尠

See also: 鮮

尠 U+5C20, 尠 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5C20 ← 尟 [U+5C1F] CJK Unified Ideographs 尡 → [U+5C21]

Translingual

Han character

尠 (Kangxi radical 42, 小+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 廿女火竹 (TVFH), composition ⿰甚少)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 297, character 27
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7523
• Dae Jaweon: page 592, character 26
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 565, character 16
• Unihan data for U+5C20

Chinese

trad.		尠
simp.		鲜

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
觘	*sm̥ʰreːw, *sm̥ʰreːws
抄	*sm̥ʰreːw, *sm̥ʰreːws
鈔	*sm̥ʰreːw, *sm̥ʰreːws
訬	*sm̥ʰreːw, *mewʔ
炒	*sʰroːʔ
吵	*sm̥ʰreːwʔ, *mewʔ
耖	*sm̥ʰreːws
仯	*sm̥ʰreːws
眇	*mewʔ
渺	*mewʔ
杪	*mewʔ
秒	*mewʔ
篎	*mewʔ, *mews
妙	*mews
玅	*mews
釥	*sm̥ʰewʔ
小	*smewʔ
少	*hmjewʔ, *hmjews
麨	*m̥ʰjewʔ
尠	*senʔ, *smos

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎn (xian³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎn
    • Wade–Giles: hsien³
    • Yale: syǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shean
    • Palladius: сянь (sjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: sjenX, sjuH

Rime
Character	尠	尠
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	仙 (77)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	息淺切	思句切
Baxter	sjenX	sjuH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/siᴇnX/	/sɨoH/
Pan Wuyun	/siɛnX/	/sioH/
Shao Rongfen	/sjænX/	/sioH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sianX/	/suə̆H/
Li Rong	/siɛnX/	/sioH/
Wang Li	/sĭɛnX/	/sĭuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/si̯ɛnX/	/si̯uH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiǎn	xù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sin2	seoi3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*senʔ/, /*smos/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	尠	尠
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	13535	13709
Phonetic component	尠	小
Rime group	元	侯
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	獮	尠
Old Chinese	/*senʔ/	/*smos/
Notes	見九思，說文作尟	少分化字見九思

Definitions

尠

1. Alternative form of 鮮／鲜 (“few”)

Japanese

Kanji

尠

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. at least
2. not a little

Readings

• On (unclassified): せん (sen)
• Kun: すくない (sukunai, 尠い)

Korean

Hanja

尠 (eum 선 (seon))

1. very few
2. seldom
3. rarely

Vietnamese

Han character

尠: Hán Nôm readings: tiển

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References

• Nom Foundation