憸

憸

憸 U+61B8, 憸 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-61B8 ← 憷 [U+61B7] CJK Unified Ideographs 憹 → [U+61B9]

Translingual

Han character

憸 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+13, 16 strokes, cangjie input 心人一人 (POMO), four-corner 9808₆, composition ⿰忄僉)

1. to flatter
2. crafty, having a specious tongue

References

• KangXi: page 404, character 37
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11299
• Dae Jaweon: page 745, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2361, character 9
• Unihan data for U+61B8

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Chinese

trad.		憸
simp.		𪫺

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 憸
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (僉) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
厱	*raːm, *kʰreːm, *kʰlam
歛	*qʰlaːm
臉	*ɡ·reːmʔ, *skʰlam, *kramʔ
醶	*ɡr·reːmʔ, *skʰraːmʔ
鹼	*kreːmʔ, *skʰlam
薟	*ɡ·ram, *ɡ·ramʔ, *qʰram
匳	*ɡ·ram
獫	*ɡ·ram, *ɡ·ramʔ, *ɡ·rams, *qʰramʔ
蘞	*ɡ·ram, *ɡ·ramʔ, *qʰlam
籢	*ɡ·ram
斂	*ɡ·ramʔ, *ɡ·rams
瀲	*ɡ·ramʔ, *ɡ·rams
撿	*ɡ·ramʔ, *kramʔ
羷	*ɡ·ramʔ
殮	*ɡ·rams
簽	*skʰlam
僉	*skʰlam
憸	*skʰlam, *skʰlamʔ, *sqʰlam, *qʰramʔ
譣	*skʰlam, *qʰramʔ
檢	*kramʔ
瞼	*kramʔ
儉	*ɡramʔ
顩	*ŋramʔ, *rlɯmʔ, *kʰrɯmʔ
嬐	*ŋramʔ
嶮	*ŋramʔ, *hŋramʔ
噞	*ŋramʔ, *ŋrams
驗	*ŋrams
險	*qʰramʔ
劒	*kams
劍	*kams
𩏩	*qʰam

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiān (xian¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cim¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sian
    • Wade–Giles: hsien¹
    • Yale: syān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shian
    • Palladius: сянь (sjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕjɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: cim¹
    • Yale: chīm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsim¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: qim¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːm⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /siᴇm/, /t͡sʰiᴇm/, /hˠiᴇm^X/, /t͡sʰiᴇm^X/

Rime
Character	憸	憸	憸	憸
Reading #	1/4	2/4	3/4	4/4
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	清 (14)	曉 (32)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	鹽 (153)	鹽 (153)	鹽 (154)	鹽 (153)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	III	III
Fanqie	息廉切	七廉切	虚檢切	七漸切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/siᴇm/	/t͡sʰiᴇm/	/hˠiᴇmX/	/t͡sʰiᴇmX/
Pan Wuyun	/siɛm/	/t͡sʰiɛm/	/hᵚiɛmX/	/t͡sʰiɛmX/
Shao Rongfen	/sjæm/	/t͡sʰjæm/	/xiæmX/	/t͡sʰjæmX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/siam/	/t͡sʰiam/	/hjiamX/	/t͡sʰiamX/
Li Rong	/siɛm/	/t͡sʰiɛm/	/xjɛmX/	/t͡sʰiɛmX/
Wang Li	/sĭɛm/	/t͡sʰĭɛm/	/xĭɛmX/	/t͡sʰĭɛmX/
Bernard Karlgren	/si̯ɛm/	/t͡sʰi̯ɛm/	/xi̯ɛmX/	/t͡sʰi̯ɛmX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiān	qiān	xiǎn	qiǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sim1	cim1	him2	cim2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*skʰlam/, /*skʰlamʔ/, /*sqʰlam/, /*qʰramʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	憸	憸	憸	憸
Reading #	1/4	2/4	3/4	4/4
No.	10205	10207	10208	10224
Phonetic component	僉	僉	僉	僉
Rime group	談	談	談	談
Rime subdivision	1	1	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	籤	憸	銛	險
Old Chinese	/*skʰlam/	/*skʰlamʔ/	/*sqʰlam/	/*qʰramʔ/

Definitions

憸

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Compounds

㤿憸／㤿𪫺 憸人／𪫺人

憸佞／𪫺佞

憸邪／𪫺邪

References

• “憸”, 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–

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Japanese

Kanji

憸

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): せん (sen), けん (ken)
• Kun: かたよる (katayoru)

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Korean

Hanja

憸 • (seom) (hangeul 섬, revised seom, McCune–Reischauer sŏm, Yale sem)

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