䫬

䫬 U+4AEC, 䫬 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4AEC ← 䫫 [U+4AEB] CJK Unified Ideographs Extension A 䫭 → [U+4AED]

Translingual

Han character

䫬 (Kangxi radical 181, 頁+12, 21 strokes, composition ⿰朁頁)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1409, character 26
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4391, character 6
• Unihan data for U+4AEC

Chinese

simp. and trad.		䫬

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhěn (zhen³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄣˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zam²

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhěn
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄣˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhěn
    • Wade–Giles: chên³
    • Yale: jěn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeen
    • Palladius: чжэнь (čžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zam²
    • Yale: jám
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzam²
    • Guangdong Romanization: zem²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐm³⁵/

---

• Middle Chinese: tsyimX

Rime
Character	䫬
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	侵 (139)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	章荏切
Baxter	tsyimX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕiɪmX/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕimX/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕjemX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cimX/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiəmX/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭĕmX/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯əmX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhěn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zam2

Definitions

䫬

1. to bow, to lower the head in shame
2. long and sharp of the head
3. weak and dull