遜

See also: 逊

Translingual

Han character

遜 (Kangxi radical 162, 辵+10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 卜弓木火 (YNDF), four-corner 3230₉, composition ⿺辶孫)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1263, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39038
• Dae Jaweon: page 1757, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3874, character 3
• Unihan data for U+905C

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Chinese

trad.		遜
simp.		逊

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
孫	*suːn
猻	*suːn
蓀	*suːn
搎	*suːn
遜	*suːns
愻	*suːns

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *suːns) : semantic 辵 (“to walk”) + phonetic 孫 (OC *suːn).

Etymology

Cognate with 孫 (OC *suːn, “grandchild”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xùn (xun⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seon³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sùn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xùn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syùn
    • Wade–Giles: hsün⁴
    • Yale: syùn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiunn
    • Palladius: сюнь (sjunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕyn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: seon³
    • Yale: seun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soen³
    • Guangdong Romanization: sên³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵn³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sùn
    • Tâi-lô: sùn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suxn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sun⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sun¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sun²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: swonH

Rime
Character	遜
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	魂 (55)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	蘇困切
Baxter	swonH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/suənH/
Pan Wuyun	/suonH/
Shao Rongfen	/suənH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/swənH/
Li Rong	/suənH/
Wang Li	/suənH/
Bernard Karlgren	/suənH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	sùn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	syun3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*suːns/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	遜
Reading #	1/1
No.	12182
Phonetic component	孫
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	巽
Old Chinese	/*suːns/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 遜

1. humble; modest
2. to abdicate; (of an emperor) to give up the throne
3. (literary) inferior
4. (literary) to flee; to escape; to evade

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Japanese

Kanji

遜

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. modest; humble

Readings

• Go-on: そん (son, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: そん (son, Jōyō)
• Kun: ゆずる (yuzuru, 遜る); へりくだる (herikudaru, 遜る); したがう (shitagau)

Compounds

• 遜色(そんしょく) (sonshoku): inferiority

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Korean

Hanja

遜 • (son) (hangeul 손, revised son, McCune–Reischauer son, Yale son)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 遜 (tốn)

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