姍

See also: 姗

Translingual

Han character

姍 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 女月廿 (VBT), four-corner 4744₀, composition ⿰女冊)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 258, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6169
• Dae Jaweon: page 524, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1037, character 10
• Unihan data for U+59CD

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Chinese

trad.		姍
simp.		姗

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 女 (“female”) + abbreviated phonetic 刪 (OC *sraːn).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shān (shan¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shān
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shan
    • Wade–Giles: shan¹
    • Yale: shān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shan
    • Palladius: шань (šanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: saan¹
    • Yale: sāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: san¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːn⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: san

Rime
Character	姍
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	寒 (61)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	蘇干切
Baxter	san
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sɑn/
Pan Wuyun	/sɑn/
Shao Rongfen	/sɑn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/san/
Li Rong	/sɑn/
Wang Li	/sɑn/
Bernard Karlgren	/sɑn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	sān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	saan1

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 姍

1. ^† to slander
2. ^† glorious
3. a surname

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiān (xian¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sin¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sian
    • Wade–Giles: hsien¹
    • Yale: syān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shian
    • Palladius: сянь (sjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: sin¹
    • Yale: sīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn⁵⁵/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 姍

1. Only used in 便姍／便姗.

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Japanese

Kanji

姍

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): さん (san), せん (sen), はん (han), さつ (satsu), さち (sachi)
• Kun: みめよい (mimeyoi), そしる (soshiru), みにくい (minikui)

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Korean

Hanja

姍 • (san) (hangeul 산, revised san, McCune–Reischauer san)

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