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See also: 呷
呻 U+547B, 呻
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-547B
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 		CJK Unified Ideographs 呼 →

Translingual

Han character

呻 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 口中田中 (RLWL), four-corner 65006, composition ⿰口申)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 183, character 13
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3470
  • Dae Jaweon: page 402, character 13
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 600, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+547B

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 呻
alternative forms 𣢘
㕥
𠲳
𤶴

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 呻
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (申) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
電 *l'iːns
胂 *l̥ʰin, *hlin
申 *hlin
伸 *hlin
呻 *hlin
紳 *hlin
眒 *hlin, *hlins
柛 *hlin
訷 *hlin
抻 *hlins
神 *hlin
朄 *lins

Pronunciation 1

Note:
  • sing1 - literary;
  • ceng1 - vernacular.
Note:
  • sin - literary;
  • chhan - vernacular.
    Rime
    Character 呻
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (聲) 書 (26)
    Final (韻) 眞 (43)
    Tone (調) Level (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division (等) III
    Fanqie 失人切
    Baxter syin
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/ɕiɪn/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/ɕin/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/ɕjen/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/ɕin/
    Li
    Rong         		/ɕiĕn/
    Wang
    Li         		/ɕĭĕn/
    Bernhard
    Karlgren         		/ɕi̯ĕn/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		shēn
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		san1
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 呻
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		shēn
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ syin ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*l̥i/
    English chant, drone

    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.
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 呻
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 11237
    Phonetic
    component         		申
    Rime
    group         		眞
    Rime
    subdivision         		1
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		申
    Old
    Chinese         		/*hlin/

    Definitions

    呻

    1. to chant; to recite
    2. to groan; to moan

    Compounds

    Pronunciation 2

    Definitions

    呻

    1. (Cantonese, Nanning Pinghua) to complain; to express discontent
      我都係呻下啫，唔係噉都唔畀咓？
      我都系呻下啫，唔系噉都唔畀咓？
      ngo5 dou1 hai6 san3 haa5 ze1, m4 hai6 gam2 dou1 m4 bei2 aa5?
      I'm just complaining a little bit. Even that's not allowed now?
    2. (Nanning Pinghua) to sigh (with regret); to heave a sigh; to let out a sigh

    Compounds

    References

    • “呻”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
    • 莆田市荔城区档案馆 , editor (2022), “呻”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 208.

    Japanese

    Kanji

    呻

    (Hyōgai kanji)

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    Readings

    • Go-on: しん (shin)
    • Kan-on: しん (shin)
    • Kun: うなる (unaru, 呻る)、うめく (umeku, 呻く)

    Korean

    Hanja

    呻 • (sin) (hangeul 신, revised sin, McCune–Reischauer sin)

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    Vietnamese

    Han character

    呻: Hán Nôm readings: thân

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