獑

獑 U+7351, 獑 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7351 ← 獐 [U+7350] CJK Unified Ideographs 獒 → [U+7352]

Translingual

Han character

獑 (Kangxi radical 94, 犬+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 大竹十十中 (KHJJL), four-corner 4222₁, composition ⿰犭斬)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 718, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20645
• Dae Jaweon: page 1129, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1364, character 21
• Unihan data for U+7351

Chinese

trad.		獑
simp.		𰡔

Glyph origin

	Old Chinese
慚	*zaːm
慙	*zaːm
鏨	*zaːm, *zaːmʔ, *zaːms, *zeːm, *zamʔ
槧	*zaːmʔ, *sʰam, *sʰams, *zamʔ
暫	*zaːms
蹔	*zaːms
斬	*ʔsreːmʔ
獑	*zeːm, *zaːm
嶃	*zreːmʔ, *zaːm
覱	*ʔsraːms
摲	*sʰraːms
漸	*ʔsam, *zamʔ
塹	*sʰams
壍	*sʰams
嬱	*sʰams
螹	*zam, *zamʔ
蔪	*zamʔ

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *zeːm, *zaːm) : semantic 犬 (“dog”) + phonetic 斬 (OC *ʔsreːmʔ).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character	獑	獑
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	崇 (20)	崇 (20)
Final (韻)	咸 (151)	銜 (149)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	II
Fanqie	士咸切	鋤銜切
Baxter	dzream	dzraem
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʒˠɛm/	/d͡ʒˠam/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖ͡ʐᵚæm/	/ɖ͡ʐᵚam/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʒɐm/	/d͡ʒam/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖ͡ʐəɨm/	/ɖ͡ʐaɨm/
Li Rong	/d͡ʒɐm/	/d͡ʒam/
Wang Li	/d͡ʒɐm/	/d͡ʒam/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɖ͡ʐʱăm/	/ɖ͡ʐʱam/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chán	chán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	caam4	caam4

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	獑	獑
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	16797	16803
Phonetic component	斬	斬
Rime group	談	談
Rime subdivision	2	1
Corresponding MC rime	讒	巉
Old Chinese	/*zeːm/	/*zaːm/
Notes	見張衡賦	見張衡賦

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chán (chan²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caam⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chán
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chán
    • Wade–Giles: chʻan²
    • Yale: chán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: charn
    • Palladius: чань (čanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: caam⁴
    • Yale: chàahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cam⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːm²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: dzream, dzraem

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*zeːm/, /*zaːm/

Definitions

獑

1. ^† a kind of macaque, probably the rhesus macaque

   • 當其時也，山獸驚躍，水禽亂飛，魚獺沉潭以不動，獑猱拱樹以相依。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     当其时也，山兽惊跃，水禽乱飞，鱼獭沉潭以不动，𰡔猱拱树以相依。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 7th–8th century, 趙冬曦 (Zhao Dongxi), 《三門賦》

     Dāng qí shí yě, shānshòu jīngyuè, shuǐqín luàn fēi, yú tǎ chéntán yǐ bù dòng, chán náo gǒng shù yǐ xiāngyī. [Pinyin]

     Just at that time, the beasts in the mountains leapt in fear, and the fowl in the waters flew in confusion; the fish and the otters drowned and did not move, and the macaques and gibbons swung around the trees and relied on each other.

   • 瘦去形如鶴，憂來態似獑。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     瘦去形如鹤，忧来态似𰡔。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 9th century, 皮日休 (Pi Rixiu), 《江南書情二十韻寄祕閣韋校書貽之商洛宋先輩垂文二同年》

     Shòu qù xíng rú hè, yōu lái tài sì chán. [Pinyin]

     Meagre as a crane; anxious as a macaque.

Compounds

• 獑猢／𰡔猢 (chánhú)
• 獑胡／𰡔胡