# 剬

| 剬 | U+526C, &#21100; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-526C |
| ← 剫 [U+526B] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 剭 → [U+526D] |

## Translingual
### Han character

剬 (Kangxi radical 18, 刀+9, 11 strokes, cangjie input 山月中弓 (UBLN), four-corner 2220$_0$, composition ⿰耑刂)

#### Derived characters

* 𢳐

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 142, character 17
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2091
* Dae Jaweon: page 322, character 3
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 348, character 7
* Unihan data for U+526C

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 剬
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 揣 | *toːlʔ, *sʰrolʔ |
| 褍 | *toːlʔ, *toːn |
| 惴 | *tjols |
| 圌 | *djol, *djon |
| 篅 | *djol, *djon |
| 瑞 | *djols |
| 端 | *toːn |
| 剬 | *toːn, *tjonʔ |
| 偳 | *toːn, *tʰoːn |
| 鍴 | *toːn |
| 耑 | *toːn |
| 踹 | *toːns, *djonʔ |
| 湍 | *tʰoːn, *tjon |
| 煓 | *tʰoːn |
| 貒 | *tʰoːn, *tʰoːns |
| 諯 | *stʰons, *tjon, *tʰjons, *djon |
| 顓 | *tjon |
| 喘 | *tʰjonʔ |
| 遄 | *djon |
| 輲 | *djon |
| 椯 | *djon |
| 歂 | *djon, *djonʔ |
| 腨 | *djonʔ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *toːn, *tjonʔ): phonetic 耑 (OC *toːn) + semantic 刂 (“knife”).

### Etymology 1

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

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): duān (duan$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄢ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: duān
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄢ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: duan
*** Wade–Giles: tuan$^1$
*** Yale: dwān
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duan
*** Palladius: дуань (duanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /tu̯än⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: twan
Rime :
| Character | 剬 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 端 (5) |
| Final (韻) | 桓 (62) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 多官切 |
| Baxter | twan |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /tuɑn/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /tʷɑn/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /tuɑn/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /twan/ |
| Li Rong | /tuɑn/ |
| Wang Li | /tuɑn/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /tuɑn/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | duān |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | dyun$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*toːn/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 剬 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 2501 |
| Phonetic component | 耑 |
| Rime group | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 3 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 端 |
| Old Chinese | /*toːn/ |

#### Definitions

剬
* (historical dictionaries only) to cut or trim evenly
* (by extension, Classical) to cut off; to eliminate

#### Compounds

* 剬削

### Etymology 2

* For pronunciation and definitions of 剬 – see 剸. (This character is a variant form of 剸).

### Etymology 3

* For pronunciation and definitions of 剬 – see 制 (“to plan; to regulate; to restrict; to limit; to control; etc.”). (This character is an obsolete form of 制).

### References

* 羅竹風 [Luo, Zhufeng], editor (1986–1994), “剬”, 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), B00236
* “剬”, 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): たん (tan)、せん (sen)、せい (sei)
* Kun: たつ (tatsu)、さばく (sabaku)

## Korean
### Hanja

剬 • (dan) (hangeul 단, revised dan, McCune–Reischauer tan)
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