殿

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See also: 宸
殿 U+6BBF, 殿
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6BBF
← 殾
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 毀 →

Translingual

Han character

殿 (Kangxi radical 79, 殳+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 尸金竹弓水 (SCHNE), four-corner 77247, composition ⿰𡱒殳)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 586, character 9
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16651
  • Dae Jaweon: page 978, character 15
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2162, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+6BBF

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 殿
2nd round simp. 𡱒
alternative forms 𣪍

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 殿
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (殿) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
殿 *tɯːns, *dɯːns
澱 *dɯːns
壂 *dɯːns
臀 *duːn

Shuowen: Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tɯːns, *dɯːns) : phonetic 𡱂 (OC *duːn) + semantic 殳 (“hand holding a weapon”) – the sound of hitting (not attested in ancient documents).

Chi (2010) considers the character to be developed from 𠂤 (“buttocks”); 尸 (“body”) and 丌 (“pedestal”) are added to form 𡱂 (“buttocks”), and 殳 is added to emphasize the meaning of “hitting the buttocks”.

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-t(u/i)l (“buttocks; heel; dull; blunt; rounded part”). Compare Jingpho shatin (“buttocks”). Related to 臀 (OC *duːn, “buttocks”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Whether “lofty building” is related is unclear; Chi (2010) suggests that it is a semantic extension of “buttocks”, which are elevated from the ground.

Pronunciation

Note:
  • doin7/dain7 - vernacular (dain7 - Jieyang, Chaoyang, Puning, Huilai);
  • diang6/diêng6 - literary (diêng6 - Chaozhou).
    Rime
    Character 殿 殿
    Reading # 1/2 2/2
    Initial (聲) 定 (7) 端 (5)
    Final (韻) 先 (85) 先 (85)
    Tone (調) Departing (H) Departing (H)
    Openness (開合) Open Open
    Division (等) IV IV
    Fanqie 堂練切 都甸切
    Baxter denH tenH
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/denH/ /tenH/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/denH/ /tenH/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/dɛnH/ /tɛnH/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/dɛnH/ /tɛnH/
    Li
    Rong         		/denH/ /tenH/
    Wang
    Li         		/dienH/ /tienH/
    Bernard
    Karlgren         		/dʱienH/ /tienH/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		diàn diàn
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		din6 din3
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 殿 殿 殿
    Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		diàn diàn diàn
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ denH › ‹ tenH › ‹ tenH ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*ˁə-s/ /*tˁə-s/ /*tˁə-s/
    English palace rear (building, army unit) palace, hall

    Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

    * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
    * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
    * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
    * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

    * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 殿 殿
    Reading # 1/2 2/2
    No. 2355 2356
    Phonetic
    component         		殿 殿
    Rime
    group         		文 文
    Rime
    subdivision         		1 1
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		殿 電
    Old
    Chinese         		/*tɯːns/ /*dɯːns/

    Definitions

    殿

    1. lofty building; hall; palace; temple
    2. to bring up the rear
    3. † (military) rear
    4. † to protect; to defend
    5. a surname

    Compounds

    Descendants

    Sino-Xenic (殿):
    • → Vietnamese: điện (殿)

    See also

    Japanese

    Kanji

    殿

    (common “Jōyō” kanji)

    1. palace, hall, temple
    2. lord, noble

    Readings

    Compounds

    Etymology 1

    Kanji in this term
    殿
    どの
    Grade: S
    kun'yomi

    The tono changes to dono as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

    Pronunciation

    Suffix

    殿(どの) • (-dono) 

    1. Mr., Ms., a more formal title than さん (-san) but not so respectful as 様(さま) (-sama)

    Etymology 2

    Kanji in this term
    殿
    との
    Grade: S
    kun'yomi

    From Old Japanese. First attested in the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    殿(との) • (tono) 

    1. a feudal lord
      殿様(とのさま)
      tono-sama
      daimyo

    References

    1. ^ “殿”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000
    2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

    Korean

    Hanja

    殿 • (jeon) (hangeul 전, revised jeon, McCune–Reischauer chŏn, Yale cen)

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    Vietnamese

    Han character

    殿: Hán Nôm readings: điện, đền, điếng

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