癇

简 痫 · 繁 癇
Cantonese · source Jyutpinghaan4#

Meanings · haan4

  1. epilepsy
  2. insanity
  3. convulsions
Cantonese · source Jyutpinggaan2#

Meanings · gaan2

  1. epilepsy
  2. insanity
  3. convulsions
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Source definition segments, in their original order. Characters a definition cites are shown without their Mandarin pinyin; classifier lists that CC-Canto copied from CC-CEDICT are marked Mandarin. The community dictionary is not independently verified by zimai.

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Same syllable, six tones

haan悭haan1stingyhaan2—haan3—闲haan4idlehaan5—限haan6limit

Characters whose customary Unihan reading (kCantonese) is this syllable in each tone, chosen as in the tone atlas (2013 standard level, then the number of CC-CEDICT words they form), with CC-Canto 2017's meaning for that reading; a dash means no catalogue character has that reading. Checked syllables (-p, -t, -k) normally carry tones 1, 3 and 6. Character readings, not word readings; no frequency implied.

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Mandarin comparison · separate source entries

CC-CEDICT, the Mandarin–English dictionary, lists the same written form:

  • 癇 xián CC-CEDICT · Mandarinepilepsy; insanity

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: xian2. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

gaan2 · haan4

Cantonese word readings for 癇. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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character

  1. epilepsy

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Original source comment: adapted from cc-cedict

Original source comment: adapted from cc-cedict

Mandarin comparison: CC-CEDICT 2026-10-13, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source reading differences and six-tone sets: computed by zimai from Unihan 17.0.0 (Unicode License V3).

Exact source records & identity癇 痫 [xian2] {haan4} /epilepsy/insanity/convulsions/ # adapted from cc-cedict

SHA-256: 1ed0d2990fad592a931964d6a3efdda37f78555db18701e8f001f88563c3296c

癇 痫 [xian2] {gaan2} /epilepsy/insanity/convulsions/ # adapted from cc-cedict

SHA-256: 0dc4f52055ceacf9e9d4296e6029e1f56156f2fb12b151f7b67271455f941b8f