纖

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See also: 纤
纖 U+7E96, 纖
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7E96
← 纕
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 纗 →

Translingual

Traditional 纖
Shinjitai 繊
Simplified 纤

Han character

纖 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+17, 23 strokes, cangjie input 女火人戈一 (VFOIM), four-corner 23950, composition ⿰糹韱)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 943, character 29
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28072
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1383, character 28
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3469, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+7E96

Chinese

trad. 纖
simp. 纤*
alternative forms 纎
䊹／纤
䑎
孅
綅／𰬞

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (韱) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
讖 *sʰrims
攕 *sreːm
櫼 *sreːm, *ʔsem
懺 *sʰraːms
殲 *ʔsem
瀸 *ʔsem
鑯 *ʔsem
虃 *ʔslem
籤 *sʰem
韯 *sem
纖 *sem
孅 *sem
韱 *sem
襳 *sem, *srem, *srim

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sem) : semantic 糸 (“silk”) + phonetic 韱 (OC *sem).

Pronunciation 1

Note:
  • siam - literary;
  • chhiam - vernacular.
    Rime
    Character 纖
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (聲) 心 (16)
    Final (韻) 鹽 (153)
    Tone (調) Level (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division (等) III
    Fanqie 息廉切
    Baxter sjem
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/siᴇm/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/siɛm/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/sjæm/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/siam/
    Li
    Rong         		/siɛm/
    Wang
    Li         		/sĭɛm/
    Bernard
    Karlgren         		/si̯ɛm/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		xiān
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		sim1
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 纖
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 13484
    Phonetic
    component         		韱
    Rime
    group         		談
    Rime
    subdivision         		2
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		銛
    Old
    Chinese         		/*sem/

    Definitions

    纖

    1. finely-woven silk
    2. fine; delicate
    3. minute
    4. graceful; slender
    5. stingy; frugal
    6. fiber
    7. (Buddhism) the number 10-7

    Compounds

    Pronunciation 2

    Definitions

    纖

    1. † to stab; to prick
    2. † sharp; pointed
    3. † Alternative form of 籤／签 (qiān, “bamboo slips”)

    Japanese

    Shinjitai

    		繊

    Kyūjitai

    		纖

    Kanji

    纖

    (“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 繊)

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    Readings

    Korean

    Hanja

    纖 • (seom) (hangeul 섬, revised seom, McCune–Reischauer sŏm, Yale sem)

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    Vietnamese

    Han character

    纖 (tiêm, tươm, thin, thên)

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