攙

See also: 搀

Translingual

Han character

攙 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+17, 20 strokes, cangjie input 手弓口戈 (QNRI), four-corner 5701₃, composition ⿰扌毚)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 463, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12991
• Dae Jaweon: page 812, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1984, character 16
• Unihan data for U+6519

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Chinese

trad.		攙
simp.		搀

Glyph origin

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *zrɯːm, *sʰraːm) : semantic 手 + phonetic 毚 (OC *zrɯːm, *zraːm).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chān (chan¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caam¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chham

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chān
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chan
    • Wade–Giles: chʻan¹
    • Yale: chān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chan
    • Palladius: чань (čanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: caam¹
    • Yale: chāam
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cam¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːm⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chham
    • Tâi-lô: tsham
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhafm
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰam⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰam³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰam⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰam⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰam⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: dzream, tsrhaem

Rime
Character	攙	攙
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	崇 (20)	初 (19)
Final (韻)	咸 (151)	銜 (149)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	II
Fanqie	士咸切	楚銜切
Baxter	dzream	tsrhaem
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʒˠɛm/	/t͡ʃʰˠam/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖ͡ʐᵚæm/	/ʈ͡ʂʰᵚam/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʒɐm/	/t͡ʃʰam/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖ͡ʐəɨm/	/ʈ͡ʂʰaɨm/
Li Rong	/d͡ʒɐm/	/t͡ʃʰam/
Wang Li	/d͡ʒɐm/	/t͡ʃʰam/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɖ͡ʐʱăm/	/ʈ͡ʂʰam/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chán	chān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	caam4	caam1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*zrɯːm/, /*sʰraːm/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	攙	攙
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	1225	1230
Phonetic component	毚	毚
Rime group	侵	談
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	讒	攙
Old Chinese	/*zrɯːm/	/*sʰraːm/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 攙

1. ^† to stab; to insert
2. ^† sharp
3. to mix

   alt. forms: 摻／掺

4. to support by the arm

   alt. forms: 摻／掺

5. ^† to take by force; to seize

Usage notes

In Mainland China, use of the character 摻／掺 (chān) to mean "to mix" (instead of 攙) is recommended by the The First Series of Standardized Forms of Words with Non-standardized Variant Forms ((deprecated template usage) 《第一批异形词整理表》) and Xiandai Hanyu Guifan Cidian ((deprecated template usage) 《现代汉语规范词典》).

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Japanese

Kanji

攙

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. give helping hand

Readings

• Go-on: せん (sen)
• Kan-on: さん (san); しん (shin)
• Kan’yō-on: ざん (zan)
• Kun: さす (sasu, 攙す)

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Korean

Hanja

攙 (eum 참 (cham))

1. to give a helping hand
2. to support, hold up

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Vietnamese

Han character

攙: Hán Nôm readings: sọm

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