襳

襳 U+8973, 襳 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8973 ← 襲 [U+8972] CJK Unified Ideographs 襴 → [U+8974]

Translingual

Han character

襳 (Kangxi radical 145, 衣+17, 23 strokes, cangjie input 中人戈一 (LOIM), four-corner 3325₀, composition ⿰衤韱)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1127, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34724
• Dae Jaweon: page 1594, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3122, character 9
• Unihan data for U+8973

Chinese

simp. and trad.		襳

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
讖	*sʰrims
攕	*sreːm
櫼	*sreːm, *ʔsem
懺	*sʰraːms
殲	*ʔsem
瀸	*ʔsem
鑯	*ʔsem
虃	*ʔslem
籤	*sʰem
韯	*sem
纖	*sem
孅	*sem
韱	*sem
襳	*sem, *srem, *srim

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiān (xian¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sim¹ / cim¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sian
    • Wade–Giles: hsien¹
    • Yale: syān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shian
    • Palladius: сянь (sjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: sim¹ / cim¹
    • Yale: sīm / chīm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sim¹ / tsim¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xim¹ / qim¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːm⁵⁵/, /t͡sʰiːm⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: sjem

Rime
Character	襳
Reading #	2/3
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	鹽 (153)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	息廉切
Baxter	sjem
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/siᴇm/
Pan Wuyun	/siɛm/
Shao Rongfen	/sjæm/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/siam/
Li Rong	/siɛm/
Wang Li	/sĭɛm/
Bernard Karlgren	/si̯ɛm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sim1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sem/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	襳
Reading #	1/3
No.	13487
Phonetic component	韱
Rime group	談
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	銛
Old Chinese	/*sem/

Definitions

襳

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Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shēn (shen¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sam¹ / sim¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shen
    • Wade–Giles: shên¹
    • Yale: shēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shen
    • Palladius: шэнь (šɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: sam¹ / sim¹
    • Yale: sām / sīm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sam¹ / sim¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sem¹ / xim¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐm⁵⁵/, /siːm⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: srim, srjem

Rime
Character	襳	襳
Reading #	1/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	生 (21)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	侵 (140)	鹽 (154)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	所今切	史炎切
Baxter	srim	srjem
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʃˠiɪm/	/ʃˠiᴇm/
Pan Wuyun	/ʃᵚim/	/ʃᵚiɛm/
Shao Rongfen	/ʃiem/	/ʃiæm/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʂjim/	/ʂjiam/
Li Rong	/ʃjəm/	/ʃjɛm/
Wang Li	/ʃĭĕm/	/ʃĭɛm/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʂi̯əm/	/ʂi̯ɛm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shēn	shān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sam1	sim1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*srem/, /*srim/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	襳	襳
Reading #	2/3	3/3
No.	13488	13489
Phonetic component	韱	韱
Rime group	談	侵
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	襳	森
Old Chinese	/*srem/	/*srim/
Notes	見張衡賦	見張衡賦

Definitions

襳

1. Only used in 襳襹／襳𰳼.

Japanese

Kanji

襳

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: しん (shin)^{←しん (sin, historical)←しむ (simu, ancient)}、せん (sen)^{←せん (sen, historical)←せむ (semu, ancient)}
• Kan-on: しん (shin)^{←しん (sin, historical)←しむ (simu, ancient)}、せん (sen)^{←せん (sen, historical)←せむ (semu, ancient)}
• Kun: したぎ (shitagi, 襳)