跚

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跚 U+8DDA, 跚
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8DDA
← 跙
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 跛 →

Translingual

Alternative forms

Due to Han unification, the traditional form containing 冊 and simplified form containing 册 (used in mainland China and Korea for this character) are encoded under the same code point. Depending on the font installed, this character may appear to be either 跚 or 跚.

Han character

跚 (Kangxi radical 157, 足+5, 12 strokes, cangjie input 口一月月一 (RMBBM) or 口一月廿 (RMBT), four-corner 67140, composition ⿰𧾷册(GK) or ⿰𧾷冊(HTJ))

  1. to stagger; to limp

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1224, character 4
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 37477
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1695, character 28
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3697, character 11
  • Unihan data for U+8DDA

Chinese

trad. 跚
simp. # 跚

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (删) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
珊 *slaːn
跚 *slaːn
姗 *slaːn
删 *sraːn
栅 *sʰraːɡ, *sʰreːɡ, *sraːns

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 跚
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 心 (16)
Final (韻) 寒 (61)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 蘇干切
Baxter san
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/sɑn/
Pan
Wuyun 		/sɑn/
Shao
Rongfen 		/sɑn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/san/
Li
Rong 		/sɑn/
Wang
Li 		/sɑn/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/sɑn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		sān
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		saan1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 跚
Reading # 1/1
No. 11065
Phonetic
component 		删
Rime
group 		元
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		𦙽
Old
Chinese 		/*slaːn/

Definitions

跚

  1. Used in 蹣跚／蹒跚 (pánshān).
  2. to step on; to trample

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

跚

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. to stagger; to reel; to stumble

Readings

  • On (unclassified): さん (san)
  • Kun: よろめく (yoromeku)

Korean

Hanja

跚 • (san) (hangeul 산, revised san, McCune–Reischauer san, Yale san)

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Vietnamese

Han character

跚: Hán Nôm readings: san

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References

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