慘
See also: 惨
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Translingual
Han character
慘 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 心戈戈竹 (PIIH), four-corner 93022, composition ⿰忄參)
References
- KangXi: page 398, character 38
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11094
- Dae Jaweon: page 738, character 3
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2348, character 11
- Unihan data for U+6158
Chinese
trad. | 慘 | |
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simp. | 惨 | |
alternative forms | 憯 𢠊 𢡖 |
Glyph origin
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Characters in the same phonetic series (參) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
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篸 | *ʔsluːm, *ʔsluːms |
參 | *sʰluːm, *sʰluːms, *sloːm, *sʰrum, *srum |
驂 | *sʰluːm |
傪 | *sʰluːm, *sʰluːmʔ |
慘 | *sʰluːmʔ |
黲 | *sʰluːmʔ, *sʰloːmʔ |
謲 | *sʰluːms |
毿 | *sluːm |
蔘 | *sluːm, *srum |
犙 | *sluːm, *sru, *srɯu |
糝 | *sluːmʔ |
槮 | *sluːmʔ, *sʰrum, *srum, *srumʔ |
鬖 | *sloːm |
摻 | *sruːm, *sruːmʔ |
醦 | *sruːmʔ, *sʰrumʔ |
縿 | *sroːm |
穇 | *sroːm |
嵾 | *sʰrum |
磣 | *sʰrumʔ |
墋 | *sʰrumʔ |
曑 | *srum |
瘮 | *srumʔ |
滲 | *srums |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *sʰluːmʔ) : semantic 心 (“heart”) + phonetic 參 (OC *sʰluːm, *sʰluːms, *sloːm, *sʰrum, *srum)
Pronunciation
Definitions
慘
- (literary, or in compounds) cruel; vicious; malicious
- (of losses, defeats, etc.) severe; crushing; heavy
- miserable; pitiful; wretched
- (literary, or in compounds) gloomy; dim; dismal
Synonyms
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Compounds
Derived terms from 慘
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Japanese
Shinjitai | 惨 |
Kyūjitai | 慘 |
Kanji
慘
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 惨)
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Readings
- Go-on: そん (son)
- Kan-on: さん (san)
- Kan’yō-on: ざん (zan)
- Kun: みじめ (mijime, 慘め); いたむ (itamu, 慘む)
Korean
Hanja
慘 • (cham, chim) (hangeul 참, 침, revised cham, chim, McCune–Reischauer ch'am, ch'im, Yale cham, chim)
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Vietnamese
Han character
慘: Hán Nôm readings: thảm, thom, thỏm
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