儳

儳 U+5133, 儳 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5133 ← 儲 [U+5132] CJK Unified Ideographs 儴 → [U+5134]

Translingual

Han character

儳 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+17, 19 strokes, cangjie input 人弓口戈 (ONRI), four-corner 2721₃, composition ⿰亻毚)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 121, character 26
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1296
• Dae Jaweon: page 256, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 237, character 10
• Unihan data for U+5133

Chinese

trad.		儳
simp. #		儳

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 儳
Small seal script s05855
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 (毚) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
纔	*zlɯː, *zlɯːs, *sraːm
讒	*zrɯːm, *zraːms
饞	*zrɯːm
毚	*zrɯːm, *zraːm
欃	*zrɯːm, *zraːms
攙	*zrɯːm, *sʰraːm
儳	*zrɯːm, *zrɯːms, *sʰraːms
酁	*zrɯːm
瀺	*zrɯːmʔ
嚵	*sʰraːms, *zraːm, *zlamʔ
巉	*zraːm, *zraːmʔ
劖	*zraːm
艬	*zraːm, *zraːms
鑱	*zraːm, *zraːms

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chán, chàn (chan², chan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄢˊ, ㄔㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caam⁴

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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/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chàn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻan⁴
    • Yale: chàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chann
    • Palladius: чань (čanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: caam⁴
    • Yale: chàahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cam⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːm²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: dzream

Rime
Character	儳
Reading #	1/3
Initial (聲)	崇 (20)
Final (韻)	咸 (151)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	士咸切
Baxter	dzream
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʒˠɛm/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖ͡ʐᵚæm/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʒɐm/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖ͡ʐəɨm/
Li Rong	/d͡ʒɐm/
Wang Li	/d͡ʒɐm/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɖ͡ʐʱăm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	caam4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*zrɯːm/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	儳
Reading #	1/3
No.	1226
Phonetic component	毚
Rime group	侵
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	讒
Old Chinese	/*zrɯːm/

Definitions

儳

1. (literary) disorderly; mixed; messy
2. ^† ugly
3. ^† Alternative form of 攙／搀 (“to support by the arm”)

Compounds

• 儖儳／𫣉儳
• 儳亂／儳乱
• 儳互
• 儳儳 (chánchán)
• 儳巖／儳岩
• 輕儳／轻儳
• 鼓儳

 

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chàn (chan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caam³ / zaam⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chàn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻan⁴
    • Yale: chàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chann
    • Palladius: чань (čanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: caam³ / zaam⁶
    • Yale: chaam / jaahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaam³ / dzaam⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: cam³ / zam⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːm³³/, /t͡saːm²²/

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• Middle Chinese: dzreamH, tsrhaemH

Rime
Character	儳	儳
Reading #	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	崇 (20)	初 (19)
Final (韻)	咸 (151)	銜 (149)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	II
Fanqie	仕陷切	楚鑑切
Baxter	dzreamH	tsrhaemH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʒˠɛmH/	/t͡ʃʰˠamH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖ͡ʐᵚæmH/	/ʈ͡ʂʰᵚamH/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʒɐmH/	/t͡ʃʰamH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖ͡ʐəɨmH/	/ʈ͡ʂʰaɨmH/
Li Rong	/d͡ʒɐmH/	/t͡ʃʰamH/
Wang Li	/d͡ʒɐmH/	/t͡ʃʰamH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɖ͡ʐʱămH/	/ʈ͡ʂʰamH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhàn	chàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zaam6	caam3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*zrɯːms/, /*sʰraːms/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	儳	儳
Reading #	2/3	3/3
No.	1229	1231
Phonetic component	毚	毚
Rime group	侵	談
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	儳	懺
Old Chinese	/*zrɯːms/	/*sʰraːms/

Definitions

儳

1. ^† to interject; to interrupt; to cut in
2. ^† to insert
3. ^† short; quick; convenient
4. ^† careless; rash

Compounds

• 儳儳 (chànchàn)
• 儳和 (chànhè)
• 儳婦／儳妇
• 儳焉
• 儳然
• 儳羼 (chànchàn)
• 儳言 (chànyán)
• 儳路
• 儳道 (chàndào)

 

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B00195
• “儳”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

儳

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. obstinate
2. stupid
3. uneven
4. mix

Readings

• Go-on: ぜん (zen)^{←ぜむ (zemu, historical)}
• Kan-on: さん (san)^{←さむ (samu, historical)}
• Kan’yō-on: ざん (zan)
• Kun: さしでる (sashideru, 儳る)

Korean

Hanja

儳 (eum 참 (cham))

1. obstinate
2. stupid
3. uneven
4. mix

Vietnamese

Han character

儳: Hán Nôm readings: sàm, sờm, xàm

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