尠

尠

See also: 鮮

尠 U+5C20, 尠 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5C20 ← 尟 [U+5C1F] CJK Unified Ideographs 尡 → [U+5C21]

Translingual

Han character

尠 (radical 42, 小+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 廿女火竹 (TVFH), composition ⿰甚少)

References

• KangXi: page 297, character 27
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7523
• Dae Jaweon: page 592, character 26
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 565, character 16
• Unihan data for U+5C20

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Chinese

trad.		尠
simp.		鲜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎn (xian³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: xiǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˇ
    • Wade–Giles: hsien³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shean
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /siᴇn^X/, /sɨo^H/▼

Rime
Character	尠	尠
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	仙 (77)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	息淺切	思句切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/siᴇnX/	/sɨoH/
Pan Wuyun	/siɛnX/	/sioH/
Shao Rongfen	/sjænX/	/sioH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sianX/	/suə̆H/
Li Rong	/siɛnX/	/sioH/
Wang Li	/sĭɛnX/	/sĭuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/si̯ɛnX/	/si̯uH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiǎn	xù

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*senʔ/, /*smos/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	尠	尠
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	13535	13709
Phonetic component	尠	小
Rime group	元	侯
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	獮	尠
Old Chinese	/*senʔ/	/*smos/
Notes	見九思，說文作尟	少分化字見九思

Definitions

尠

1. Alternative form of 鮮／鲜 (“few”).

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Japanese

Kanji

尠

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. at least
2. not a little

Readings

• On (unclassified): せん (sen)
• Kun: すくない (sukunai)

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Korean

Hanja

尠 (eum 선 (seon))

1. very few
2. seldom
3. rarely

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Vietnamese

Han character

尠: Hán Nôm readings: tiển

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References

• Nom Foundation