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Translingual
Han character
芟 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 廿竹弓水 (THNE), four-corner 44407, composition ⿱艹殳)
- mow, cut
- weed out
- scythe
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1019, character 17
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30701
- Dae Jaweon: page 1477, character 6
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3184, character 2
- Unihan data for U+829F
Chinese
Glyph origin
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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芟
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
|
shān
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Middle
Chinese
|
‹ sræm ›
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Old
Chinese
|
/*ˁrm/
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| English
|
mow (v.)
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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
|
芟
|
| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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11069
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Phonetic
component
|
芟
|
Rime
group
|
談
|
Rime
subdivision
|
3
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Corresponding
MC rime
|
衫
|
Old
Chinese
|
/*sroːm/
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| Notes
|
小徐殳聲
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Definitions
芟
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Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
芟
(Hyōgai kanji)
- scythe
- to scythe, to cut
Readings
Compounds
Korean
Hanja
芟 • (sam) (hangeul 삼, revised sam, McCune–Reischauer sam, Yale sam)
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