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U+5B45, 孅
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B45

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 38, +17, 20 strokes, cangjie input 女人戈一 (VOIM), four-corner 43450, composition )

  1. fine, minute

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 274, character 9
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6893
  • Dae Jaweon: page 542, character 26
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1090, character 12
  • Unihan data for U+5B45

Chinese

trad.
simp. #

Glyph origin

Pronunciation 1



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (16)
Final () (153)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter sjem
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/siᴇm/
Pan
Wuyun
/siɛm/
Shao
Rongfen
/sjæm/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/siam/
Li
Rong
/siɛm/
Wang
Li
/sĭɛm/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/si̯ɛm/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
xiān
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
sim1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 13485
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*sem/

Definitions

  1. delicate; dainty; slender
  2. Alternative form of (fine; minute; slight)

Compounds

Pronunciation 2



Definitions

  1. crafty; treacherous; fawning

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. delicate

Readings

Korean

Hanja

(seom) (hangeul , revised seom, McCune–Reischauer sŏm)

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