羶

See also: 膻

Translingual

Han character

羶 (Kangxi radical 123, 羊+13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 廿手卜田一 (TQYWM), four-corner 8051₇, composition ⿰羊亶)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 954, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28581
• Dae Jaweon: page 1399, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3139, character 12
• Unihan data for U+7FB6

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Chinese

trad.		羶/膻*
simp.		膻*

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 羶
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
皽	*tjaʀ, *tanʔ, *tjanʔ
担	*taːnʔ
胆	*daːn, *daːn
疸	*taːnʔ, *taːns
觛	*taːnʔ, *taːns, *daːnʔ
亶	*taːnʔ
嬗	*taːnʔ, *tʰaːn, *djans
笪	*taːnʔ, *taːns, *taːd
狚	*taːnʔ, *taːns, *taːd
旦	*taːns
鴠	*taːns
譠	*tʰaːn, *rteːn
坦	*tʰaːnʔ
但	*daːn, *daːnʔ, *daːns
檀	*daːn
壇	*daːn
儃	*daːn, *djan
驙	*daːn, *tan
袒	*daːnʔ, *rdeːns
襢	*daːnʔ, *tanʔ, *tans
繵	*daːnʔ
膻	*daːnʔ
澶	*daːns, *djan
邅	*tan, *danʔ, *dans
鱣	*tan
饘	*tjan, *tjanʔ
旜	*tjan
氈	*tjan
鸇	*tjan
顫	*tjans
蟺	*djanʔ
擅	*djans
羶	*hljan
呾	*taːd, *ʔraːd
怛	*taːd
妲	*taːd
靼	*taːd, *tjad
炟	*taːd

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shān (shan¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zin¹ / sin¹ / saan¹

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• 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: zin¹ / sin¹ / saan¹
    • Yale: jīn / sīn / sāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzin¹ / sin¹ / saan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: jin¹ / xin¹ / san¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːn⁵⁵/, /siːn⁵⁵/, /saːn⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: syen

Rime
Character	羶
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	仙 (77)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	式連切
Baxter	syen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕiᴇn/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕiɛn/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕjæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕian/
Li Rong	/ɕiɛn/
Wang Li	/ɕĭɛn/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɕi̯ɛn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sin1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*s.tan/

  (Zhengzhang): /*hljan/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	羶
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shān
Middle Chinese	‹ syen ›
Old Chinese	/*s.tan/
English	smell of sheep
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	羶
Reading #	1/1
No.	2096
Phonetic component	旦
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	羶
Old Chinese	/*hljan/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 羶

1. rank odor; sheepy odor

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Japanese

Kanji

羶

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): せん (sen)
• Kun: なまぐさい (namagusai)

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Korean

Hanja

羶 • (jeon) (hangeul 전, revised jeon, McCune–Reischauer chŏn, Yale cen)

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