顫

See also: 颤

顫 U+986B, 顫 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-986B ← 顪 [U+986A] CJK Unified Ideographs 顬 → [U+986C]

Translingual

Han character

顫 (Kangxi radical 181, 頁+13, 22 strokes, cangjie input 卜一一月金 (YMMBC), four-corner 0118₆, composition ⿰亶頁)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1410, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 43706
• Dae Jaweon: page 1928, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4394, character 9
• Unihan data for U+986B

Chinese

trad.		顫
simp.		颤

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 顫
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
皽	*tjaʀ, *tanʔ, *tjanʔ
担	*taːnʔ
胆	*daːn, *daːn
疸	*taːnʔ, *taːns
觛	*taːnʔ, *taːns, *daːnʔ
亶	*taːnʔ
嬗	*taːnʔ, *tʰaːn, *djans
笪	*taːnʔ, *taːns, *taːd
狚	*taːnʔ, *taːns, *taːd
旦	*taːns
鴠	*taːns
譠	*tʰaːn, *rteːn
坦	*tʰaːnʔ
但	*daːn, *daːnʔ, *daːns
檀	*daːn
壇	*daːn
儃	*daːn, *djan
驙	*daːn, *tan
袒	*daːnʔ, *rdeːns
襢	*daːnʔ, *tanʔ, *tans
繵	*daːnʔ
膻	*daːnʔ
澶	*daːns, *djan
邅	*tan, *danʔ, *dans
鱣	*tan
饘	*tjan, *tjanʔ
旜	*tjan
氈	*tjan
鸇	*tjan
顫	*tjans
蟺	*djanʔ
擅	*djans
羶	*hljan
呾	*taːd, *ʔraːd
怛	*taːd
妲	*taːd
靼	*taːd, *tjad
炟	*taːd

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tjans) : phonetic 亶 (OC *taːnʔ) + semantic 頁 (“head”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chàn, zhàn (chan⁴, zhan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄢˋ, ㄓㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zin³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chûn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiàn / chùn
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵tsoe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chàn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻan⁴
    • Yale: chàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chann
    • Palladius: чань (čanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰän⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhàn
    • Wade–Giles: chan⁴
    • Yale: jàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jann
    • Palladius: чжань (čžanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zin³
    • Yale: jin
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzin³
    • Guangdong Romanization: jin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːn³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chûn
    • Hakka Romanization System: zun´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zun¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sun²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiàn
    • Tâi-lô: tsiàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciexn
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡siɛn²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɛn⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chùn
    • Tâi-lô: tsùn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zuxn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sun⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sun¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sun²¹/

Note:

• chiàn - literary;
• chùn - vernacular.

• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁵tsoe
    • MiniDict: tsoe^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tsoe
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sø³⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyenH

Rime
Character	顫
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	仙 (77)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	之膳切
Baxter	tsyenH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕiᴇnH/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕiɛnH/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕjænH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cianH/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiɛnH/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭɛnH/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯ɛnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zin3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*tjans/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	顫
Reading #	1/1
No.	2090
Phonetic component	旦
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	戰
Old Chinese	/*tjans/

Definitions

顫

1. to shake; to vibrate; to tremble
2. to shiver; to tremble

Synonyms

• (to tremble):

• 交懍恂／交懔恂 (Hokkien)
• 呞呞顫／呞呞颤 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 哆嗦 (duōsuo)
• 圪觫 (geh⁵ sueh⁴) (Jin)
• 慄慄掣／栗栗掣 (Hokkien)
• 戰／战 (zhàn)
• 戰慄／战栗 (zhànlì) (literary)
• 戰抖／战抖 (zhàndǒu)
• 打抖 (da³ deu³) (Gan)
• 抖 (dǒu)
• 抖動／抖动 (dǒudòng)
• 抖抖絲／抖抖丝 (Longyan Min)
• 掉 (Hokkien, Teochew)
• 掣 (Hokkien, Teochew)
• 搦搦掣 (Hokkien)
• 發抖／发抖 (fādǒu)
• 蟯蟯掣／蛲蛲掣 (Hokkien)
• 起掉 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 顫動／颤动 (chàndòng)
• 顫抖／颤抖 (chàndǒu)

 

Compounds

• 亂顫／乱颤
• 冷顫／冷颤
• 寒顫／寒颤 (hánzhàn)
• 心驚肉顫／心惊肉颤
• 心驚膽顫／心惊胆颤
• 打冷顫／打冷颤
• 打寒顫／打寒颤 (dǎhánzhàn)
• 打顫／打颤 (dǎzhàn)
• 捉顫／捉颤
• 疙顫顫／疙颤颤
• 發顫／发颤
• 肉顫心驚／肉颤心惊 (ròu chàn xīn jīng)
• 膽顫心寒／胆颤心寒
• 膽顫心驚／胆颤心惊
• 膽驚心顫／胆惊心颤
• 震顫／震颤 (zhènchàn)
• 震顫麻痺／震颤麻痹
• 顫動／颤动 (chàndòng)
• 顫巍巍／颤巍巍
• 顫悠／颤悠
• 顫悠悠／颤悠悠
• 顫慄／颤栗 (zhànlì)
• 顫抖／颤抖 (chàndǒu)
• 顫抖抖／颤抖抖
• 顫筆／颤笔
• 顫聲／颤声
• 顫音／颤音 (chànyīn)
• 顫顫巍巍／颤颤巍巍
• 骨顫肉驚／骨颤肉惊

 

Japanese

Kanji

顫

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): せん (sen)
• Kun: ふるえる (furueru, 顫える)

Korean

Hanja

顫 • (jeon) (hangeul 전, revised jeon, McCune–Reischauer chŏn, Yale cen)

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Vietnamese

Han character

顫: Hán Nôm readings: chiến, chiên

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