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Translingual
Han character
剡 (Kangxi radical 18, 刀+8, 10 strokes, cangjie input 火火中弓 (FFLN), four-corner 92800, composition ⿰炎刂)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 141, character 32
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2059
- Dae Jaweon: page 321, character 11
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 346, character 1
- Unihan data for U+5261
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 倓
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*l'oːmʔ, *l'aːm, *l'aːms
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| 緂
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*l̥ʰaːm, *l̥ʰaːmʔ, *l̥ʰjam
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| 毯
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*l̥ʰaːmʔ
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| 菼
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*l̥ʰaːmʔ
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| 裧
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*l̥ʰaːmʔ, *l̥ʰjam, *l̥ʰjams
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| 賧
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*l̥ʰaːms
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| 睒
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*l̥ʰaːms, *hljamʔ
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| 舕
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*l̥ʰaːms
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| 談
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*l'aːm
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| 郯
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*l'aːm
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| 惔
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*l'aːm, *l'aːmʔ, *l'aːms
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| 錟
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*l'aːm
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| 淡
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*l'aːm, *l'aːmʔ, *l'aːms, *lamʔ
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| 痰
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*l'aːm
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| 餤
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*l'aːm
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| 啖
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*l'aːmʔ, *l'aːms
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| 腅
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*l'aːms
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| 剡
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*ɦljamʔ, *lamʔ
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| 覢
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*hljamʔ
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| 掞
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*hljams
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| 炎
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*ɦlam
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| 琰
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*lamʔ
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| 棪
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*lamʔ
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| 扊
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*lamʔ
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Etymology 1
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-rjam (“sharp”) (STEDT, Schuessler, 2007). Initial *r- was re-interpreted as pre-initial and dropped; whereas doublets 磏 (OC *r(i)am, “whetstone”) and 鐮 (OC *ɡ·rem, “sickle”) retain *r-.
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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剡
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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yǎn
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ yemX ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*N-rmʔ/
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| English
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sharp; pierce
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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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剡
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| Reading #
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2/2
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| No.
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14317
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Phonetic
component
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炎
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Rime
group
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談
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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琰
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Old
Chinese
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/*lamʔ/
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Definitions
剡
- (archaic) sharp; pointed
- (archaic) to cut; to pare; to sharpen
- (archaic) to lift; to raise
Compounds
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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剡
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| Reading #
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1/2
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| No.
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14311
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Phonetic
component
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炎
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Rime
group
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談
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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剡
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Old
Chinese
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/*ɦljamʔ/
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Definitions
剡
- Used in 剡溪.
- Used in place names.
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
剡
(Hyōgai kanji)
- sharp
- sharp-pointed
- sharpen
Readings
Korean
Hanja
剡 (eum 섬 (seom))
剡 (eum 염 (yeom))
- sharp