獫

See also: 猃

獫 U+736B, 獫 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-736B ← 獪 [U+736A] CJK Unified Ideographs 獬 → [U+736C]

Translingual

Han character

獫 (Kangxi radical 94, 犬+13, 16 strokes, Cangjie input 大竹人一人 (KHOMO), four-corner 4828₆, composition ⿰犭僉)

1. a kind of dog with a long snout

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 719, character 29
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20730
• Dae Jaweon: page 1131, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1373, character 5
• Unihan data for U+736B

Chinese

trad.		獫
simp.		猃
alternative forms		玁／𤞤

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 獫
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
厱	*raːm, *kʰreːm, *kʰlam
歛	*qʰlaːm
臉	*ɡ·reːmʔ, *skʰlam, *kramʔ
醶	*ɡr·reːmʔ, *skʰraːmʔ
鹼	*kreːmʔ, *skʰlam
薟	*ɡ·ram, *ɡ·ramʔ, *qʰram
匳	*ɡ·ram
獫	*ɡ·ram, *ɡ·ramʔ, *ɡ·rams, *qʰramʔ
蘞	*ɡ·ram, *ɡ·ramʔ, *qʰlam
籢	*ɡ·ram
斂	*ɡ·ramʔ, *ɡ·rams
瀲	*ɡ·ramʔ, *ɡ·rams
撿	*ɡ·ramʔ, *kramʔ
羷	*ɡ·ramʔ
殮	*ɡ·rams
簽	*skʰlam
僉	*skʰlam
憸	*skʰlam, *skʰlamʔ, *sqʰlam, *qʰramʔ
譣	*skʰlam, *qʰramʔ
檢	*kramʔ
瞼	*kramʔ
儉	*ɡramʔ
顩	*ŋramʔ, *rlɯmʔ, *kʰrɯmʔ
嬐	*ŋramʔ
嶮	*ŋramʔ, *hŋramʔ
噞	*ŋramʔ, *ŋrams
驗	*ŋrams
險	*qʰramʔ
劒	*kams
劍	*kams
𩏩	*qʰam

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎn (xian³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): him²
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): hieng³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hiám

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hiam²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎn
    • Wade–Giles: hsien³
    • Yale: syǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shean
    • Palladius: сянь (sjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: him²
    • Yale: hím
    • Cantonese Pinyin: him²
    • Guangdong Romanization: him²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiːm³⁵/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: hieng³
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: hiâng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiɛŋ⁴⁵³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: hieng³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiɛŋ³³²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiám
    • Tâi-lô: hiám
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hiarm
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /hiam⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /hiam⁵⁵⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiam⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /hiam⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiam⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hiam²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hiám
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiam⁵²/

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• Middle Chinese: ljem, ljemX, xjemX, ljemH

Rime
Character	獫	獫	獫	獫
Reading #	1/4	2/4	3/4	4/4
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	來 (37)	曉 (32)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	鹽 (153)	鹽 (153)	鹽 (154)	鹽 (153)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	III	III
Fanqie	力鹽切	良冉切	虚檢切	力驗切
Baxter	ljem	ljemX	xjemX	ljemH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/liᴇm/	/liᴇmX/	/hˠiᴇmX/	/liᴇmH/
Pan Wuyun	/liɛm/	/liɛmX/	/hᵚiɛmX/	/liɛmH/
Shao Rongfen	/ljæm/	/ljæmX/	/xiæmX/	/ljæmH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/liam/	/liamX/	/hjiamX/	/liamH/
Li Rong	/liɛm/	/liɛmX/	/xjɛmX/	/liɛmH/
Wang Li	/lĭɛm/	/lĭɛmX/	/xĭɛmX/	/lĭɛmH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/li̯ɛm/	/li̯ɛmX/	/xi̯ɛmX/	/li̯ɛmH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lián	liǎn	xiǎn	liàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lim4	lim5	him2	lim6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡ·ram/, /*ɡ·ramʔ/, /*ɡ·rams/, /*qʰramʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	獫	獫	獫	獫
Reading #	1/4	2/4	3/4	4/4
No.	10187	10195	10199	10222
Phonetic component	僉	僉	僉	僉
Rime group	談	談	談	談
Rime subdivision	1	1	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	廉	斂	殮	險
Old Chinese	/*ɡ·ram/	/*ɡ·ramʔ/	/*ɡ·rams/	/*qʰramʔ/

Definitions

獫

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) dog with long snout
2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) only used in 獫允／猃允 (Xiǎnyǔn)

Compounds

• 獫允 / 猃允 (Xiǎnyǔn)

References

• “獫”, 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), “猃”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 257.

Japanese

Kanji

獫

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): けん (ken)、れん (ren)

Korean

Hanja

獫 (eum 험 (heom))

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Vietnamese

Han character

獫: Hán Nôm readings: hiểm

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