纖

See also: 纤

纖 U+7E96, 纖 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7E96 ← 纕 [U+7E95] CJK Unified Ideographs 纗 → [U+7E97]

Translingual

Traditional	纖
Shinjitai	繊
Simplified	纤

Han character

纖 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+17, 23 strokes, cangjie input 女火人戈一 (VFOIM), four-corner 2395₀, composition ⿰糹韱)

Derived characters

• 𩇏, 𮇂

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 943, character 29
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28072
• Dae Jaweon: page 1383, character 28
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3469, character 4
• Unihan data for U+7E96

Chinese

trad.		纖
simp.		纤*
alternative forms		纎 䊹／纤 䑎 孅 綅／𰬞

Glyph origin

	Old Chinese
讖	*sʰrims
攕	*sreːm
櫼	*sreːm, *ʔsem
懺	*sʰraːms
殲	*ʔsem
瀸	*ʔsem
鑯	*ʔsem
虃	*ʔslem
籤	*sʰem
韯	*sem
纖	*sem
孅	*sem
韱	*sem
襳	*sem, *srem, *srim

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sem) : semantic 糸 (“silk”) + phonetic 韱 (OC *sem).

Pronunciation 1

Rime
Character	纖
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	鹽 (153)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	息廉切
Baxter	sjem
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/siᴇm/
Pan Wuyun	/siɛm/
Shao Rongfen	/sjæm/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/siam/
Li Rong	/siɛm/
Wang Li	/sĭɛm/
Bernard Karlgren	/si̯ɛm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sim1

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	纖
Reading #	1/1
No.	13484
Phonetic component	韱
Rime group	談
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	銛
Old Chinese	/*sem/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiān (xian¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cim¹
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): xiam²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siam / chhiam

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sian
    • Wade–Giles: hsien¹
    • Yale: syān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shian
    • Palladius: сянь (sjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: cim¹
    • Yale: chīm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsim¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: qim¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːm⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: xiam²
    • Sinological IPA: /siam¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siam / chhiam
    • Tâi-lô: siam / tshiam
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siafm, chiafm
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siam⁴⁴/, /t͡sʰiam⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siam³³/, /t͡sʰiam³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siam⁴⁴/, /t͡sʰiam⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siam⁴⁴/, /t͡sʰiam⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siam⁴⁴/, /t͡sʰiam⁴⁴/

Note:

• siam - literary;
• chhiam - vernacular.

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• Middle Chinese: sjem

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sem/

Definitions

纖

1. finely-woven silk
2. fine; delicate
3. minute
4. graceful; slender
5. stingy; frugal
6. fiber
7. (Buddhism) the number 10^-7

Compounds

• 不染纖塵／不染纤尘
• 人造纖維／人造纤维
• 光纖／光纤 (guāngxiān)
• 光纖維／光纤维
• 光纖通訊／光纤通讯
• 光纖電纜／光纤电缆
• 光纖飛彈／光纤飞弹
• 再生纖維／再生纤维
• 剔齒纖／剔齿纤
• 動物纖維／动物纤维 (dòngwù xiānwéi)
• 化學纖維／化学纤维 (huàxué xiānwéi)
• 化纖／化纤 (huàxiān)
• 合成纖維／合成纤维
• 合纖／合纤 (héxiān)
• 天然纖維／天然纤维
• 嬝娜纖巧／袅娜纤巧
• 廉纖／廉纤
• 彈性纖維／弹性纤维
• 微纖／微纤
• 春纖／春纤
• 植物纖維／植物纤维
• 棉纖維／棉纤维
• 玉手纖纖／玉手纤纤
• 玉纖／玉纤
• 玻璃纖維／玻璃纤维
• 碳纖維／碳纤维 (tànxiānwéi)
• 礦物纖維／矿物纤维
• 神經纖維／神经纤维 (shénjīngxiānwéi)
• 穠纖合度／秾纤合度
• 窮纖入微／穷纤入微
• 紡纖／纺纤
• 繭纖維／茧纤维
• 纖不盈握／纤不盈握
• 纖人／纤人 (xiānrén)
• 纖介／纤介
• 纖塵不染／纤尘不染
• 纖妍／纤妍
• 纖密／纤密
• 纖小／纤小
• 纖屑／纤屑
• 纖巧／纤巧 (xiānqiǎo)
• 纖弱／纤弱 (xiānruò)
• 纖微／纤微
• 纖悉／纤悉
• 纖悉無遺／纤悉无遗
• 纖手／纤手
• 纖指／纤指
• 纖柔／纤柔
• 纖毛／纤毛 (xiānmáo)
• 纖毛蟲／纤毛虫 (xiānmáochóng)
• 纖毛運動／纤毛运动
• 纖毫／纤毫
• 纖玉／纤玉
• 纖畫／纤画
• 纖瘦／纤瘦 (xiānshòu)
• 纖穠中度／纤秾中度
• 纖細／纤细 (xiānxì)
• 纖細畫／纤细画
• 纖維／纤维 (xiānwéi)
• 纖維光學／纤维光学
• 纖維工業／纤维工业
• 纖維板／纤维板
• 纖維植物／纤维植物
• 纖維素／纤维素 (xiānwéisù)
• 纖維細胞／纤维细胞 (xiānwéixìbāo)
• 纖維蛋白／纤维蛋白
• 纖維鏡／纤维镜 (xiānwéijìng)
• 纖纖／纤纤
• 纖纖弱質／纤纤弱质
• 纖纖玉手／纤纤玉手 (xiānxiānyùshǒu)
• 纖腰／纤腰
• 纖芥不遺／纤芥不遗
• 纖阿／纤阿
• 纖離／纤离
• 纖雲／纤云
• 纖麗／纤丽
• 聚酯纖維／聚酯纤维
• 肌纖維／肌纤维 (jīxiānwéi)
• 荑手纖纖／荑手纤纤
• 面薄腰纖／面薄腰纤
• 韌皮纖維／韧皮纤维
• 高纖維／高纤维

 

See also

Chinese historical small numbers
Value	Character	Notes
10-1	分 (fèn)	Still in use. SI prefix deci-.
10-2	厘 (lí), 釐 (lí)	Still in use. SI prefix centi-.
10-3	毫 (háo)	Still in use. SI prefix milli-. Also 毛 (máo).
10-4	絲／丝 (sī)	Rarely used today.
	秒 (miǎo)	Obsolete, only in ancient texts.
10-5	忽 (hū)	Rarely used today.
10-6	微 (wēi)	Still in use. SI prefix micro-.
10-7	纖／纤 (xiān)	Obsolete.
10-8	沙 (shā)	Obsolete.
10-9	塵／尘 (chén)	Obsolete. 納／纳 (nà) and 奈 (nài) are used for nano-.
10-10	埃 (āi)	Obsolete. In modern use, the character for angstrom (10-10 m).
10-11	渺 (miǎo)	Obsolete.
10-12	漠 (mò)	Obsolete. 皮 (pí) is used for SI prefix pico-.

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiān (jian¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jian
    • Wade–Giles: chien¹
    • Yale: jyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jian
    • Palladius: цзянь (czjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/

Definitions

纖

1. ^† to stab; to prick
2. ^† sharp; pointed
3. ^† Alternative form of 籤／签 (qiān, “bamboo slips”)

Japanese

Shinjitai	繊
Kyūjitai	纖

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 纖

纖

(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 繊)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): せん (sen)
• Kun: ほそい (hosoi, 纖い)、ちいさい (chīsai, 纖さい)、しなやか (shinayaka, 纖やか)

Korean

Hanja

纖 • (seom) (hangeul 섬, revised seom, McCune–Reischauer sŏm, Yale sem)

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Vietnamese

Han character

纖 (tiêm, tươm, thin, thên)

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