暹

Translingual

Han character

暹 (Kangxi radical 72, 日+12, 16 strokes, cangjie input 卜日人土 (YAOG), four-corner 3630₁, composition ⿺辶⿱日隹)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 499, character 39
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14150
• Dae Jaweon: page 869, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3882, character 6
• Unihan data for U+66B9

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Chinese

trad.		暹
simp. #		暹

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiān (xian¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cim³ / cim¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): siàm
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): siam

  (Teochew, Peng'im): siam⁵

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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: cim³ / cim¹
    • Yale: chim / chīm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsim³ / tsim¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: qim³ / qim¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːm³³/, /t͡sʰiːm⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siàm
    • Hakka Romanization System: xiamˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xiam²
    • Sinological IPA: /si̯am¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siam
    • Tâi-lô: siam
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siafm
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siam⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siam³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siam⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siam⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siam⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: siam⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siâm
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siam⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: sjem

Rime
Character	暹
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	鹽 (153)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	息廉切
Baxter	sjem
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/siᴇm/
Pan Wuyun	/siɛm/
Shao Rongfen	/sjæm/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/siam/
Li Rong	/siɛm/
Wang Li	/sĭɛm/
Bernard Karlgren	/si̯ɛm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sim1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sem/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	暹
Reading #	1/1
No.	13473
Phonetic component	暹
Rime group	談
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	銛
Old Chinese	/*sem/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 暹

1. ^† (of the sun) to rise

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Japanese

Kanji

暹

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): せん (sen)
• Kun: すすむ (susumu)

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Korean

Hanja

暹 • (seom) (hangeul 섬, revised seom, McCune–Reischauer sŏm, Yale sem)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 暹 (xiêm, tiêm)

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