掀

掀 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 手竹中人 (QHLO), four-corner 5708₂, composition ⿰扌欣)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 436, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12230
• Dae Jaweon: page 785, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1899, character 3
• Unihan data for U+6380

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qʰan) : semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 欣 (OC *qʰɯn).

掀

1. to raise; to lift (a cover, curtain, etc.)

   掀門簾／掀门帘  ―  xiān ménlián  ―  the lift the door curtain

2. to rock; to flip over; to topple

   掀桌  ―  xiān zhuō  ―  to flip a table

   • 昨夕風掀屋，今朝雨壞牆。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     昨夕风掀屋，今朝雨坏墙。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: c. 13th century, 陸游, 幽事絕句

     Zuó xī fēng xiān wū, jīnzhāo yǔ huài qiáng. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

3. to expose; to reveal

• (to raise):

• “掀”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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• Go-on: こん (kon)
• Kan-on: けん (ken)
• Kan’yō-on: きん (kin)
• Kun: かかげる (kakageru)

掀 • (heun) (hangeul 흔, revised heun, McCune–Reischauer hŭn, Yale hun)

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掀: Hán Nôm readings: hiên

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