詮

Information about character(s)

Radical: 言
Radical Strokes: 7
Additional Strokes: 6
Total Strokes: 13
Simplified Form: 诠

Pronunciation

Pinyin: quán
Cantonese: cyun4
JapaneseKun: NORI
JapaneseOn: SEN
Korean: CEN

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: explain, expound, comment on

CE-Dict: to explain/to comment/to annotate

Soothill: Explain, expound, discourse upon.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.to explain; to illustrate
2.the truth or core of something

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《言部》詮具也。从言全聲。

康熙字典文字版 【酉集上】【言字部】詮
【唐韻】此緣切【集韻】【韻會】逡緣切【正韻】且緣切，𠀤音銓。【說文】具也。【玉篇】治亂之體也。【廣韻】平也。【類篇】擇言也。又解喩也。【晉書·武陔傳】文帝數與詮論。【音義】謂具說事理也。【𨻰書·傅縡傳】言爲心使，心受言詮。【吳越春秋】惟夫子詮斯義也。【註】擇言也。【杜甫·秋日詠懷詩】衣褐向眞詮。　又【淮南子·詮言訓註】詮，就也。就萬物之指，以言其徵，事之所謂，道之所依也。　又【金史·選舉志】凡會試，詮讀官二員。

Buddhism words and phrases explain (in detail)

CF-Dict: ï¼

Han-De-Dict: darlegen, erklären, kommentieren (u.E.) (S)