掀

掀 U+6380, 掀 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6380 ← 捿 [U+637F] CJK Unified Ideographs 掁 → [U+6381]

Translingual

Han character

掀 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 手竹中人 (QHLO), four-corner 5708₂, composition ⿰扌欣)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 436, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12230
• Dae Jaweon: page 785, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1899, character 3
• Unihan data for U+6380

Chinese

simp. and trad.		掀
alternative forms		搟

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (斤) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
蘄	*ɡɯ, *kɯl, *ɡɯn
祈	*ɡɯl
頎	*ɡɯl
旂	*ɡɯl
圻	*ɡɯl, *ŋɡɯːn, *ŋɡɯn
蚚	*ɡɯl, *ɡɯːls
岓	*ɡɯl
玂	*ɡɯl
沂	*ŋɡɯl
掀	*qʰan
釿	*ŋɡrɯnʔ, *ŋkɯn
齗	*ŋɡrɯnʔ, *ŋɡɯn
听	*ŋɡrɯnʔ, *ŋɡɯnʔ
垽	*ŋrɯns, *qɯns
斤	*kɯn, *kɯns
菦	*kɯnʔ
靳	*kɯns
劤	*kɯns
勁	*kɯns, *keŋs
赾	*kʰɯnʔ
芹	*ɡɯn
近	*ɡɯnʔ, *ɡɯns
斦	*ŋɡɯn
欣	*qʰɯn
忻	*qʰɯn
昕	*qʰɯn
訢	*qʰɯn
炘	*qʰɯn, *qʰɯns
邤	*qʰɯn
庍	*qʰɯns, *mpreːɡs
焮	*qʰɯns

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qʰan) : semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 欣 (OC *qʰɯn).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): xiān (xian¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): xuan¹

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hin¹ / hin³
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): hiên / hiân

  (Meixian, Guangdong): hian¹

• Northern Min (KCR): hṳ̌ing
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hian

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hiang¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sian
    • Wade–Giles: hsien¹
    • Yale: syān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shian
    • Palladius: сянь (sjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: xuan¹
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xuan
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕyan⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: hin¹ / hin³
    • Yale: hīn / hin
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hin¹ / hin³
    • Guangdong Romanization: hin¹ / hin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiːn⁵⁵/, /hiːn³³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hiên
    • Hakka Romanization System: hien^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hian¹
    • Sinological IPA: /hi̯en²⁴/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hiân
    • Hakka Romanization System: hian^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hian¹
    • Sinological IPA: /hi̯an²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: hian¹
    • Sinological IPA: /hian⁴⁴/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: hṳ̌ing
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xyiŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hian
    • Tâi-lô: hian
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hiefn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hiɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɛn³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hiɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɛn⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hiang¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hiang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiaŋ³³/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 掀
Mandarin	Beijing	/ɕian⁵⁵/
	Harbin	/ɕian⁴⁴/
	Tianjin	/ɕian²¹/
	Jinan	/ɕiã²¹³/
	Qingdao	/ɕiã²¹³/
	Zhengzhou	/ɕian²⁴/
	Xi'an	/ɕiã²¹/
	Xining	/ɕiã⁴⁴/
	Yinchuan	/ɕian⁴⁴/
	Lanzhou	/ɕiɛ̃n³¹/
	Ürümqi	/ɕian⁴⁴/
	Wuhan	/ɕiɛn⁵⁵/
	Chengdu	/ɕyan⁵⁵/
	Guiyang	/ɕian⁵⁵/
	Kunming	/ɕiɛ̃⁴⁴/
	Nanjing	/ɕien³¹/
	Hefei	/ɕiĩ²¹/
Jin	Taiyuan	/ɕie¹¹/ ～開 /ɕye⁴⁵/ 忽～
	Pingyao	/ɕye̞¹³/
	Hohhot	/ɕie³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/ɕi⁵³/ /ɕiɔ⁵³/
	Suzhou	/ɕiɪ⁵⁵/
	Hangzhou	/ɕiẽ̞³³/
	Wenzhou	/ɕaŋ³³/
Hui	Shexian	/ɕie³¹/
	Tunxi	/ɕiɛ¹¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/ɕiẽ³³/
	Xiangtan	/ɕiẽ³³/
Gan	Nanchang
Hakka	Meixian	/hian⁴⁴/
	Taoyuan	/hien²⁴/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/hin⁵³/
	Nanning	/hyn⁵⁵/ /hin⁵⁵/
	Hong Kong	/hin⁵⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/hian⁵⁵/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/hyoŋ⁴⁴/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/xyiŋ²¹/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/hiaŋ³³/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/hin²³/

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• Middle Chinese: xjon

Rime
Character	掀
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	元 (65)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	虚言切
Baxter	xjon
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hɨɐn/
Pan Wuyun	/hiɐn/
Shao Rongfen	/xiɐn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hɨan/
Li Rong	/xiɐn/
Wang Li	/xĭɐn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/xɨ̯ɐn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hin1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰan/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	掀
Reading #	1/1
No.	6643
Phonetic component	斤
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	軒
Old Chinese	/*qʰan/

Definitions

掀

1. to raise; to lift (a cover, curtain, etc.)

   掀門簾／掀门帘  ―  xiān ménlián  ―  the lift the door curtain

2. to rock; to flip over; to topple

   掀桌  ―  xiān zhuō  ―  to flip a table

   • 昨夕風掀屋，今朝雨壞牆。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     昨夕风掀屋，今朝雨坏墙。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: c. 13th century, 陸游, 幽事絕句

     Zuó xī fēng xiān wū, jīnzhāo yǔ huài qiáng. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

3. to expose; to reveal

Synonyms

• (to raise):

edit

• 奮起／奋起 (fènqǐ) (with all of one's strength)
• 抬 (tái)
• 拿起 (náqǐ)
• 揚／扬 (yáng)
• 提起 (tíqǐ)
• 舉起／举起 (jǔqǐ)

 

Compounds

• 掀動／掀动 (xiāndòng)
• 掀天
• 掀天揭地
• 掀天斡地
• 掀揚／掀扬
• 掀翻 (xiānfān)
• 掀舞
• 掀起 (xiānqǐ)
• 掀開／掀开 (xiānkāi)
• 掀雷抉電／掀雷抉电
• 掀露
• 掀風播浪／掀风播浪
• 掀風鼓浪／掀风鼓浪
• 掀騰／掀腾
• 掀髯
• 摶擊掀發／抟击掀发
• 畫水掀壁／画水掀壁
• 白浪掀天
• 鐵掀／铁掀 (tiěxiān)
• 騰掀／腾掀

 

References

• “掀”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

掀

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: こん (kon)
• Kan-on: けん (ken)
• Kan’yō-on: きん (kin)
• Kun: かかげる (kakageru)

Korean

Hanja

掀 • (heun) (hangeul 흔, revised heun, McCune–Reischauer hŭn, Yale hun)

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Vietnamese

Han character

掀: Hán Nôm readings: hiên

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References

• Nom Foundation