暹

暹 (Kangxi radical 72, 日+12, 16 strokes, cangjie input 卜日人土 (YAOG), four-corner 3630₁, composition ⿺辶⿱日隹)

• 𭀌, 𭶤, 𧔷, 𲌣

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 499, character 39
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14150
• Dae Jaweon: page 869, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3882, character 6
• Unihan data for U+66B9

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 日 (“sun”) + 進 (“to advance”).

暹

1. ^† (of the sun) to rise
2. (historical) the Thai kingdom of Ayutthaya; later short for 暹羅／暹罗 (Xiānluó, “Siam”).

   • 國中語言，自成音聲，雖近而占城、暹人，皆不通話説。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     国中语言，自成音声，虽近而占城、暹人，皆不通话说。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: c. 1300, 周達觀 / 周达观 (Zhou Daguan), 《真臘風土記 / 真腊风土记》 (The Customs of Cambodia), translation by Peter Harris

     Guózhōng yǔyán, zì chéng yīnshēng, suī jìn ér Zhànchéng, Xiān rén, jiē bùtōng huàshuō.

     The country's language consists of sounds that are its own, and despite being nearby, neither the Chams nor the Siamese can make themselves understood.

(Hyōgai kanji)

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• On (unclassified): せん (sen)
• Kun: すすむ (susumu)
• Nanori: すすむ (susumu)、のぼる (noboru)

暹 • (seom) (hangeul 섬, revised seom, McCune–Reischauer sŏm, Yale sem)

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暹: Hán Nôm readings: Xiêm

1. (historical) Siam