吮

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吮 U+542E, 吮
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-542E
← 吭
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 启 →

Translingual

Han character

吮 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 口戈竹山 (RIHU), four-corner 63010, composition ⿰口允)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 178, character 20
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3356
  • Dae Jaweon: page 396, character 6
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 597, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+542E

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 吮
alternative forms 損／损 Cantonese, nonstadard

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (允) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
唆 *sloːl
梭 *sloːl
葰 *sloːlʔ, *sroːlʔ, *slul
誜 *sroːls
朘 *ʔslon
捘 *ʔsluːls, *ʔsluːns, *sʰlun
荾 *slul
酸 *sloːn
狻 *sloːn
痠 *sloːn
鋑 *ʔslon
脧 *ʔsluːl
悛 *sʰlon
吮 *zlonʔ, *ɦljunʔ
萒 *ɡronʔ, *lonʔ
沇 *lonʔ
抁 *lonʔ
馻 *lonʔ, *lunʔ
兖 *lonʔ
渷 *lonʔ
兗 *lonʔ
焌 *ʔsluːns, *ʔsluns, *sʰlud
允 *lunʔ
狁 *lunʔ
玧 *lunʔ
俊 *ʔsluns
晙 *ʔsluns, *sluns
餕 *ʔsluns
畯 *ʔsluns
駿 *ʔsluns
竣 *sʰlun
皴 *sʰlun
逡 *sʰlun
踆 *sʰlun
夋 *sʰlun
埈 *sluns
陖 *sluns
鵕 *sluns
浚 *sluns
峻 *sluns

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 吮 吮
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 船 (27) 從 (15)
Final (韻) 諄 (47) 仙 (78)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 食尹切 徂兖切
Baxter zywinX dzjwenX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ʑiuɪnX/ /d͡ziuᴇnX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ʑʷinX/ /d͡zʷiɛnX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ʑjuenX/ /d͡zjuænX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ʑwinX/ /d͡zwianX/
Li
Rong 		/d͡ʑiuĕnX/ /d͡ziuɛnX/
Wang
Li 		/d͡ʑĭuĕnX/ /d͡zĭwɛnX/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/d͡ʑʰi̯uĕnX/ /d͡zʱi̯wɛnX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		shùn juàn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		seon6 zyun6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 吮 吮
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 16440 16451
Phonetic
component 		允 允
Rime
group 		元 文
Rime
subdivision 		3 2
Corresponding
MC rime 		雋 盾
Old
Chinese 		/*zlonʔ/ /*ɦljunʔ/

Definitions

吮

  1. to suck (with one's mouth)

Compounds

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.
 吮
alternative forms 㖺
𦧊
啃
嗑

Pronunciation

Definitions

吮

  1. (Hokkien) to pick off or strip off or scrape off edible food from inedible material like bone, shell, or seeds (usually with one's teeth and/or tongue)
  2. (Hokkien) to gnaw; to nibble off causing holes (by insects)
  3. (Hokkien) to comb; to pluck or pick off dirt (as a bird grooms itself with its beak)
  4. (Hokkien, figurative) to nitpick; to find fault; to be fussy

Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

吮

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

吮 (eum 전 (jeon))

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Vietnamese

Han character

吮: Hán Nôm readings: duyện, giỏn, duyên

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