儃

儃 U+5103, 儃 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5103 ← 儂 [U+5102] CJK Unified Ideographs 億 → [U+5104]

Translingual

Han character

儃 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+13, 15 strokes, cangjie input 人卜田一 (OYWM), four-corner 2021₆, composition ⿰亻亶)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 118, character 26
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1177
• Dae Jaweon: page 251, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 227, character 4
• Unihan data for U+5103

Chinese

simp. and trad.		儃

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 儃
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Small seal script s05774
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

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 *daːn, *djan): semantic 亻 (“human”) + phonetic 亶 (OC *taːnʔ).

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chán (chan²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sin⁴ / zin¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siân / siān

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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: sin⁴ / zin¹
    • Yale: sìhn / jīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sin⁴ / dzin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xin⁴ / jin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn²¹/, /t͡siːn⁵⁵/

Note: zin1 - variant.

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siân / siān
    • Tâi-lô: siân / siān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sieen, sien
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /siɛn²⁴/, /siɛn²²/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /siɛn²⁴/, /siɛn⁴¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɛn¹³/, /siɛn²²/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /siɛn²⁴/, /siɛn³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɛn²³/, /siɛn³³/

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• Middle Chinese: dan, dzyen

Rime
Character	儃	儃
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	寒 (61)	仙 (77)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	徒干切	市連切
Baxter	dan	dzyen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dɑn/	/d͡ʑiᴇn/
Pan Wuyun	/dɑn/	/d͡ʑiɛn/
Shao Rongfen	/dɑn/	/d͡ʑjæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dan/	/d͡ʑian/
Li Rong	/dɑn/	/ʑiɛn/
Wang Li	/dɑn/	/ʑĭɛn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/dʱɑn/	/ʑi̯ɛn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tán	chán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	taan4	sin4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*daːn/, /*djan/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	儃	儃
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	2064	2091
Phonetic component	旦	旦
Rime group	元	元
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	壇	鋋
Old Chinese	/*daːn/	/*djan/

Definitions

儃

1. Used in compounds.: to linger; to revolve
2. (historical dictionaries only) attitude; appearance

   alt. forms: 僤 / 𫢸

Compounds

• 儃佇
• 儃佪

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tǎn (tan³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taan²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tǎn
    • Wade–Giles: tʻan³
    • Yale: tǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taan
    • Palladius: тань (tanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰän²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: taan²
    • Yale: táan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taan²
    • Guangdong Romanization: tan²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːn³⁵/

Definitions

儃

1. only used in 儃儃

Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàn (dan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄢˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàn
    • Wade–Giles: tan⁴
    • Yale: dàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dann
    • Palladius: дань (danʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tän⁵¹/

Definitions

儃

1. used in 儃僈
2. (literary, obsolete) in vain; for nothing

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 儃 – see 禪 (“to abdicate and give the crown to”). (This character is an obsolete form of 禪).

References

• 羅竹風 [Luo, Zhufeng], editor (1986–1994), “儃”, in 漢語大詞典 [Hanyu Da Cidian] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Shanghai: Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House, →ISBN
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B00171

Japanese

Kanji

儃

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): せん (sen)、ぜん (zen)、たん (tan)、だん (dan)
• Kun: たたずむ (tatazumu, 儃む)、やうす (yausu)、ほしいまま (hoshiimama)

Korean

Hanja

儃 • (cheon) (hangeul 천, revised cheon, McCune–Reischauer ch'ŏn)

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