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Translingual
Han character
嬗 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+13, 16 strokes, cangjie input 女卜田一 (VYWM), four-corner 40416, composition ⿰女亶)
- succession to the throne
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 272, character 8
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6771
- Dae Jaweon: page 540, character 8
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1085, character 1
- Unihan data for U+5B17
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 皽
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*tjaʀ, *tanʔ, *tjanʔ
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| 担
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*taːnʔ
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| 胆
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*daːn, *daːn
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| 疸
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*taːnʔ, *taːns
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| 觛
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*taːnʔ, *taːns, *daːnʔ
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| 亶
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*taːnʔ
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| 嬗
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*taːnʔ, *tʰaːn, *djans
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| 笪
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*taːnʔ, *taːns, *taːd
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| 狚
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*taːnʔ, *taːns, *taːd
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| 旦
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*taːns
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| 鴠
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*taːns
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| 譠
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*tʰaːn, *rteːn
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| 坦
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*tʰaːnʔ
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| 但
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*daːn, *daːnʔ, *daːns
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| 檀
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*daːn
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| 壇
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*daːn
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| 儃
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*daːn, *djan
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| 驙
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*daːn, *tan
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| 袒
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*daːnʔ, *rdeːns
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| 襢
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*daːnʔ, *tanʔ, *tans
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| 繵
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*daːnʔ
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| 膻
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*daːnʔ
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| 澶
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*daːns, *djan
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| 邅
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*tan, *danʔ, *dans
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| 鱣
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*tan
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| 饘
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*tjan, *tjanʔ
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| 旜
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*tjan
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| 氈
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*tjan
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| 鸇
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*tjan
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| 顫
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*tjans
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| 蟺
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*djanʔ
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| 擅
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*djans
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| 羶
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*hljan
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| 呾
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*taːd, *ʔraːd
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| 怛
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*taːd
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| 妲
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*taːd
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| 靼
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*taːd, *tjad
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| 炟
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*taːd
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Pronunciation
| Rime
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| Character
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嬗
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嬗
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嬗
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| Reading #
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1/3
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2/3
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3/3
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| Initial (聲)
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透 (6)
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端 (5)
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常 (25)
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| Final (韻)
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寒 (61)
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寒 (61)
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仙 (77)
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| Tone (調)
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Level (Ø)
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Rising (X)
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Departing (H)
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| Openness (開合)
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Open
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Open
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Open
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| Division (等)
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I
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I
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III
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| Fanqie
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他干切
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多旱切
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時戰切
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| Baxter
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than
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tanX
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dzyenH
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| Reconstructions
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Zhengzhang
Shangfang
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/tʰɑn/
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/tɑnX/
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/d͡ʑiᴇnH/
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Pan
Wuyun
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/tʰɑn/
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/tɑnX/
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/d͡ʑiɛnH/
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Shao
Rongfen
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/tʰɑn/
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/tɑnX/
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/d͡ʑjænH/
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Edwin
Pulleyblank
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/tʰan/
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/tanX/
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/d͡ʑianH/
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Li
Rong
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/tʰɑn/
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/tɑnX/
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/ʑiɛnH/
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Wang
Li
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/tʰɑn/
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/tɑnX/
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/ʑĭɛnH/
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Bernhard
Karlgren
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/tʰɑn/
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/tɑnX/
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/ʑi̯ɛnH/
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Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
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tān
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dǎn
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shàn
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Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
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taan1
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daan2
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sin6
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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嬗
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嬗
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嬗
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| Reading #
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1/3
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2/3
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3/3
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| No.
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2048
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2058
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2095
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Phonetic
component
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旦
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旦
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旦
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Rime
group
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元
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元
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元
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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1
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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亶
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灘
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繕
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Old
Chinese
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/*taːnʔ/
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/*tʰaːn/
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/*djans/
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Definitions
嬗
- (literary) to evolve; to transform
- (literary) Alternative form of 禪 / 禅 (“to abdicate and pass the throne”)
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
嬗
(Hyōgai kanji)
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Readings
Vietnamese
Han character
嬗: Hán Nôm readings: thiện
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References