嫸

嫸 U+5AF8, 嫸 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5AF8 ← 嫷 [U+5AF7] CJK Unified Ideographs 嫹 → [U+5AF9]

Translingual

Han character

嫸 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 女廿土口 (VTGR) or 女廿廿口 (VTTR), four-corner 4846₁, composition ⿰女善)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 271, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6708
• Dae Jaweon: page 538, character 36
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1082, character 12
• Unihan data for U+5AF8

Chinese

trad.		嫸
simp. #		嫸

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 嫸
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

	Old Chinese
橏	*tjenʔ
嫸	*tjenʔ
善	*ɡjenʔ
譱	*ɡjenʔ
蟮	*djanʔ
鱔	*djanʔ
僐	*djenʔ, *djens
鄯	*djenʔ, *djens
墡	*djenʔ
磰	*djenʔ
繕	*ɡjens
膳	*djens
饍	*djens

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

Pronunciation

Rime
Character	嫸
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	仙 (77)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	旨善切
Baxter	tsyenX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕiᴇnX/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕiɛnX/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕjænX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cianX/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiɛnX/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭɛnX/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯ɛnX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zin2

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嫸
Reading #	1/1
No.	11083
Phonetic component	善
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	𦗢
Old Chinese	/*tjenʔ/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhǎn (zhan³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zin²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhǎn
    • Wade–Giles: chan³
    • Yale: jǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jaan
    • Palladius: чжань (čžanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂän²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zin²
    • Yale: jín
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzin²
    • Guangdong Romanization: jin²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːn³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyenX

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*tjenʔ/

Definitions

嫸

1. to interrupt others
2. (transitive) to laugh at; to deride; to jeer; to mock; to ridicule
3. stubborn; obstinate

References

• “嫸”, 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–
• Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 1), p. 95

Japanese

Kanji

嫸

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): せん (sen)
• Kun: はずかしめる (hazukashimeru)、かたくな (katakuna)