獮

See also: 狝

Translingual

Han character

獮 (Kangxi radical 94, 犬+14, 17 strokes, cangjie input 大竹一火月 (KHMFB), four-corner 4122₇, composition ⿰犭爾)

Derived characters

• 𤫏

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 720, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20748
• Dae Jaweon: page 1131, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1374, character 2
• Unihan data for U+736E

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Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
嬭	*rneːlʔ, *niːlʔ
禰	*niːlʔ
镾	*niːlʔ, *mnel
薾	*niːlʔ
檷	*niːlʔ
鑈	*niːlʔ, *neːb
瀰	*niːlʔ, *mnel, *mnelʔ
獼	*mnel
瓕	*mnel
彌	*mnel
鸍	*mnel, *hnjel
擟	*mnel
濔	*mnelʔ
壐	*smlelʔ
璽	*smlelʔ
爾	*njelʔ
邇	*njelʔ
獮	*smlenʔ
籋	*neb, *neːb

Alternate forms with 𤣔. Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *smlenʔ) : semantic 犬 (“dog”) + phonetic 爾 (OC *njelʔ).

Etymology 1: Simplified from 𤣗 (璽 → 爾).

Etymology 2: Simplified from 獼 (彌 → 爾).

Etymology 1

trad.		獮
simp.		狝
alternative forms		𤣗 𤣔 𤣐 𤣝 𥙮 𤣗 𤣔 𤣐 𤣝 𥙮 𥜬 𥜦 𥜲

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎn (xian³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sin²

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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: sin²
    • Yale: sín
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sin²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xin²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: sjenX

Rime
Character	獮
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	仙 (77)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	息淺切
Baxter	sjenX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/siᴇnX/
Pan Wuyun	/siɛnX/
Shao Rongfen	/sjænX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sianX/
Li Rong	/siɛnX/
Wang Li	/sĭɛnX/
Bernard Karlgren	/si̯ɛnX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sin2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*s.[n]e[r]ʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*smlenʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	獮
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xiǎn
Middle Chinese	‹ sjenX ›
Old Chinese	/*s.[n]e[r]ʔ/
English	autumnal hunt
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	獮
Reading #	1/1
No.	2819
Phonetic component	爾
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	獮
Old Chinese	/*smlenʔ/
Notes	說文從璽

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 獮

1. ^† autumnal hunting

   • 獮之日，蒞卜來歲之戒。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     狝之日，莅卜来岁之戒。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Rites of Zhou, circa 3^rd century BCE

     Xiǎn zhī rì, lì bǔ láisuì zhī jiè. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. ^† to hunt and kill

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 獮 – see 獼 (“macaque genus of monkeys)”). (This character is a variant form of 獼).

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Japanese

Kanji

獮

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): せん (sen)
• Kun: かり (kari)