讒

See also: 谗

Translingual

Han character

讒 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+17, 24 strokes, cangjie input 卜口弓口戈 (YRNRI), four-corner 0761₆, composition ⿰訁毚)

1. slander, defame, misrepresent

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1187, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36137
• Dae Jaweon: page 1651, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4032, character 6
• Unihan data for U+8B92

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Chinese

trad.		讒
simp.		谗

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
纔	*zlɯː, *zlɯːs, *sraːm
讒	*zrɯːm, *zraːms
饞	*zrɯːm
毚	*zrɯːm, *zraːm
欃	*zrɯːm, *zraːms
攙	*zrɯːm, *sʰraːm
儳	*zrɯːm, *zrɯːms, *sʰraːms
酁	*zrɯːm
瀺	*zrɯːmʔ
嚵	*sʰraːms, *zraːm, *zlamʔ
巉	*zraːm, *zraːmʔ
劖	*zraːm
艬	*zraːm, *zraːms
鑱	*zraːm, *zraːms

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chán (chan²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caam⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhâm / châm

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chán
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chán
    • Wade–Giles: chʻan²
    • Yale: chán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: charn
    • Palladius: чань (čanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: caam⁴
    • Yale: chàahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cam⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːm²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhâm / châm
    • Tâi-lô: tshâm / tsâm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhaam, zaam
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰam²⁴/, /t͡sam²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰam²⁴/, /t͡sam²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰam¹³/, /t͡sam¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰam²⁴/, /t͡sam²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰam²³/, /t͡sam²³/

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• Middle Chinese: dzream, dzraemH

Rime
Character	讒	讒
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	崇 (20)	崇 (20)
Final (韻)	咸 (151)	銜 (149)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	II
Fanqie	士咸切	士懺切
Baxter	dzream	dzraemH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʒˠɛm/	/d͡ʒˠamH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖ͡ʐᵚæm/	/ɖ͡ʐᵚamH/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʒɐm/	/d͡ʒamH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖ͡ʐəɨm/	/ɖ͡ʐaɨmH/
Li Rong	/d͡ʒɐm/	/d͡ʒamH/
Wang Li	/d͡ʒɐm/	/d͡ʒamH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɖ͡ʐʱăm/	/ɖ͡ʐʱamH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chán	zhàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	caam4	zaam6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*zrɯːm/, /*zraːms/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	讒	讒
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	1221	1242
Phonetic component	毚	毚
Rime group	侵	談
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	讒	鑱
Old Chinese	/*zrɯːm/	/*zraːms/

Definitions

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Japanese

Kanji

讒

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. defamation

Readings

• On (unclassified): さん (san); ざん (zan)
• Kun: そしる (soshiru); いつわる (itsuwaru); よこしま (yokoshima)

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Korean

Hanja

讒 (eum 참 (cham))

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Vietnamese

Han character

讒: Hán Nôm readings: sàm

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