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See also: 専, 专, and 尃

專	U+5C08, 專 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5C08

← 將
[U+5C07]

CJK Unified Ideographs Category:CJK Unified Ideographs block#*0000023560

尉 →
[U+5C09]

Category:Han script characters#%20

Translingual

Traditional	專Category:Translingual terms with non-redundant manual script codes#專
Shinjitai	専Category:Japanese terms with redundant script codes#專
Simplified	专Category:Chinese terms with redundant script codes#專

Category:CJKV characters simplified differently in Japan and China#專0

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 295, character 1

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7439

Dae Jaweon: page 584, character 1

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 507, character 1

Unihan data for U+5C08

Chinese

trad.		專
simp.		专
alternative forms		専耑剸／𰄞叀𠧡

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 專
Shang	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (專) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
竱	toːn, tjonʔ
團	*doːn
摶	doːn, doːn, *donʔ
篿	doːn, tjon
慱	*doːn
剸	doːn, tjonʔ, *tjons
鄟	doːn, tjon, *djonʔ
漙	*doːn
鷒	doːn, tjon
轉	tonʔ, tons
傳	tons, don, *dons
囀	*tons
縳	donʔ, dons
專	*tjon
磚	*tjon
甎	*tjon
塼	*tjon
嫥	*tjon
膞	tjon, tjonʔ, *djonʔ
鱄	tjon, tjonʔ
蓴	*djun

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意)Category:Han ideogrammic compounds#寸08 and phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *tjon)Category:Han phono-semantic compounds#寸08: phonetic 叀 (“spindle”) + semantic 又 (“hand”) – a hand turning a spindle or spinning wheel. It has come to mean to bundle several things together into one. Originally also written 叀.

The 又 was later replaced by related 寸.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): zhuān (zhuan¹Category:Mandarin links with redundant target parameters#專)

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄢ

(Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): pfǎn
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zyun¹

(Dongguan, Jyutping++): zoen¹

(Taishan, Wiktionary): zon¹
Gan (Wiktionary): zon¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): chôn

(Hailu, HRS): zhon^ˋ

(Meixian, Guangdong): zon¹
Jin (Wiktionary): zuan¹
Northern Min (KCR): cṳíng
Eastern Min (BUC): ciŏng
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zoeng¹ / zyoeng¹ / zuong¹ / zieng¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): choan

(Teochew, Peng'im): zuang¹ / zuêng¹

(Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): jieng¹
Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): zyun¹
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ¹tsoe / ¹cioen / ¹tsie / ¹tse / ¹tsuon / ¹tseen / ¹tsoen
- (Jinhua): ¹cioe; ¹ciuan
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): jyenn¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhuān
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhuan
  - Wade–Giles: chuan¹
  - Yale: jwān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juan
  - Palladius: чжуань (čžuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯än⁵⁵/
- (Xi'an)
  - Guanzhong Pinyin: pfǎn
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /p͡fʰã²¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: zyun¹
  - Yale: jyūn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzyn¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: jun¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syːn⁵⁵/
- (Dongguan, Guancheng)
  - Jyutping++: zoen¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡søn²¹³/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: zon¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sᵘɔn³³/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: zon¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɵn⁴²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chôn
  - Hakka Romanization System: zon^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zon¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡son²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: zhon^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡ʃon⁵³/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: zon¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sɔn⁴⁴/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: zuan¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡suæ̃¹¹/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: cṳíng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syiŋ⁵⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: ciŏng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡suoŋ⁵⁵/
Puxian Min
- (Putian, Jiangkou, Nanri)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: zoeng¹
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ce̤ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sœŋ⁵³³/
- (Youyang)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: zoeng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sœŋ⁵⁴⁴/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: zyoeng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syøŋ⁵⁴⁴/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: zuong¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡suoŋ⁵⁴⁴/
- (Fengting)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: zieng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sieŋ⁵⁴⁴/

Note: zuong1 - vernacular (俗讀).

Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: choan
  - Tâi-lô: tsuan
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zoafn
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /t͡suan⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡suan³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡suan⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /t͡suan⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡suan⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: zuang¹ / zuêng¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsuang / tsueng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡suaŋ³³/, /t͡sueŋ³³/

Note:

zuang1 - Shantou;
zuêng1- Chaozhou.

- (Leizhou)
  - Leizhou Pinyin: jieng¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sieŋ³⁵/
Southern Pinghua
- (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
  - Jyutping++: zyun¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syn⁵³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai, Chongming, Suzhou, Kunshan, Changzhou, Jiaxing, Haining, Haiyan, Deqing, Xiaoshan, Ningbo)
  - Wugniu: ¹tsoe
  - MiniDict: tsoe^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tsoe
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sø⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Chongming): /t͡sø⁵⁵/
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /t͡sø⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Kunshan): /t͡sø⁵⁵/
  - Sinological IPA (Changzhou): /t͡sɵ⁵⁵/
  - Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /t͡sɤə⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Haining): /t͡sɤ⁵⁵/
  - Sinological IPA (Haiyan): /t͡sə⁵¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Deqing): /t͡sɤ⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiaoshan): /t͡sə̃⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /t͡sø⁵²/
- (Northern: Jingjiang)
  - Wugniu: ¹cioen
  - Sinological IPA (Jingjiang): /t͡ɕiũ⁴⁴/
- (Northern: Jiading)
  - Wugniu: ¹tsie
  - MiniDict: tsie^平
  - Sinological IPA (Jiading): /t͡sɪ⁵³/
- (Northern: Songjiang, Tongxiang, Haining)
  - Wugniu: ¹tse
  - Sinological IPA (Songjiang): /t͡se⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Tongxiang): /t͡sɛ⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Haining): /t͡se⁵⁵/
- (Northern: Hangzhou)
  - Wugniu: ¹tsuon
  - MiniDict: tsuon^平
  - Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /t͡szʷõ³³⁴/
- (Northern: Shaoxing, Cixi)
  - Wugniu: ¹tseen
  - MiniDict: tsen^平
  - Sinological IPA (Shaoxing): /t͡sẽ⁵²/
  - Sinological IPA (Cixi): /t͡sẽ³²⁴/
- (Northern: Shaoxing, Zhoushan)
  - Wugniu: ¹tsoen
  - MiniDict: tsoeon^平
  - Sinological IPA (Shaoxing): /t͡sø̃⁵²/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhoushan): /t͡sø⁵³/
- (Jinhua)
  - Wugniu: ¹cioe; ¹ciuan
  - Sinological IPA (Jinhua): /t͡ɕyɤ³³⁴/, /t͡ɕyã³³⁴/

Note:

Haining:
- 1tsoe - old-style;
- 1tse - new-style.

Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: jyenn¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy̯ẽ³³/

Middle Chinese: tsywen

Rime
Character	專
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	仙 (78)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	職緣切
Baxter	tsywen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕiuᴇn/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕʷiɛn/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕjuæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cwian/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiuɛn/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭwɛn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯wɛn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhuān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zyun¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*ton/

(Zhengzhang): /*tjon/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	專
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhuān
Middle Chinese	‹ tsywen ›
Old Chinese	/*ton/
English	exclusively
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	專
Reading #	1/1
No.	17683
Phonetic component	專
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	專
Old Chinese	/*tjon/

Compounds

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (專):

→ Vietnamese: chuyên (專Category:Vietnamese terms with redundant script codes#專)

References

“專”, in 漢語多功能字庫Category:Chinese terms with redundant script codes#專 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學Category:Chinese links with redundant wikilinks#專 Category:Chinese links with redundant alt parameters#專 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
“專”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本Category:Chinese terms with redundant script codes#專 Category:Chinese links with redundant wikilinks#專 Category:Chinese links with redundant alt parameters#專 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.
Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典 Category:Chinese terms with redundant script codes#專), A01062
李如龙 [Li, Ru-long]; 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu]; 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying]; 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019), “专”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 226.

Category:Intermediate Mandarin#寸08

Japanese

Shinjitai	専Category:Japanese terms with redundant script codes#專
Kyūjitai	專Category:Japanese terms with redundant script codes#專

Kanji

專

(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 専)

Category:Japanese kanji#寸08 Category:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#寸08 Category:Japanese jinmeiyō kanji#寸08

monopolize, specialize (もっぱら)^[1]
to do as one pleases (ほしいまま)

References

↑ “專”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja

專 • (jeon)Category:Korean lemmas#전 Category:Korean terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#전 Category:Korean hanja#전 Category:Korean terms with redundant script codes#전 Category:Korean entries with incorrect language header#전 Category:Pages with entries#專 Category:Pages with 5 entries#專 (hangeul 전, revised jeon, McCune–Reischauer chŏn, Yale cen)

This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.Category:Requests for definitions in Korean entries#寸08 Category:Korean terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#寸08

Vietnamese

Han character

專: Hán Việt readings: chuyên^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]Category:Vietnamese Chữ Hán#寸08 Category:Vietnamese lemmas Category:Vietnamese Han characters
專: Nôm readings: choen^[1], choèn^[1]^[6], chuyến^[1]^[2]^[6]Category:Vietnamese Nom#寸08 Category:Vietnamese lemmas Category:Vietnamese Han characters

chữ Hán form of chuyên (“specific; expertise”)Category:Vietnamese Chữ Hán

References

[1] “專”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

[genibrel-2] 1 2 3 4 Génibrel (1898).

[bonet-3] 1 2 Bonet (1899).

[Nguyễn_(1974)-4] Nguyễn (1974).

[Trần_(1999)-5] Trần (1999).

[tdcntd-6] Nguyễn et al. (2009).

[Hồ_(1976)-7] 1 2 Hồ (1976).

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