彖

彖 · tuàn

a hog; a hedgehog; a porcupine

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
tuàn
Cantonese
teon3
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

a hog; a hedgehog; a porcupine

Dictionary definitions & readings

彖 tuàn · to foretell the future using the trigrams of the Book of Changes 易經

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

Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
20961.060:tuàn,shǐ Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
1166.020:tuàn Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
373.110:tuàn Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
tuàn粵teon3 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
タン シ Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
단:0N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
通貫 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
VNMO Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
2723.2 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0362.120 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
404.01 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0171a Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+5F56
Radical
彐 · 58
Strokes
9
Residual strokes
6
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #6923

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

9 strokes
彖
Strokes
9
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

9 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
thwanH · 通貫 · 山合一去桓透 · #2656

PHONO-ML, source line 14815; 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
507.103
kDaeJaweon
0680.260
kFennIndex
573.06
kGSR
0171a
kHanYu
20961.060
kIRGDaeJaweon
0680.260
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
20961.060
kIRGKangXi
0362.120
kKangXi
0362.120
kMatthews
6556
kMeyerWempe
3594c
kMorohashi
09920 09920:E0101
kSBGY
404.01
kSMSZD2003Index
210.07 660.03
kCangjie
VNMO
kFenn
287K
kFourCornerCode
2723.2
kMojiJoho
MJ011233 MJ011233:E0101 MJ011234:E0102 MJ011235:E0103
kPhonetic
155 1400
kUnihanCore2020
GHJKMPT
kIICore
AGKP
kIRG_GSource
G0-6568
kIRG_HSource
HB2-CEBD
kIRG_JSource
J0-5741
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-D5B3
kIRG_KSource
K0-5327
kIRG_TSource
T2-2A3E
kRSUnicode
58.6
kTotalStrokes
9
kBigFive
CEBD
kCCCII
22296A
kCNS1986
2-2A3E
kCNS1992
2-2A3E
kEACC
22296A
kGB0
6972
kGB1
6972
kJis0
5533
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
1740
kTGH
2013:6923
kTaiwanTelegraph
1740
kXerox
303:044
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+4780+58.3.6
kCantonese
teon3
kDefinition
a hog; a hedgehog; a porcupine
kFanqie
通貫
kHangul
단:0N
kHanyuPinyin
20961.060:tuàn,shǐ
kJapanese
タン シ
kJapaneseKun
TOKU
kJapaneseOn
TAN SHI
kKorean
TAN
kMandarin
tuàn
kSMSZD2003Readings
tuàn粵teon3
kTGHZ2013
373.110:tuàn
kXHC1983
1166.020:tuàn

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

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2dictionary records using 彖8forms using this shape6attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below

Shape description
彑 above 𧰨 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿱彑𧰨$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱彑𧰨$(GHTJKP)

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