癇

See also: 痫

癇 U+7647, 癇 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7647 ← 癆 [U+7646] CJK Unified Ideographs 癈 → [U+7648]

Translingual

Han character

癇 (Kangxi radical 104, 疒+12, 17 strokes, cangjie input 大日弓月 (KANB), four-corner 0012₇, composition ⿸疒閒)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 780, character 38
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22518
• Dae Jaweon: page 1190, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2698, character 14
• Unihan data for U+7647

Chinese

trad.		癇
simp.		痫
alternative forms		癎／𰣯 𤺛 𣩝 𣩞

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 癇
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
間	*kreːn, *kreːns
簡	*kreːnʔ
澗	*kreːns, *kraːns
鐧	*kreːns, *kraːns
蕑	*kreːn
覵	*kreːn, *kreːns, *pkrenʔ
襉	*kreːnʔ, *kreːns
僩	*kreːnʔ, *ɡraːnʔ
鬜	*kʰreːn, *kʰraːn, *kʰreːd
癇	*ɡreːn
瞯	*ɡreːn
憪	*ɡreːn, *ɡraːnʔ
橌	*ɡraːnʔ
撊	*ɡraːnʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡreːn) : semantic 疒 (“illness”) + phonetic 閒 (OC *ɡreːn).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xián (xian²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haan⁴ / gaan²
• Eastern Min (BUC): hièng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hân

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hiêng⁵ / hiang⁵ / gang²

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶ghe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xián
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sián
    • Wade–Giles: hsien²
    • Yale: syán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyan
    • Palladius: сянь (sjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: haan⁴ / gaan²
    • Yale: hàahn / gáan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haan⁴ / gaan²
    • Guangdong Romanization: han⁴ / gan²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːn²¹/, /kaːn³⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: hièng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hieŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hân
    • Tâi-lô: hân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: haan
    • IPA (Xiamen): /han²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /han²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /han¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /han²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /han²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hiêng⁵ / hiang⁵ / gang²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hiêng / hiâng / káng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hieŋ⁵⁵/, /hiaŋ⁵⁵/, /kaŋ⁵²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶ghe
    • MiniDict: ghe^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhe
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦe²³/

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• Middle Chinese: hean

Rime
Character	癇
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	山 (73)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	戸閒切
Baxter	hean
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦˠɛn/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦᵚæn/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦəɨn/
Li Rong	/ɣɛn/
Wang Li	/ɣæn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɣăn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xián
Expected Cantonese Reflex	haan4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡreːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	癇
Reading #	1/1
No.	6240
Phonetic component	閒
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	閑
Old Chinese	/*ɡreːn/

Definitions

癇

1. epilepsy

Compounds

• 癇症 / 痫症
• 癲癇 / 癫痫
• 羊癇瘋 / 羊痫疯
• 羊癲癇 / 羊癫痫
• 腦癇 / 脑痫 (nǎoxián)
• 驚癇 / 惊痫

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B02803

Japanese

Kanji

癇

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. convulsion
2. epilepsy
3. irritable

Readings

• Go-on: げん (gen)^{←げん (gen, historical)}
• Kan-on: かん (kan)^{←かん (kan, historical)}
• Kun: ひきつけ (hikitsuke, 癇け)

Compounds

• 癇(かん)声(ごえ) (kangoe)
• 癇(かん)疾(しつ) (kanshitsu) (疳(かん)疾(しつ))
• 癇(かん)癪(しゃく) (kanshaku) (疳(かん)癪(しゃく))
• 癇(かん)性(しょう) (kanshō) (疳(かん)性(しょう))
• 癇(かん)癖(ぺき) (kanpeki)
• 子(し)癇(かん) (shikan)
• 癲(てん)癇(かん) (tenkan)