陝

See also: 陕 and 陜

陝 U+965D, 陝 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-965D ← 陜 [U+965C] CJK Unified Ideographs 陞 → [U+965E]

Translingual

Han character

陝 (radical 170 阜+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 弓中大人人 (NLKOO), four-corner 7423₈, composition ⿰⻖㚒)

References

• KangXi: page 1351, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41657
• Dae Jaweon: page 1853, character 25
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4130, character 3
• Unihan data for U+965D

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Chinese

trad.		陝
simp.		陕

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *hljemʔ): semantic 阜 + phonetic 㚒.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǎn (shan³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sim²
• Min Bei (KCR): sǐng
• Min Nan (POJ): siám

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: shǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄢˇ
    • Wade-Giles: shan³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shaan
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂa̠n²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sim²
    • Yale: sím
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sim²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xim²
    • IPA ^(key): /siːm³⁵/
• Min Bei
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: sǐng
    • IPA ^(key): /siŋ²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siám
    • Tâi-lô: siám
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siarm
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiam⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiam⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiam⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕiam⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiam⁴¹/

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• Dialectal data▼

Variety	Location	edit 陝
Mandarin	Beijing	/ʂan²¹⁴/
	Harbin	/ʂan²¹³/
	Tianjin	/ʂan¹³/ /san¹³/
	Jinan	/ʂã⁵⁵/
	Qingdao	/ʃã⁵⁵/
	Zhengzhou	/ʂan⁵³/
	Xi'an	/ʂã⁵³/
	Xining	/ʂã⁵³/
	Yinchuan	/ʂan⁵³/
	Lanzhou	/ʂɛ̃n⁴⁴²/
	Ürümqi	/ʂan⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/san⁴²/
	Chengdu	/san⁵³/
	Guiyang	/san⁴²/
	Kunming	/ʂã̠⁵³/
	Nanjing	/ʂaŋ²¹²/
	Hefei	/ʂæ̃²⁴/ /ʂən²⁴/
Jin	Taiyuan	/sæ̃⁵³/
	Pingyao	/ʂɑŋ⁵³/
	Hohhot	/sæ̃⁵³/
Wu	Shanghai	/sø³⁵/
	Suzhou	/sø⁵¹/
	Hangzhou	/sz̩ʷõ⁵³/
	Wenzhou	/ɕi³⁵/
Hui	Shexian	/ɕie³⁵/
	Tunxi	/sɔ³¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/ʂə̃⁴¹/
	Xiangtan	/ɕyẽ⁴²/
Gan	Nanchang	/sɛn²¹³/
Hakka	Meixian	/sam³¹/
	Taoyuan
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/sim³⁵/
	Nanning	/sim³⁵/
	Hong Kong	/sim³⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/siam⁵³/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/sieŋ³²/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/siŋ²¹/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/siam⁵³/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/tiam²¹³/ /hiap̚³/ 俗

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• Middle Chinese: /ɕiᴇm^X/▼

Rime
Character	陝
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	鹽 (153)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	失冉切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕiᴇmX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕiɛmX/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕjæmX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕiamX/
Li Rong	/ɕiɛmX/
Wang Li	/ɕĭɛmX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɕi̯ɛmX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shǎn

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*hljemʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	陝
Reading #	1/1
No.	11074
Phonetic component	陝
Rime group	談
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	陝
Old Chinese	/*hljemʔ/

Definitions

陝

1. (geography) The Shan Pass in Shanzhou, Henan, through which the Yellow River flows into the North China Plain
2. (historical geography) Shan County (陝縣), a former division of Henan
3. (later, by extension, geography) any mountain pass
4. Short for 陝西／陕西 (Shǎnxī, “Shaanxi”)..

Compounds

• 陝北高原／陕北高原

• 陝西梆子／陕西梆子

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Japanese

Kanji

陝

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): せん (sen)

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Korean

Hanja

陝 • (seom)

• Eumhun:
  • Sound (hangeul): 섬 (revised: seom, McCune-Reischauer: sŏm, Yale: sem)
  • Name (hangeul): 고을이름

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Vietnamese

Han character

陝 (thiểm)

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