刪

See also: 删

刪 U+522A, 刪 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-522A ← 利 [U+5229] CJK Unified Ideographs 别 → [U+522B]

Translingual

Han character

刪 (Kangxi radical 18, 刀+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 月廿中弓 (BTLN), four-corner 7240₀, composition ⿰冊刂)

1. to cut
2. delete, erase
3. to geld

Derived characters

• 䈀

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 138, character 28
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1917
• Dae Jaweon: page 311, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 328, character 12
• Unihan data for U+522A

Chinese

trad.		刪
simp.		删

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 刪
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sraːn) : phonetic 冊 (OC *sʰreːɡ) + semantic 刀 (“knife”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shān (shan¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saan¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): sân

  (Meixian, Guangdong): san¹

• Eastern Min (BUC): săng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): san

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sang¹

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹se

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shān
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shan
    • Wade–Giles: shan¹
    • Yale: shān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shan
    • Palladius: шань (šanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saan¹
    • Yale: sāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: san¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sân
    • Hakka Romanization System: san´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: san¹
    • Sinological IPA: /san²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: san¹
    • Sinological IPA: /san⁴⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: săng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: san
    • Tâi-lô: san
    • Phofsit Daibuun: safn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /san⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /san³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /san⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /san⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /san⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sang¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saŋ³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ¹se
    • MiniDict: se^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹se
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /se⁵³/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 刪
Mandarin	Beijing	/ʂan⁵⁵/
	Harbin	/ʂan⁴⁴/
	Tianjin	/san¹³/
	Jinan	/ʂã²¹³/
	Qingdao	/ʂã⁵⁵/
	Zhengzhou	/ʂan²⁴/
	Xi'an	/sã²¹/
	Xining	/sã⁴⁴/
	Yinchuan	/ʂan⁴⁴/
	Lanzhou	/ʂɛ̃n³¹/
	Ürümqi	/ʂan⁴⁴/
	Wuhan	/san⁵⁵/
	Chengdu	/suan⁵⁵/
	Guiyang	/suan⁵⁵/
	Kunming	/ʂã̠⁴⁴/
	Nanjing	/ʂaŋ³¹/
	Hefei	/ʂæ̃²¹/
Jin	Taiyuan	/sæ̃¹¹/
	Pingyao	/sɑŋ³⁵/
	Hohhot	/sæ̃³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/se⁵³/
	Suzhou	/se̞⁵⁵/
	Hangzhou	/sẽ̞³³/
	Wenzhou	/sa³³/
Hui	Shexian	/sɛ³¹/
	Tunxi	/sɔ¹¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/ɕyan³³/
	Xiangtan	/san³³/
Gan	Nanchang	/san⁴²/
Hakka	Meixian	/san⁴⁴/
	Taoyuan
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/san⁵³/
	Nanning	/san⁵⁵/
	Hong Kong	/san⁵⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/san⁵⁵/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/saŋ⁴⁴/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/suiŋ⁵⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/saŋ³³/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/saŋ³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: sraen

Rime
Character	刪
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	刪 (69)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	所姦切
Baxter	sraen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʃˠan/
Pan Wuyun	/ʃᵚan/
Shao Rongfen	/ʃɐn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʂaɨn/
Li Rong	/ʃan/
Wang Li	/ʃan/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʂan/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	saan1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sraːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	刪
Reading #	1/1
No.	11067
Phonetic component	删
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	刪
Old Chinese	/*sraːn/

Definitions

刪

1. to delete

   刪掉這個文件。／删掉这个文件。  ―  Shāndiào zhège wénjiàn.  ―  Delete this file.

2. (～日) (telegraphy) the fifteenth day of a month

Compounds

• 刪拾／删拾
• 刪改／删改 (shāngǎi)
• 刪汰／删汰
• 刪減／删减 (shānjiǎn)
• 刪潤／删润
• 刪省／删省
• 刪節／删节 (shānjié)
• 刪節號／删节号 (shānjiéhào)
• 刪繁就簡／删繁就简
• 刪蕪就簡／删芜就简
• 刪除／删除 (shānchú)
• 舉要刪蕪／举要删芜

 

Japanese

Kanji

刪

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. cut down

Readings

• Go-on: せん (sen)
• Kan-on: さん (san)
• Kun: けずる (kezuru, 刪る)^{←けづる (keduru, 刪る, historical)}

Compounds

Compounds

• 刪(さん)去(きょ) (sankyo)
• 刪(さん)削(さく) (sansaku)
• 刪(さん)修(しゅう) (sanshū)
• 刪(さん)述(じゅつ) (sanjutsu)
• 刪(さん)潤(じゅん) (sanjun)
• 刪(さん)除(じょ) (sanjo)
• 刪(さん)定(てい) (santei)
• 刪(さん)訂(てい) (santei)
• 刪(さん)補(ぽ) (sanpo)
• 刪(さん)略(りゃく) (sanryaku)
• 改(かい)刪(さん) (kaisan)
• 添(てん)刪(ざん) (tenzan)

Korean

Hanja

刪 (eum 산 (san))

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Vietnamese

Han character

刪: Hán Nôm readings: san

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