躔

躔 · chán

follow in, imitate; rut, path

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
chán
Cantonese
cin4
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

follow in, imitate; rut, path

Dictionary definitions & readings

躔 chán · (literary) animal tracks; the course of a celestial body; (of a celestial body) to follow its course

CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · 2026-10-13 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
63748.060:chán,zhàn Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0117.080:chán Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
037.110:chán Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
chán粵cin4 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
テン デン ふむ Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
전:1N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
直連 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
RMIWG Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
6011.4 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1235.410 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
138.42 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0204b Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+8E94
Radical
足 · 157
Strokes
22
Residual strokes
15
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #8093

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

22 strokes
躔
Strokes
22
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

22 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
drjen · 直連 · 山開三平仙澄 · #611

PHONO-ML, source line 4935; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
1295.204
kCowles
551
kDaeJaweon
1708.150
kFennIndex
13.08
kGSR
0204b
kHanYu
63748.060
kIRGDaeJaweon
1708.150
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
63748.060
kIRGKangXi
1235.410
kKangXi
1235.410
kMatthews
179
kMeyerWempe
288
kMorohashi
37970
kSBGY
138.42
kSMSZD2003Index
682.17
kCangjie
RMIWG
kFenn
830K
kFourCornerCode
6011.4
kMojiJoho
MJ025480
kPhonetic
195
kUnihanCore2020
GHJMT
kIRG_GSource
G0-7570
kIRG_HSource
HB2-F75E
kIRG_JSource
J0-6D37
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-7BBC
kIRG_KSource
K1-6C30
kIRG_TSource
T2-6E2D
kIRG_VSource
V2-8531
kRSUnicode
157.15
kTotalStrokes
22
kBigFive
F75E
kCCCII
233A5D
kCNS1986
2-6E2D
kCNS1992
2-6E2D
kEACC
233A5D
kGB0
8580
kGB1
8580
kJis0
7723
kKoreanName
2015
kTGH
2013:8093
kTaiwanTelegraph
6493
kXerox
307:074
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+6838+157.7.15
kCantonese
cin4
kDefinition
follow in, imitate; rut, path
kFanqie
直連
kHangul
전:1N
kHanyuPinyin
63748.060:chán,zhàn
kJapanese
テン デン ふむ
kJapaneseKun
FUMU
kJapaneseOn
TEN
kKorean
CEN
kMandarin
chán
kSMSZD2003Readings
chán粵cin4
kTGHZ2013
037.110:chán
kTang
djhiɛn
kXHC1983
0117.080:chán

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
2dictionary records using 躔0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right

Shape description
𧾷 beside 廛 · the same shape in all seven regional standards (China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Vietnam)
Source notation ^⿰𧾷廛$(GHTJKPV)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰𧾷廛$(GHTJKPV)

All alternatives are retained. Only the first description drives component search and graphical links. Counts describe this snapshot, not frequency. Evidence and method.