珊

珊 U+73CA, 珊 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-73CA ← 珉 [U+73C9] CJK Unified Ideographs 珋 → [U+73CB]

Translingual

Alternative forms

Due to Han unification, the traditional form containing 冊 and simplified form containing 册 are encoded under the same code point. Depending on the font installed, this character may appear to be either 珊 or 珊.

Han character

珊 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 一土月月一 (MGBBM) or 一土月廿 (MGBT), four-corner 1714₀, composition ⿰𤣩册(GV) or ⿰𤣩冊(HTJK))

1. coral

Derived characters

• 𭹝 (Note: Contains ⿰𤣩𠕁)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 729, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20917
• Dae Jaweon: page 1141, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1108, character 5
• Unihan data for U+73CA

Chinese

trad.		珊
simp. #		珊

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
珊	*slaːn
跚	*slaːn
姗	*slaːn
删	*sraːn
栅	*sʰraːɡ, *sʰreːɡ, *sraːns

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shān (shan¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saan¹
• Min Nan (Hokkien, POJ): san / soan

---

• 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/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: san
    • Tâi-lô: san
    • Phofsit Daibuun: safn
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /san⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /san³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soan
    • Tâi-lô: suan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soafn
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /suan⁴⁴/

---

• Middle Chinese: san

Rime
Character	珊
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

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*slaːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	珊
Reading #	1/1
No.	11064
Phonetic component	删
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	𦙽
Old Chinese	/*slaːn/

Definitions

珊

1. coral
2. Used in compounds.

Compounds

• 媻珊
• 意興闌珊／意兴阑珊 (yìxìnglánshān)
• 春事闌珊／春事阑珊
• 春意闌珊／春意阑珊 (chūnyìlánshān)
• 桃葉珊瑚／桃叶珊瑚
• 涼珊珊／凉珊珊
• 燈火闌珊／灯火阑珊 (dēnghuǒlánshān)
• 珊珊 (shānshān)
• 珊瑚 (shānhú)
• 珊瑚在網／珊瑚在网
• 珊瑚婚
• 珊瑚島／珊瑚岛 (shānhúdǎo)
• 珊瑚樹／珊瑚树
• 珊瑚礁 (shānhújiāo)
• 珊瑚菜
• 珊瑚蟲／珊瑚虫 (shānhúchóng)
• 綠珊瑚／绿珊瑚
• 蜈蚣珊瑚
• 鐵網珊瑚／铁网珊瑚
• 闌珊／阑珊 (lánshān)

 

Japanese

Kanji

珊

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. coral

Readings

• Go-on: さん (san)
• Kan-on: さん (san)
• Kun: サンチ (sanchi, 珊)
• Nanori: さぶ (sabu)

Compounds

• 珊(さん)瑚(ご) (sango)
• 珊(さん)瑚(ご)樹(じゅ) (sangoju)
• 珊(さん)瑚(ご)礁(しょう) (sangoshō)
• 珊(さん)珊(さん) (sansan)
• 媻(ばん)珊(さん) (bansan)
• 闌(らん)珊(さん) (ransan)

Korean

Hanja

珊 (eum 산 (san))

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Vietnamese

Han character

珊: Hán Nôm readings: san

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.