# 撰

| 撰 | U+64B0, &#25776; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-64B0 |
| ← 撯 [U+64AF] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 撱 → [U+64B1] |

## Translingual
### Han character

撰 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 手口山金 (QRUC), four-corner 5708$_1$, composition ⿰扌巽)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 456, character 23
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12753
* Dae Jaweon: page 805, character 16
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1964, character 3
* Unihan data for U+64B0

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 撰 | *sɡroːnʔ, *sɡronʔ |
| 饌 | *sɡroːnʔ, *sɡrons |
| 譔 | *skʰon, *sɡronʔ, *sɡrons |
| 鐉 | *skʰon |
| 選 | *sqʰonʔ, *sqʰons |
| 繏 | *sqʰons |
| 潠 | *sqʰons, *sqʰuːns |
| 蟤 | *skron |
| 僎 | *sɡronʔ, *sɡrons, *skun |
| 襈 | *sɡrons, *ɡrons |
| 巽 | *sqʰuːns |
| 簨 | *sqʰunʔ |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zhuàn (zhuan$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄢˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zaan$^6$ / zaan$^3$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): choān
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$zoe
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhuàn
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄢˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhuàn
*** Wade–Giles: chuan$^4$
*** Yale: jwàn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juann
*** Palladius: чжуань (čžuanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂu̯än⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zaan$^6$ / zaan$^3$
*** Yale: jaahn / jaan
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzaan$^6$ / dzaan$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zan$^6$ / zan$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡saːn²²/, /t͡saːn³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: choān
*** Tâi-lô: tsuān
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zoan
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡suan⁴¹/
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡suan³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡suan²²/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$zoe
*** MiniDict: zoe$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$zoe
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zø²³/
* Middle Chinese: dzrwaenX, dzrjwenX
Rime :
| Character | 撰 | 撰 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 崇 (20) | 崇 (20) |
| Final (韻) | 刪 (70) | 仙 (80) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Closed |
| Division (等) | II | III |
| Fanqie | 雛鯇切 | 士免切 |
| Baxter | dzrwaenX | dzrjwenX |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /d͡ʒˠuan$^X$/ | /d͡ʒˠiuᴇn$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɖ͡ʐʷᵚan$^X$/ | /ɖ͡ʐʷᵚiɛn$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /d͡ʒuɐn$^X$/ | /d͡ʒiuæn$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɖ͡ʐwaɨn$^X$/ | /ɖ͡ʐwian$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /d͡ʒuan$^X$/ | /d͡ʒjuɛn$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /d͡ʒwan$^X$/ | /d͡ʒĭwɛn$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ɖ͡ʐʱwan$^X$/ | /ɖ͡ʐʱi̯wɛn$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zhuàn | zhuàn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zaan$^6$ | zyun$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[dz]ro[n]ʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*sɡroːnʔ/, /*sɡronʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 撰 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | zhuàn |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ dzrjwen$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*[dz]ro[n]ʔ/ |
| English | create, invent |
| 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 | 撰 | 撰 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 14153 | 14162 |
| Phonetic component | 巽 | 巽 |
| Rime group | 元 | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 3 | 3 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 撰 | 撰 |
| Old Chinese | /*sɡroːnʔ/ | /*sɡronʔ/ |
| Notes | | 集韻改雛免切以與棧別 |

### Definitions

撰
* to write; to compose; to compile
    alt. forms: 僎

#### Synonyms

* 作文 (zuòwén) (to write an essay or composition)
* 執筆 / 执笔 (zhíbǐ)
* 寫作 / 写作 (xiězuò)
* 寫字 / 写字 (xiězì)
* 屬文 / 属文 (zhǔwén) (literary, to compose prose)
* 援筆 / 援笔 (yuánbǐ) (literary)
* 提筆 / 提笔 (tíbǐ)
* 撰寫 (zhuànxiě)
* 撰著 (zhuànzhù) (to write a book)
* 撰述 (zhuànshù) (formal)
* 書寫 / 书写 (shūxiě)
* 筆耕 / 笔耕 (bǐgēng) (literary)
* 綴文 / 缀文 (zhuìwén) (literary, to write a composition)
* 編寫 / 编写 (biānxiě)
* 著作 (zhùzuò)
* 著述 (zhùshù)
* 行文 (xíngwén)
* 行筆 / 行笔 (xíngbǐ) (literary, to write an essay or composition)
* 製作 / 制作 (zhìzuò)
* 譔文 / 撰文 (zhuànwén) (to write an article)

#### Compounds

* 修撰 (xiūzhuàn)
* 憑空杜撰
* 撰寫 (zhuànxiě)
* 撰文 (zhuànwén)
* 撰次
* 撰稿 (zhuàngǎo)
* 撰稿人
* 撰著 (zhuànzhù)
* 撰述 (zhuànshù)
* 撰錄
* 杜撰 (dùzhuàn)
* 結撰
* 編撰 (biānzhuàn)
* 自撰

## Japanese

| Shinjitai (extended) | Shinjitai (extended) |
| 撰󠄂 撰+&#xE0102; (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) | Shinjitai (extended) |
| Kyūjitai | 撰 |
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### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
* composing
* choosing
    Synonym: 選

#### Readings

* Go-on: ぜん (zen)、せん (sen)
* Kan-on: さん (san)、せん (sen)
* Kan’yō-on: せん (sen)
* Kun: えらぶ (erabu, 撰ぶ)、えらび (erabi, 撰び)、える (eru, 撰る)、より (yori, 撰り)、よる (yoru, 撰る)
* Nanori: えらむ (eramu)、のぶ (nobu)

#### Compounds

* 撰(せん)刻(こく) (senkoku)
* 撰(せん)者(じゃ) (senja)
* 撰(せん)修(しゅう) (senshū)
* 撰(せん)集(しゅう) (senshū)
* 撰(せん)述(じゅつ) (senjutsu)
* 撰(せん)進(しん) (senshin)
* 撰(せん)銭(せん) (sensen)
* 撰(せん)定(てい) (sentei)
* 撰(せん)答(とう) (sentō)
* 撰(せん)文(ぶん) (senbun)
* 撰(せん)録(ろく) (senroku)
* 官(かん)撰(せん) (kansen)
* 謹(きん)撰(せん) (kinsen)
* 私(し)撰(せん) (shisen)
* 新(しん)撰(せん) (shinsen)
* 杜(ず)撰(さん) (zusan)
* 勅(ちょく)撰(せん) (chokusen)
* 特(とく)撰(せん) (tokusen)

## Korean
### Etymology 1

From Middle Chinese 撰 (MC dzrwaenX).

#### Hanja

撰 (eumhun 지을 찬 (jieul chan))
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#### Compounds

* 찬록 (撰錄, challok)
* 찬문 (撰文, chanmun)
* 찬수 (撰修, chansu)
* 찬술 (撰述, chansul)
* 찬자 (撰者, chanja)
* 찬정 (撰定, chanjeong)
* 찬진 (撰進, chanjin)
* 찬집 (撰集, chanjip)
* 관찬 (官撰, gwanchan)
* 근찬 (謹撰, geunchan)
* 두찬 (杜撰, duchan)
* 사찬 (私撰, sachan)
* 신찬 (新撰, sinchan)
* 칙찬 (勅撰, chikchan)

### Etymology 2

From Middle Chinese 撰 (MC dzrjwenX).

#### Hanja

撰 (eumhun 가릴 천 (garil cheon))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

撰: Hán Nôm readings: soạn, chọn, chộn, dọn, dốn, rộn, soảng, soạng
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