纖

See also: 纤

Translingual

Traditional	纖
Shinjitai	繊
Simplified	纤

Han character

纖 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+17, 23 strokes, cangjie input 女火人戈一 (VFOIM), four-corner 2395₀, composition ⿰糹韱)

Derived characters

• 𩇏, 𮇂

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 943, character 29
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28072
• Dae Jaweon: page 1383, character 28
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3469, character 4
• Unihan data for U+7E96

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Chinese

trad.		纖
simp.		纤*
alternative forms		䊹／纤

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
讖	*sʰrims
攕	*sreːm
櫼	*sreːm, *ʔsem
懺	*sʰraːms
殲	*ʔsem
瀸	*ʔsem
鑯	*ʔsem
虃	*ʔslem
籤	*sʰem
韯	*sem
纖	*sem
孅	*sem
韱	*sem
襳	*sem, *srem, *srim

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sem) : semantic 糸 (“silk”) + phonetic 韱 (OC *sem)

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiān (xian¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cim¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siam / chhiam

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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: cim¹
    • Yale: chīm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsim¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: qim¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːm⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siam / chhiam
    • Tâi-lô: siam / tshiam
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siafm, chiafm
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siam⁴⁴/, /t͡sʰiam⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siam³³/, /t͡sʰiam³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siam⁴⁴/, /t͡sʰiam⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siam⁴⁴/, /t͡sʰiam⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siam⁴⁴/, /t͡sʰiam⁴⁴/

Note:

• siam - literary;
• chhiam - vernacular.

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• Middle Chinese: sjem

Rime
Character	纖
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	纖
Reading #	1/1
No.	13484
Phonetic component	韱
Rime group	談
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	銛
Old Chinese	/*sem/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 纖

1. fine; delicate
2. minute
3. graceful
4. (Buddhism) the number 10^-7

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiān (jian¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jian
    • Wade–Giles: chien¹
    • Yale: jyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jian
    • Palladius: цзянь (czjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 纖

1. ^† to stab; to prick
2. ^† (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 籤／签 (qiān, “bamboo slips”).

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Japanese

Shinjitai	繊
Kyūjitai	纖

Kanji

纖

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 繊)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): せん (sen)
• Kun: ほそい (hosoi, 纖い); ちいさい (chīsai, 纖さい); しなやか (shinayaka, 纖やか)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

纖 (tiêm, tươm)

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