僔

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僔 U+50D4, 僔
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-50D4
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 		CJK Unified Ideographs 僕 →

Translingual

Han character

僔 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+12, 14 strokes, cangjie input 人廿田戈 (OTWI), four-corner 28246, composition ⿰亻尊)

  1. gather, assemble
  2. humble, modest, unpretentious
  3. modesty

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 116, character 17
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1093
  • Dae Jaweon: page 247, character 29
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 221, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+50D4

Chinese

trad. 僔
simp. # 僔

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 僔
s05895
References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
Characters in the same phonetic series (尊) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
尊 *ʔsuːn
樽 *ʔsuːn
罇 *ʔsuːn
嶟 *ʔsuːn, *ʔsun
繜 *ʔsuːn
撙 *ʔsuːnʔ
噂 *ʔsuːnʔ
譐 *ʔsuːnʔ
僔 *ʔsuːnʔ
蹲 *zuːn
鱒 *zuːnʔ, *zuːns
鐏 *zuːns
遵 *ʔsun
鷷 *ʔsun, *zun
墫 *sʰun
竴 *sʰun

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ʔsuːnʔ) : semantic 人 (“people”) + phonetic 尊 (OC *ʔsuːn)

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 僔
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 精 (13)
Final (韻) 魂 (55)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) I
Fanqie 兹損切
Baxter tswonX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/t͡suənX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/t͡suonX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/t͡suənX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/t͡swənX/
Li
Rong 		/t͡suənX/
Wang
Li 		/t͡suənX/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/t͡suənX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		zǔn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		zyun2
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 僔
Reading # 1/1
No. 17992
Phonetic
component 		尊
Rime
group 		文
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		𠟃
Old
Chinese 		/*ʔsuːnʔ/

Definitions

僔

  1. gather, assemble
  2. humble, modest, unpretentious
  3. modesty

Japanese

Kanji

僔

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): そん (son)

Korean

Hanja

僔 • (jun) (hangeul 준, revised jun, McCune–Reischauer chun)

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