俔 :
| Shang | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) |
| Oracle bone script | Small seal script |
| Small seal scripts05802 ||
| References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script). ||
| | Old Chinese |
| 涀 | *ɡeːlʔ, *kʰeːns, *ɡeːns |
| 莧 | *ɡreːns |
| 粯 | *ɡreːns |
| 晛 | *ŋl'eːns, *ɡeːnʔ |
| 筧 | *keːnʔ |
| 絸 | *keːnʔ |
| 垷 | *keːnʔ, *ɡeːnʔ |
| 挸 | *keːnʔ |
| 見 | *keːns, *ɡeːns |
| 俔 | *kʰeːns, *ɡeːnʔ |
| 蜆 | *kʰeːns, *qʰeːnʔ, *ɡeːnʔ |
| 硯 | *ŋɡeːn, *ŋɡeːns |
| 峴 | *ɡeːnʔ |
| 哯 | *ɡeːnʔ |
| 睍 | *ɡeːnʔ |
| 現 | *ɡeːns |
Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 亻 (“person”) + 見 (“to see”); also phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kʰeːns, *ɡeːnʔ): semantic 亻 + phonetic 見 (OC *keːns, *ɡeːns).

### Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): qiàn (qian$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˋ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: qiàn
*** Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ciàn
*** Wade–Giles: chʻien$^4$
*** Yale: chyàn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiann
*** Palladius: цянь (cjanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵¹/
* Middle Chinese: henX, khenH
Rime :
| Character | 俔 | 俔 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 匣 (33) | 溪 (29) |
| Final (韻) | 先 (85) | 先 (85) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | IV | IV |
| Fanqie | 胡典切 | 苦甸切 |
| Baxter | henX | khenH |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɦen$^X$/ | /kʰen$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɦen$^X$/ | /kʰen$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɣɛn$^X$/ | /kʰɛn$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɦɛn$^X$/ | /kʰɛn$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /ɣen$^X$/ | /kʰen$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /ɣien$^X$/ | /kʰien$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ɣien$^X$/ | /kʰien$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | xiàn | qiàn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jin$^6$ | hin$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*N-[k]ˤenʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*kʰeːns/, /*ɡeːnʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 俔 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | xiàn |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ hen$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*N-[k]ˁenʔ/ |
| English | to be like |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 俔 | 俔 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 6193 | 6204 |
| Phonetic component | 見 | 見 |
| Rime group | 元 | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 俔 | 峴 |
| Old Chinese | /*kʰeːns/ | /*ɡeːnʔ/ |

##### Definitions

俔
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to be like

##### Compounds

* 俔天 / 伣天 (qiàntiān)

#### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xiàn, qiàn (xian$^4$, qian$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˋ, ㄑㄧㄢˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jin$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xiàn
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: siàn
*** Wade–Giles: hsien$^4$
*** Yale: syàn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiann
*** Palladius: сянь (sjanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: qiàn
*** Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ciàn
*** Wade–Giles: chʻien$^4$
*** Yale: chyàn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiann
*** Palladius: цянь (cjanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jin$^5$
*** Yale: yíhn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jin$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yin$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /jiːn¹³/
* Middle Chinese: henX
Rime :
| Character | 俔 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 匣 (33) |
| Final (韻) | 先 (85) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | IV |
| Fanqie | 胡典切 |
| Baxter | henX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɦen$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɦen$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɣɛn$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɦɛn$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /ɣen$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /ɣien$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ɣien$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | xiàn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jin$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*N-[k]ˤenʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɡeːnʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 俔 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | xiàn |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ hen$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*N-[k]ˁenʔ/ |
| English | to be like |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 俔 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 6204 |
| Phonetic component | 見 |
| Rime group | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 峴 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɡeːnʔ/ |

##### Definitions

俔
* (historical dictionaries only) spy
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) feather used on a ship as a wind vane
    Synonyms: 綄 / 𬘫, 五兩 / 五两

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xiàn (xian$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jin$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xiàn
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: siàn
*** Wade–Giles: hsien$^4$
*** Yale: syàn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiann
*** Palladius: сянь (sjanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jin$^5$
*** Yale: yíhn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jin$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yin$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /jiːn¹³/
* Middle Chinese: henX
Rime :
| Character | 俔 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 匣 (33) |
| Final (韻) | 先 (85) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | IV |
| Fanqie | 胡典切 |
| Baxter | henX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɦen$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɦen$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɣɛn$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɦɛn$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /ɣen$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /ɣien$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ɣien$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | xiàn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jin$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*N-[k]ˤenʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɡeːnʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 俔 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | xiàn |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ hen$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*N-[k]ˁenʔ/ |
| English | to be like |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 俔 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 6204 |
| Phonetic component | 見 |
| Rime group | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 峴 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɡeːnʔ/ |

#### Definitions

俔
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Alternative form of 睍 / 𪾢 (xiàn), only used in 俔俔／伣伣 (xiànxiàn).

### Etymology 3

* For pronunciation and definitions of 俔 – see 倪 (“small child; small and weak; etc.”). (This character is recorded in one or more historical dictionaries as a variant form of 倪).

### References

* 羅竹風 [Luo, Zhufeng], editor (1986–1994), “俔”, in 漢語大詞典 [Hanyu Da Cidian] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Shanghai: Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House, →ISBN
* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B00079

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: けん (ken)、げん (gen)
* Kan-on: けん (ken)
* Kun: うかがう (ukagau, 俔う)、たとえる (tatoeru, 俔える)

## Korean
### Hanja

俔 • (hyeon) (hangeul 현, revised hyeon, McCune–Reischauer hyŏn)
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