衫

See also: 杉

衫 U+886B, 衫 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-886B ← 衪 [U+886A] CJK Unified Ideographs 衬 → [U+886C]

Translingual

Han character

衫 (radical 145, 衣+3, 9 strokes, cangjie input 中竹竹竹 (LHHH), four-corner 3222₂, composition ⿰衤彡)

References

• KangXi: page 1112, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34111
• Dae Jaweon: page 1577, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3075, character 11
• Unihan data for U+886B

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		衫

Glyph origin

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

Characters in the same phonetic series (彡) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
杉	*sreːm
彡	*sroːm, *slom
衫	*sroːm
髟	*priw, *piw, *sroːm
釤	*sraːms
䑣	*l̥ʰun
彤	*l'uːŋ
浵	*l'uːŋ
肜	*luŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *sroːm): semantic 衣 + phonetic 彡 (OC *sroːm, *slom).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shān (shan¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saam¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sâm
• Min Bei (KCR): sáng
• Min Dong (BUC): săng
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): saⁿ / sam

  (Teochew, Peng'im): san¹

• Wu (Wiktionary): se (T1)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: shān
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄢ
    • Wade–Giles: shan¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shan
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shan
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: saam¹
    • Yale: sāam
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sam¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /säːm⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sâm
    • Hakka Romanization System: sam´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sam¹
    • Sinological IPA: /sam²⁴/
• Min Bei
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: sáng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saŋ⁵⁴/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: săng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: saⁿ / sam
    • Tâi-lô: sann / sam
    • Phofsit Daibuun: svaf, safm
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sã⁴⁴/, /sam⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sã³³/, /sam³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sã⁴⁴/, /sam⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sã⁴⁴/, /sam⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sã⁴⁴/, /sam⁴⁴/

Note:

• saⁿ - vernacular;
• sam - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: san¹
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: saⁿ
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sã³³/

Wu

• (Shanghainese)
  • Wiktionary: se (T1)
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /se̞⁵³/

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• Dialectal data▼

Variety	Location	edit 衫
Mandarin	Beijing	/ʂan⁵⁵/
	Harbin	/ʂan⁴⁴/
	Tianjin	/san²¹/
	Jinan	/ʂã²¹³/
	Qingdao	/ʂã²¹³/
	Zhengzhou	/ʂan²⁴/
	Xi'an	/sã²¹/
	Xining	/sã⁴⁴/
	Yinchuan	/ʂan⁴⁴/
	Lanzhou	/ʂɛ̃n³¹/
	Ürümqi	/san⁴⁴/
	Wuhan	/san⁵⁵/
	Chengdu	/san⁵⁵/
	Guiyang	/san⁵⁵/
	Kunming	/ʂã̠⁴⁴/
	Nanjing	/ʂaŋ³¹/
	Hefei	/ʂæ̃²¹/
Jin	Taiyuan	/sæ̃¹¹/
	Pingyao	/sɑŋ¹³/
	Hohhot	/sæ̃³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/se⁵³/
	Suzhou	/se̞⁵⁵/
	Hangzhou	/sẽ̞³³/
	Wenzhou	/sa³³/
Hui	Shexian	/sɛ³¹/
	Tunxi	/sɔn²⁴/
Xiang	Changsha	/san³³/
	Xiangtan	/san³³/
Gan	Nanchang	/san⁴²/
Hakka	Meixian	/sam⁴⁴/
	Taoyuan	/sɑm²⁴/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/sam⁵⁵/
	Nanning	/sam⁵⁵/
	Hong Kong	/sam⁵⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/sam⁵⁵/ /sã⁵⁵/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/saŋ⁴⁴/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/saŋ⁵⁴/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/sã³³/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/saŋ²³/ /ta²³/

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• Middle Chinese: /ʃˠam/▼

Rime
Character	衫
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	銜 (149)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	所銜切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʃˠam/
Pan Wuyun	/ʃᵚam/
Shao Rongfen	/ʃam/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʂaɨm/
Li Rong	/ʃam/
Wang Li	/ʃam/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʂam/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shān

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*sroːm/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	衫
Reading #	1/1
No.	11044
Phonetic component	彡
Rime group	談
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	衫
Old Chinese	/*sroːm/

Definitions

衫

1. (literary or Wu) unlined garment
2. (literary or Cantonese, Min) shirt; top (Classifier: 件 c; 領／领 mn)

   一件衫 [Cantonese]  ―  jat¹ gin⁶ saam¹ [Jyutping]  ―  a shirt

3. (literary or Cantonese, Hakka, Min, Pinghua) clothing; clothes

   一套衫 [Cantonese]  ―  jat¹ tou³ saam¹ [Jyutping]  ―  a set of clothes

Compounds

• 不衫不履 (bùshānbùlǚ)
• 包髻團衫／包髻团衫
• 司馬青衫／司马青衫
• 單衫百結／单衫百结
• 套衫 (tàoshān)
• 官衫帔子
• 布衫兒／布衫儿
• 征衫
• 恤衫 (xùshān)
• 扣身衫子
• 接衫
• 攬濕布衫／揽湿布衫
• 棒針衫／棒针衫
• 毛衫
• 汗衫 (hànshān)
• 涼衫／凉衫

• 滑雪衫
• 火浣布衫
• 白衫
• 白髮青衫／白发青衫
• 笠衫
• 罩衫 (zhàoshān)
• 舞衫歌扇
• 花衫
• 藍衫／蓝衫
• 衣衫 (yīshān)
• 衣衫不整 (yīshānbùzhěng)
• 衣衫藍褸／衣衫蓝褛
• 衣衫襤褸／衣衫褴褛 (yīshānlánlǚ)
• 衫仔領／衫仔领 (saⁿ-á-niá)
• 衫兒／衫儿
• 衫子 (shānzi)

• 衫裙
• 衫領／衫领 (saam1 leng5)
• 襯衫／衬衫 (chènshān)
• 襴衫／襕衫
• 連帽衫／连帽衫 (liánmàoshān)
• 運動衫／运动衫
• 鐵布衫／铁布衫
• 長衫／长衫 (chángshān)
• 青衫 (qīngshān)
• 青衫子
• 青衫淚／青衫泪
• 青衫記／青衫记
• 香港衫
• 黃衫客／黄衫客
• 黑衫隊／黑衫队

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Japanese

Kanji

衫

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. thin cloth, especially thin silk
2. thin undergarment, thin underwear
3. a type of women's clothing, namely the upper part of a two-piece suit

Readings

• Go-on: せん (sen)
• Kan-on: さん (san)
• Kun: ころも (koromo, 衫); はだぎ (hadagi, 衫)

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Korean

Hanja

衫 • (sam) (hangeul 삼, revised sam, McCune–Reischauer sam, Yale sam)

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Vietnamese

Han character

衫 (sam, oam, sờm)

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