霰
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霰(arare)
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Translingual
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Han character
霰 (Kangxi radical 173, 雨+12, 20 strokes, cangjie input 一月廿月大 (MBTBK), four-corner 10248, composition ⿱雨散)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1378, character 16
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42458
- Dae Jaweon: page 1887, character 33
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4076, character 14
- Unihan data for U+9730
Chinese
| trad. | 霰 | |
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| simp. # | 霰 | |
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Glyph origin
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sjar (“hail; sleet”); compare Tibetan སེར (ser, “hail”), Western Tamang सेर (“hail”) (STEDT; Hill, 2014; Schuessler, 2024).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- Hakka
- Northern Min (KCR): tǐng
- Eastern Min (BUC): siéng
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 5shi
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: siàn
- Wade–Giles: hsien4
- Yale: syàn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiann
- Palladius: сянь (sjanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: sin3
- Yale: sin
- Cantonese Pinyin: sin3
- Guangdong Romanization: xin3
- Sinological IPA (key): /siːn³³/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: lhen1
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɬen³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sien
- Hakka Romanization System: xien
- Hagfa Pinyim: xian4
- Sinological IPA: /si̯en⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: tǐng
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰiŋ²¹/
- (Jian'ou)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: siéng
- Sinological IPA (key): /siɛŋ²¹³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sòaⁿ
- Tâi-lô: suànn
- Phofsit Daibuun: svoax
- IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /suã²¹/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /suã⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siàn
- Tâi-lô: siàn
- Phofsit Daibuun: siexn
- IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /siɛn²¹/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /siɛn⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
Note:
- sòaⁿ - vernacular;
- siàn - literary.
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: suan3 / sang3
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: suàⁿ / sàng
- Sinological IPA (key): /sũã²¹³/, /saŋ²¹³/
Note:
- suan3 - vernacular;
- sang3 - literary.
- Middle Chinese: senH
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*sˤr-s/
- (Zhengzhang): /*sqʰeːns/
Definitions
霰
Synonyms
Compounds
Further reading
- “霰”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database), 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
Japanese
Kanji
霰
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Readings
Etymology
| Kanji in this term |
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| 霰 |
| あられ Hyōgai |
| kun'yomi |
From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *arare.
Pronunciation
Noun
Synonyms
- (hail): 雹 (hyō) (when five millimeters or wider)
References
Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 霰 (MC senH). Recorded as Middle Korean 션〯 (syěn) (Yale: syen) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.
Hanja
霰 (eumhun 싸라기눈 산 (ssaraginun san))
霰 (eumhun 싸라기눈 선 (ssaraginun seon))