姍

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See also: 姗
姍 U+59CD, 姍
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59CD
← 姌
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 姎 →

Translingual

Han character

姍 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 女月廿 (VBT), four-corner 47440, composition ⿰女冊)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 258, character 23
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6169
  • Dae Jaweon: page 524, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1037, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+59CD

Chinese

trad. 姍/姗
simp. 姗

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (删) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
珊 *slaːn
跚 *slaːn
姗 *slaːn
删 *sraːn
栅 *sʰraːɡ, *sʰreːɡ, *sraːns

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *slaːn) : semantic 女 (“female”) + abbreviated phonetic 刪 (OC *sraːn).

Pronunciation 1

Note: shàn - “to slander”.
Rime
Character 姍
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 心 (16)
Final (韻) 寒 (61)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 蘇干切
Baxter san
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/sɑn/
Pan
Wuyun 		/sɑn/
Shao
Rongfen 		/sɑn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/san/
Li
Rong 		/sɑn/
Wang
Li 		/sɑn/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/sɑn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		sān
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		saan1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 姍
Reading # 1/1
No. 11066
Phonetic
component 		删
Rime
group 		元
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		𦙽
Old
Chinese 		/*slaːn/

Definitions

姍

  1. Used in 姍姍／姗姗 (shānshān).
  2. (obsolete) to slander
  3. (obsolete) glorious
  4. a surname

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Definitions

姍

  1. Only used in 便姍／便姗.

References

Japanese

Kanji

姍

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): さん (san)、せん (sen)、はん (han)、さつ (satsu)、さち (sachi)
  • Kun: みめよい (mimeyoi)、そしる (soshiru)、みにくい (minikui)

Korean

Hanja

姍 • (san) (hangeul 산, revised san, McCune–Reischauer san)

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