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Translingual
Han character
訕 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+3, 10 strokes, cangjie input 卜口山 (YRU), four-corner 02670, composition ⿰訁山)
- slander
- mock, ridicule
- embarrassed, awkward
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1148, character 11
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35241
- Dae Jaweon: page 1615, character 3
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3941, character 6
- Unihan data for U+8A15
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 山
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*sreːn
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| 疝
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*sreːn, *sraːns
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| 邖
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*sreːn
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| 汕
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*sreːnʔ, *sraːns
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| 訕
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*sraːn, *sraːns
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| 仙
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*sen
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| 秈
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*sen
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| 苮
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*sen
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| 屾
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*srin
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sraːn, *sraːns) : semantic 言 (“speech”) + phonetic 山 (OC *sreːn)
Pronunciation
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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訕
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訕
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| Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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| No.
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11056
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11057
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Phonetic
component
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山
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山
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Rime
group
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元
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元
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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刪
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訕
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Old
Chinese
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/*sraːn/
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/*sraːns/
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Definitions
訕
- to mock; to slander
- embarrassed; ashamed
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
訕
(Hyōgai kanji)
- abuse
- slander
- vilify
- ridicule
Readings
Korean
Hanja
訕 • (san) (hangeul 산, revised san, McCune–Reischauer san, Yale san)
- abuse
- slander
- vilify
- ridicule
