韱

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 韭 + phonetic 㦰

Han character

韱 (radical 179 韭+8, 17 strokes, cangjie input 人戈中尸一 (OILSM), four-corner 8315₀, composition ⿹㦰韭)

1. wild onions or leeks

Derived terms

• 籤, 懺, 讖, 殲, 櫼, 㡨, 瀸, 攕, 孅, 纖, 鑯, 䤘

References

• KangXi: page 1396, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 43246
• Dae Jaweon: page 1911, character 32
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4404, character 12
• Unihan data for U+97F1

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		韱

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiān (xian¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cim¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: xiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ
    • Wade-Giles: hsien¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shian
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: cim¹
    • Yale: chīm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsim¹
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːm⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (韱, reconstructed)
Character (韱), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 心 (16) Final: 鹽 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 息廉切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/siᴇm/	/si̯ɛm/	/siɛm/	/siɛm/	/siam/	/sĭɛm/	/sjæm/

Old Chinese pronunciation (韱, reconstructed)
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
韱					13486					韱					談					2					銛					/*sem/

References

• (Cantonese) Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 3), p. 237

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Japanese

Kanji

韱

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On: せん (sen)
• Kun: やまにら (yamanira)

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Korean

Hanja

韱 (seom) (hangeul 섬, revised seom, McCune-Reischauer sŏm, Yale sem)

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