䭕

䭕

䭕 U+4B55, 䭕 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4B55 ← 䭔 [U+4B54] CJK Unified Ideographs Extension A 䭖 → [U+4B56]

Translingual

Han character

䭕 (radical 184, 食+11, 20 strokes, cangjie input 十中人戈女 (JLOIV), composition ⿱斬食)

References

• KangXi: page 1424, character 33
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4470, character 5
• Unihan data for U+4B55

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Chinese

trad.		䭕
simp.		𬲕
variant forms		𩟗／𫗚 汫 Min Nan 淡 Min

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǎn, zǎn (jian³, zan³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˇ, ㄗㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zaam²
• Min Dong (BUC): ciāng
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): chiáⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zian²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: jiǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˇ
    • Wade–Giles: chien³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jean
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: zǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄢˇ
    • Wade–Giles: tsan³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzaan
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sa̠n²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zaam²
    • Yale: jáam
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzaam²
    • Guangdong Romanization: zam²
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡saːm³⁵/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ciāng
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡siaŋ³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiáⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tsiánn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cviar
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiã⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiã⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiã⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiã⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiã⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zian²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsiáⁿ
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sĩã⁵²/

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• Middle Chinese: /t͡sɑm^X/▼

Rime
Character	䭕
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	談 (143)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	子敢切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sɑmX/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sɑmX/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sɑmX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡samX/
Li Rong	/t͡sɑmX/
Wang Li	/t͡sɑmX/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sɑmX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zǎn

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*Cə.ts[a]mʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	䭕
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jiǎn
Middle Chinese	‹ tsjemX ›
Old Chinese	/*Cə.ts[a]mʔ/
English	insipid [not in GSR]
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Definitions

䭕

1. ^† (Min) tasteless; insipid; dull
2. ^† to taste; to try