囟

See also: 囪

囟 U+56DF, 囟 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-56DF ← 回 [U+56DE] CJK Unified Ideographs 因 → [U+56E0]

Translingual

Han character

囟 (Kangxi radical 31, 囗+3, 6 strokes, Cangjie input 竹田大 (HWK), four-corner 2600₀, composition ⿱丿龱)

Derived characters

• 㭡, 硇, 䛜, 䪿, 恖, 䢉, 㒨

Additional Derived Characters

• 𠈈, 𠱖, 𡜧, 𡶯, 𢫥, 𣳦, 𰡹, 𥿳, 𧳄, 𣬈, 𦤟, 𠒆, 𢆿, 𢍄, 𠂺, 𣬉, 𠃼, 𢇆, 𡿺
• 𢡔, 𦦉, 𡢗, 𢍱, 𦦒, 𪾙, 𥝈, 𤐫, 𦦤, 𦦥, 𤬟, 𦦷, 𤬢, 𦧂, 𢍹, 𨑋
• 𢸯, 𤅌, 𤦑, 𧏩, 𧮏, 𨩬, 𨯥, 𩔅, 𨟋

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 216, character 27
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4691
• Dae Jaweon: page 444, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 713, character 3
• Unihan data for U+56DF

Chinese

trad.		囟
simp. #		囟
alternative forms		𠙷 ancient 䪿 顖／𱂶 𦞤

Glyph origin

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

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

	Old Chinese
崽	*ʔslɯːʔ, *srɯː, *srɯː
偲	*sn̥ʰɯː, *snɯ
腮	*snɯː
鰓	*snɯː
揌	*snɯː
顋	*snɯː
愢	*snɯː
毢	*snɯː
諰	*srɯː, *snɯʔ
細	*snɯːls
思	*snɯ, *snɯs
緦	*snɯ
罳	*snɯ
禗	*snɯ
楒	*snɯ
葸	*snɯʔ
恖	*snɯ
颸	*sʰrɯ
囟	*snɯns
顖	*sniŋs
毸	*snɯː

Pictogram (象形) – fontanelle. See also 𡿺 and its simplification 㐫. Unrelated to 离.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xìn (xin⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seon³ / seon^3-2
• Eastern Min (BUC): séng
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): sing⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sìn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sing³

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵shin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xìn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìn
    • Wade–Giles: hsin⁴
    • Yale: syìn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinn
    • Palladius: синь (sinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: seon³ / seon^3-2
    • Yale: seun / séun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soen³ / soen^3-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: sên³ / sên^3-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵn³³/, /sɵn³³⁻³⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: séng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛiŋ²¹³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: sing⁴
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: si̍ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬiŋ⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sìn
    • Tâi-lô: sìn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sixn
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /sin²¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /sin⁴¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /sin²¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /sin¹¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /sin²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sing³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sìng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siŋ²¹³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵shin
    • MiniDict: shin^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²xin
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕin³⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: sinH

Rime
Character	囟
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	息晉切
Baxter	sinH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/siɪnH/
Pan Wuyun	/sinH/
Shao Rongfen	/sjenH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sinH/
Li Rong	/siĕnH/
Wang Li	/sĭĕnH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/si̯ĕnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xìn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	san3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[s]ə[r]-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*snɯns/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	囟
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xìn
Middle Chinese	‹ sinH ›
Old Chinese	/*[s]ə[r]-s/
English	fontanel
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	囟
Reading #	1/1
No.	13846
Phonetic component	囟
Rime group	眞
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	信
Old Chinese	/*snɯns/
Notes	說文以農從囟聲， 聲母當含鼻音

Definitions

囟

1. (anatomy) fontanelle

Compounds

• (Hokkien) 囟仔 (sìn-á)
• (Hokkien) 囟會 / 囟会 (sìn-hōe)
• 囟腦門 / 囟脑门 (xìnnǎomén)
• (Hokkien) 囟號 / 囟号 (sìn-hō)
• 囟門 / 囟门 (xìnmén)
• (dialectal Mandarin, Jin, Xiang) 囟門子 / 囟门子
• (Eastern Min) 檻囟 / 槛囟 (kāng-séng)
• (Eastern Min) 檻門囟 / 槛门囟 (kāng-muòng-séng)
• (Cantonese, Hakka) 腦囟 / 脑囟
• 頫囟 / 𫖯囟
• 頭囟 / 头囟 (tóuxìn)
• (Teochew) 額囟 / 额囟 (hiah8 sing3)

Further reading

• “囟”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B00481
• “囟”, 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–
• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “囟”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 264.

Japanese

Kanji

囟

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: しん (shin)、し (shi)
• Kan-on: しん (shin)、し (shi)
• Kun: ひよめき (hiyomeki, 囟)

Korean

Hanja

囟 • (sin) (hangeul 신, revised sin, McCune–Reischauer sin, Yale sin)

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Vietnamese

Han character

囟: Hán Nôm readings: tín

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