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孱 in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
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Translingual
Han character
孱 (Kangxi radical 39, 子+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 尸弓木木 (SNDD), four-corner 77247, composition ⿸尸孨)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 280, character 8
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7000
- Dae Jaweon: page 549, character 7
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1017, character 12
- Unihan data for U+5B71
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 孨
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*nɯb, *skʷrens, *kʷjenʔ
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| 孱
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*sɡreːn, *sɡreːnʔ, *sɡren
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Pronunciation 1
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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孱
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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chán
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ dzrɛn ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*r/
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| English
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timid
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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孱
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孱
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| Reading #
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1/3
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3/3
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| No.
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1203
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17702
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Phonetic
component
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孱
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孨
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Rime
group
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元
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元
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Rime
subdivision
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2
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2
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Corresponding
MC rime
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虥
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潺
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Old
Chinese
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/*sɡreːn/
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/*sɡren/
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| Notes
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孨旨兗切
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Definitions
孱
- (literary) weak; small; frail; feeble
- † meager; mean; shallow
- † cautious
Compounds
Pronunciation 2
Definitions
孱
- Only used in 孱頭／孱头 (càntou, “coward; weakling”).
Compounds
Pronunciation 3
Definitions
孱
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Pronunciation 4
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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孱
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| Reading #
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2/3
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| No.
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1207
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Phonetic
component
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孱
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Rime
group
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元
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Rime
subdivision
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2
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Corresponding
MC rime
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棧
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Old
Chinese
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/*sɡreːnʔ/
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Definitions
孱
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Japanese
Kanji
孱
(Hyōgai kanji)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
孱 (eum 잔 (jan))
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Vietnamese
Han character
孱: Hán Nôm readings: sàn, sờn
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References