攙

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See also: 搀
攙 U+6519, 攙
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6519
← 攘
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 攚 →

Translingual

Han character

攙 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+17, 20 strokes, cangjie input 手弓口戈 (QNRI), four-corner 57013, composition ⿰扌毚)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 463, character 14
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12991
  • Dae Jaweon: page 812, character 19
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1984, character 16
  • Unihan data for U+6519

Chinese

trad. 攙
simp. 搀

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (毚) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
纔 *zlɯː, *zlɯːs, *sraːm
讒 *zrɯːm, *zraːms
饞 *zrɯːm
毚 *zrɯːm, *zraːm
欃 *zrɯːm, *zraːms
攙 *zrɯːm, *sʰraːm
儳 *zrɯːm, *zrɯːms, *sʰraːms
酁 *zrɯːm
瀺 *zrɯːmʔ
嚵 *sʰraːms, *zraːm, *zlamʔ
巉 *zraːm, *zraːmʔ
劖 *zraːm
艬 *zraːm, *zraːms
鑱 *zraːm, *zraːms

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *zrɯːm, *sʰraːm) : semantic 手 + phonetic 毚 (OC *zrɯːm, *zraːm).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 攙 攙
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 崇 (20) 初 (19)
Final (韻) 咸 (151) 銜 (149)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) II II
Fanqie 士咸切 楚銜切
Baxter dzream tsrhaem
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/d͡ʒˠɛm/ /t͡ʃʰˠam/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɖ͡ʐᵚæm/ /ʈ͡ʂʰᵚam/
Shao
Rongfen 		/d͡ʒɐm/ /t͡ʃʰam/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ɖ͡ʐəɨm/ /ʈ͡ʂʰaɨm/
Li
Rong 		/d͡ʒɐm/ /t͡ʃʰam/
Wang
Li 		/d͡ʒɐm/ /t͡ʃʰam/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ɖ͡ʐʱăm/ /ʈ͡ʂʰam/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		chán chān
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		caam4 caam1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 攙 攙
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 1225 1230
Phonetic
component 		毚 毚
Rime
group 		侵 談
Rime
subdivision 		1 1
Corresponding
MC rime 		讒 攙
Old
Chinese 		/*zrɯːm/ /*sʰraːm/

Definitions

攙

  1. † to stab; to insert
  2. † sharp
  3. to mix; to blend; to adulterate
    alt. forms: 摻 / 掺
  4. to support by the arm
    alt. forms: 摻 / 掺, 儳
  5. † to take by force; to seize

Usage notes

In Mainland China, use of the character 摻／掺 (chān) to mean "to mix" (instead of 攙) is recommended by the The First Series of Standardized Forms of Words with Non-standardized Variant Forms (《第一批异形词整理表》) and Xiandai Hanyu Guifan Cidian (《现代汉语规范词典》).

Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

攙

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. give helping hand

Readings

  • Go-on: せん (sen)
  • Kan-on: さん (san)、しん (shin)
  • Kan’yō-on: ざん (zan)
  • Kun: さす (sasu, 攙す)

Korean

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

攙 (eum 참 (cham))

  1. to give a helping hand
  2. to support, hold up

Vietnamese

Han character

攙: Hán Nôm readings: sọm

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