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Translingual
Han character
哂 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 口一金田 (RMCW), four-corner 61060, composition ⿰口西)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 188, character 14
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3583
- Dae Jaweon: page 408, character 2
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 613, character 5
- Unihan data for U+54C2
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 粞
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*sɯːl, *sɯːl
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| 洒
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*sraːls, *sɯːlʔ
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| 西
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*sɯːl
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| 卤
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*sɯːl
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| 卥
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*sɯːl
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| 栖
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*sɯːl, *sɯːls
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| 茜
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*sʰɯːns
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| 哂
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*hjɯnʔ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *hjɯnʔ) : semantic 口 + phonetic 西 (OC *sɯːl)
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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哂
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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shěn
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ syinX ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*n̥ərʔ/
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| English
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smile
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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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哂
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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13244
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Phonetic
component
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西
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Rime
group
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文
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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矤
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Old
Chinese
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/*hjɯnʔ/
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Definitions
哂
- to smile
- to laugh at, sneer at
Compounds
Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 哂 – see 嗮.
(This character is a variant form of 嗮). |
Japanese
Kanji
哂
(Hyōgai kanji)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
哂 • (sin) (hangeul 신, revised sin, McCune–Reischauer sin)
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Vietnamese
Han character
哂: Hán Nôm readings: thẩn
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