# 磚

| 磚 | U+78DA, &#30938; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-78DA |
| ← 磙 [U+78D9] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 磛 → [U+78DB] |

## Translingual
### Han character

磚 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+11, 16 strokes, cangjie input 一口十戈戈 (MRJII), four-corner 1564$_3$, composition ⿰石專)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 835, character 7
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24418
* Dae Jaweon: page 1252, character 16
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2452, character 7
* Unihan data for U+78DA

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 竱 | *toːn, *tjonʔ |
| 團 | *doːn |
| 摶 | *doːn, *doːn, *donʔ |
| 篿 | *doːn, *tjon |
| 慱 | *doːn |
| 剸 | *doːn, *tjonʔ, *tjons |
| 鄟 | *doːn, *tjon, *djonʔ |
| 漙 | *doːn |
| 鷒 | *doːn, *tjon |
| 轉 | *tonʔ, *tons |
| 傳 | *tons, *don, *dons |
| 囀 | *tons |
| 縳 | *donʔ, *dons |
| 專 | *tjon |
| 磚 | *tjon |
| 甎 | *tjon |
| 塼 | *tjon |
| 嫥 | *tjon |
| 膞 | *tjon, *tjonʔ, *djonʔ |
| 鱄 | *tjon, *tjonʔ |
| 蓴 | *djun |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *tjon): semantic 石 (“rock”) + phonetic 專 (OC *tjon).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): zhuān (zhuan$^1$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄢ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): zuan$^1$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zyun$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): chôn
    (Meixian, Guangdong): zon$^1$
* Jin (Wiktionary): zuan$^1$
* Northern Min (KCR): cuíng
* Eastern Min (BUC): cuŏng
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zue$^1$ / zuiⁿ$^1$ / zoeng$^1$ / zuong$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chng / chuiⁿ / choan
    (Teochew, Peng'im): zeng$^1$
    (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): zui$^1$ / jieng$^1$
* Wu (Wugniu)
** (Northern): $^1$tsoe / $^1$tsie / $^1$tse / $^1$tsuon / $^1$tseen / $^1$tsoen
** (Jinhua): $^1$cioe; $^1$ciuan
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): qyenn$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhuān
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄢ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhuan
*** Wade–Giles: chuan$^1$
*** Yale: jwān
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juan
*** Palladius: чжуань (čžuanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂu̯än⁵⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: zuan$^1$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: zuan
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡suan⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zyun$^1$
*** Yale: jyūn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzyn$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: jun$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡syːn⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chôn
*** Hakka Romanization System: zon$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: zon$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡son²⁴/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: zon$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sɔn⁴⁴/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: zuan$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡suæ̃¹¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: cuíng
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡suiŋ⁵⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: cuŏng
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡suoŋ⁵⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: zue$^1$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: coiⁿ
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡suei⁵³³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: zuiⁿ$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sũĩ⁵³³/
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: zoeng$^1$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ce̤ng
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sœŋ⁵³³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: zuong$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡suoŋ⁵³³/
* zue1/zuiⁿ1 - vernacular;
* zoeng1/zuong1 - literary.
* Middle Chinese: tsywen
Rime :
| Character | 磚 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 章 (23) |
| Final (韻) | 仙 (78) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 職緣切 |
| Baxter | tsywen |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡ɕiuᴇn/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡ɕʷiɛn/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡ɕjuæn/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /cwian/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡ɕiuɛn/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡ɕĭwɛn/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /t͡ɕi̯wɛn/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zhuān |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zyun$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*tjon/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 磚 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 17684 |
| Phonetic component | 專 |
| Rime group | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 3 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 專 |
| Old Chinese | /*tjon/ |
| Notes | 塼後起或體 |

### Definitions

磚
* brick (Classifier: 塊／块 m)
* tile; paving
* (computing slang, figurative) brick (an electronic device, especially a heavy box-shaped one, that has become non-functional or obsolete)
    變磚／变砖 ― biànzhuān ― ( of electronic devices) to become unfunctional

#### Synonyms

* 磚頭／砖头 (zhuāntóu)
* 磚塊／砖块 (zhuānkuài)
* (Hakka, Hokkien) 磚仔／砖仔
* (Hokkien) 磚仔角／砖仔角

### Compounds

* 丟磚料瓦 / 丢砖料瓦
* 冰磚 / 冰砖 (bīngzhuān)
* 古磚 / 古砖
* 地磚 / 地砖
* 導盲磚 / 导盲砖 (dǎomángzhuān)
* 嵌鑲磚 / 嵌镶砖
* 引玉之磚 / 引玉之砖 (yǐnyùzhīzhuān)
* 彩磚 / 彩砖
* 懷磚之俗 / 怀砖之俗
* 打金磚 / 打金砖
* 拋磚引玉 / 抛砖引玉 (pāozhuānyǐnyù)
* 搬磚 / 搬砖 (bānzhuān)
* 搬磚砸腳 / 搬砖砸脚
* 敲門磚 / 敲门砖 (qiāoménzhuān)
* 方磚 / 方砖
* 木磚 / 木砖
* 泥磚 / 泥砖
* 添磚加瓦 / 添砖加瓦 (tiānzhuānjiāwǎ)
* 火磚 / 火砖
* 炕面磚 / 炕面砖
* 煤磚 / 煤砖 (méizhuān)
* 玻璃磚 / 玻璃砖
* 琉璃磚 / 琉璃砖
* 瓷磚 / 瓷砖 (cízhuān)
* 畫像磚 / 画像砖
* 畫象磚 / 画象砖
* 砌磚 / 砌砖 (qìzhuān)
* 磁磚 / 磁砖 (cízhuān)
* 磚坯 / 砖坯 (zhuānpī)
* 磚契 / 砖契
* 磚屋 / 砖屋
* 磚牆 / 砖墙 (zhuānqiáng)
* 磚瓦 / 砖瓦 (zhuānwǎ)
* 磚畫 / 砖画
* 磨磚 / 磨砖
* 磨磚成鏡 / 磨砖成镜
* 磚窯 / 砖窑 (zhuānyáo)
* 磚茶 / 砖茶 (zhuānchá)
* 磚雕 / 砖雕 (zhuāndiāo)
* 磚頭 / 砖头 (zhuāntóu)
* 空心磚 / 空心砖
* 紅磚 / 红砖
* 耐火磚 / 耐火砖
* 茅廁的磚 / 茅厕的砖
* 茅廁磚頭 / 茅厕砖头
* 茶磚 / 茶砖 (cházhuān)
* 變磚 / 变砖 (biànzhuān)
* 鎂磚 / 镁砖
* 頂磚頭 / 顶砖头
* 飛磚擲瓦 / 飞砖掷瓦

### References

* “磚”, 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)
* brick

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): せん (sen)
* Kun: かわら (kawara, 磚)

## Korean
### Hanja

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

磚: Hán Nôm readings: chuyên, gạch
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