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See also:
U+5B38, 嬸
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B38

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 38, +15, 18 strokes, cangjie input 女十竹田 (VJHW), four-corner 43469, composition )

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 273, character 19
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6851
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1089, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+5B38

Chinese

trad.
simp.

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *hljɯmʔ) : semantic (woman) + phonetic (OC *hljɯmʔ).

Etymology

Monosyllabic fusion of 叔母 (MC syuwk muwX, “father's younger brother + wife”).

Pronunciation


Note:
  • chím - vernacular;
  • sím - literary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 11263
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*hljɯmʔ/
Notes

Definitions

  1. paternal aunt (wife of father's younger brother)

Synonyms

Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): しん (shin)

Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: thím

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