脣

See also: 唇

Translingual

Han character

脣 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 一女月 (MVB), four-corner 7122₇, composition ⿸辰⺼ or ⿱辰⺼)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 983, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29526
• Dae Jaweon: page 1436, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2076, character 9
• Unihan data for U+8123

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Chinese

trad.		脣/唇*
simp.		唇*

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
辴	*tʰɯl, *tʰɯnʔ, *tʰɯn
屒	*tɯnʔ, *djɯn
振	*tjɯn, *tjɯns
侲	*tjɯn, *tjɯn
桭	*tjɯn, *djɯn
唇	*tjɯn, *ɦljun
帪	*tjɯn
賑	*tjɯnʔ, *tjɯns
裖	*tjɯnʔ
敐	*tjɯnʔ, *djɯn
震	*tjɯn
娠	*tjɯns, *hljɯn
蜃	*djɯns, *djɯnʔ, *djins
辰	*djɯn
晨	*djɯn, *ɦljɯn
宸	*djɯn
鷐	*djɯn
麎	*djɯn
祳	*djɯnʔ
脤	*djɯnʔ
鋠	*djɯnʔ
磭	*ŋrɯnʔ, *ŋ̊ʰjaɡ, *ŋaɡ
陙	*djun
脣	*ɦljun
漘	*ɦljun

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɦljun) : phonetic 辰 (OC *djɯn) + semantic 肉 (“flesh”).

Etymology

Original meaning was apparently “edge”. Related to 漘 (OC *ɦljun, “bank of a river”), 宸 (OC *djɯn, “eave (i.e. edge of a roof)”) and 胗 (OC *kljɯnʔ, *klɯnʔ, “ulcer of the lip”) (Wang, 1982).

Further etymology is not clear. The various theories are:

• Schuessler (2007): Related to Lepcha ᰣᰌᰫᰯ (a-dul, “lips”) < root ᰌᰫᰯ (dul) (STEDT derives this from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-ts(j)ul (“lip; beak”)).
• Benedict (1972): Related to Tibetan མཆུ (mchu, “lips; beak of a bird”) (derived from the same Sino-Tibetan etymon in STEDT).

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 脣

1. (anatomy) lip
2. (figurative) lip-shaped thing
3. (Hakka, Southern Min) side; edge

   路脣／路唇 [Sixian Hakka]  ―  lu-sùn [Pha̍k-fa-sṳ]  ―  roadside

   耳仔脣／耳仔唇 [Hokkien]  ―  hī-á tûn [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  helix of the ear

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 嘴脣 (“lips”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		脣, 吻
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		嘴脣, 脣, 吻
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	嘴脣兒
	Taiwan	嘴脣
	Harbin	嘴脣, 嘴脣兒
	Singapore	嘴脣
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	嘴脣兒
	Jinan	嘴脣, 嘴脣兒
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	嘴脣子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	嘴脣兒
	Xi'an	嘴脣兒
	Xining	嘴脣兒, 嘴皮兒
	Xuzhou	嘴脣兒, 嘴脣子
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	嘴脣子
	Ürümqi	嘴脣子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	嘴皮, 嘴皮子
	Wuhan	嘴脣
	Guilin	嘴脣
	Liuzhou	嘴脣
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	嘴脣子
	Hefei	嘴脣
Cantonese	Guangzhou	口脣, 嘴脣
	Hong Kong	嘴脣, 口脣
	Taishan	口脣, 嘴脣
	Yangjiang	嘴脣
	Singapore (Guangfu)	口脣
Gan	Nanchang	嘴脣, 嘴脣皮, 嘴脣皮子
	Lichuan	嘴脣, 嘴脣皮
Hakka	Meixian	嘴脣
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	嘴脣
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	嘴脣
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	嘴脣
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	嘴脣
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	嘴脣
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	嘴脣
	Hong Kong	嘴脣
	Singapore (Dabu)	嘴脣
Huizhou	Jixi	嘴脣皮
Jin	Taiyuan	嘴脣
	Xinzhou	嘴脣子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	喙脣
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	喙皮
Southern Min	Xiamen	喙脣, 喙脣皮
	Quanzhou	喙脣, 喙脣皮
	Jinjiang	喙脣
	Yongchun	喙脣
	Zhangzhou	喙脣, 喙脣皮
	Taipei	喙脣
	Kaohsiung	喙脣
	Penang (Hokkien)	喙脣
	Singapore (Hokkien)	喙脣
	Manila (Hokkien)	喙脣
	Chaozhou	喙脣
	Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew)	喙脣
	Haikou	喙脣
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	嘴脣, 口脣
Waxiang	Guzhang (Gaofeng)	口皮
Wu	Shanghai	嘴脣, 嘴脣皮
	Shanghai (Chongming)	嘴脣
	Suzhou	嘴脣, 嘴脣皮
	Danyang	嘴板
	Hangzhou	嘴脣皮兒
	Ningbo	嘴脣皮
	Wenzhou	嘴脣
	Jinhua	口脣肉皮
	Jinhua (Tangxi)	口脣皮
Xiang	Changsha	嘴巴皮, 嘴巴皮子, 嘴脣子
	Loudi	嘴脣皮, 嘴皮子
	Shuangfeng	嘴巴皮
	Hengyang	嘴巴皮

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Japanese

Kanji

脣

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: しん (shin)、じゅん (jun)
• Kan-on: しん (shin)、しゅん (shun)
• Kan’yō-on: しん (shin)
• Kun: くちびる (kuchibiru, 脣)

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Korean

Hanja

脣 • (sun, min) (hangeul 순, 민, revised sun, min, McCune–Reischauer sun, min, Yale swun, min)

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Compounds

• 음순 (陰脣, eumsun, “labia”)

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Vietnamese

Han character

脣 (thần)

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