旃

Information about character(s)

Radical: 方
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 6
Total Strokes: 10

Pronunciation

Pinyin: zhān
Cantonese: zin1
JapaneseKun: HATA
JapaneseOn: SEN
Korean: CEN

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: silk banner with bent pole

CE-Dict: felt/silken banner

Soothill: A flag on a bent pole; to warn; translit. generally can (चन्), rarely śan (शन्), ṣan (षन्), cin (चिन्), kim (किम्).

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.a flag or banner with a bent staff
2.an auxiliary particle to give force to the verb
3.woolen fabrics
4.a Chinese family name

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《㫃部》旃旗曲柄也。所以旃表士衆。从㫃丹聲。《周禮》曰：“通帛為旃。”

康熙字典文字版 【卯集下】【方字部】旃
【唐韻】【集韻】【韻會】𠀤諸延切，音饘。【說文】旗曲柄也，所以旃表士衆，周禮曰：通帛爲旃。○按《周禮·春官》司常，今作旜。【爾雅·釋天】因章曰旃。【註】以帛練爲旒，因其文章，不復畫之。【釋名】旃，戰也。戰戰恭已而已也。三孤所建，象無事也。【左傳·昭二十年】旃以招大夫。　又【博雅】旃，之也。【詩·魏風】上愼旃哉。【左傳·桓九年】虞公求旃。　又【小爾雅】旃，焉也。【詩·唐風】舍旃舍旃。【箋】旃之言焉也。　又【爾雅·釋天】太歲在乙曰旃蒙。　又【史記·匈奴傳】被旃裘。【前漢·王褒傳】夫荷旃被毳者。　又【韻補】叶之人切。【陸雲·夏府君誄】廣命俊乂，惟弓與旃。震我聲敎，遇響惟殷。

CF-Dict: drapeau/étendard

Han-De-Dict: abgetastet, empfunden (u.E.)/Filz (u.E.) (S)