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Translingual
Han character
懺 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+17, 20 strokes, cangjie input 心人戈一 (POIM), four-corner 93050, composition ⿰忄韱)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 408, character 34
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11478
- Dae Jaweon: page 750, character 9
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2370, character 15
- Unihan data for U+61FA
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 讖
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*sʰrims
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| 攕
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*sreːm
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| 櫼
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*sreːm, *ʔsem
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| 懺
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*sʰraːms
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| 殲
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*ʔsem
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| 瀸
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*ʔsem
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| 鑯
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*ʔsem
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| 虃
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*ʔslem
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| 籤
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*sʰem
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| 韯
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*sem
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| 纖
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*sem
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| 孅
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*sem
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| 韱
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*sem
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| 襳
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*sem, *srem, *srim
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *sʰraːms) : semantic 心 (“heart”) + phonetic 韱 (OC *sem).
Etymology
Clipping of 懺摩 (MC tsrhaemH ma, “repentance”), from Sanskrit क्षमा (kṣamā, “patience; forbearance; indulgence”).
Pronunciation
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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懺
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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13476
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Phonetic
component
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韱
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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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懺
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Old
Chinese
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/*sʰraːms/
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| Notes
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梵譯kṣama
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Definitions
懺
- to repent
- to confess on account of repentance
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
懺
(Hyōgai kanji)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
懺 • (cham) (hangeul 참, revised cham, McCune–Reischauer ch'am, Yale cham)
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Vietnamese
Han character
懺: Hán Việt readings: sám[1][2][3][4][5][6]
懺: Nôm readings: sám[1][2][3], sắm[1][2][3], rám[1]
- chữ Hán form of sám (“repent”).
References