撙

撙

撙 U+6499, 撙 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6499 ← 撘 [U+6498] CJK Unified Ideographs 撚 → [U+649A]

Translingual

Han character

撙 (radical 64, 手+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 手廿田戈 (QTWI), four-corner 4804₆, composition ⿰扌尊)

1. economize
2. abide by, comply with

References

• KangXi: page 454, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12712
• Dae Jaweon: page 804, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1962, character 7
• Unihan data for U+6499

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		撙

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (尊) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
尊	*ʔsuːn
樽	*ʔsuːn
罇	*ʔsuːn
嶟	*ʔsuːn, *ʔsun
繜	*ʔsuːn
撙	*ʔsuːnʔ
噂	*ʔsuːnʔ
譐	*ʔsuːnʔ
僔	*ʔsuːnʔ
蹲	*zuːn
鱒	*zuːnʔ, *zuːns
鐏	*zuːns
遵	*ʔsun
鷷	*ʔsun, *zun
墫	*sʰun
竴	*sʰun

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ʔsuːnʔ) : semantic 手 (“hand”) + phonetic 尊 (OC *ʔsuːn).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zǔn (zun³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄣˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zyun²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: zǔn
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄣˇ
    • Wade–Giles: tsun³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzoen
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ən²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zyun²
    • Yale: jyún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzyn²
    • Guangdong Romanization: jun²
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃyːn³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /t͡suən^X/▼

Rime
Character	撙
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	魂 (55)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	兹損切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡suənX/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡suonX/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡suənX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡swənX/
Li Rong	/t͡suənX/
Wang Li	/t͡suənX/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡suənX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zǔn

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsuːnʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	撙
Reading #	1/1
No.	17989
Phonetic component	尊
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	𠟃
Old Chinese	/*ʔsuːnʔ/

Definitions

撙

1. to save; to economize
2. to abide by; to comply with

Compounds

撙撙 撙省

撙節／撙节 (zǔnjié) 撙詘／撙诎

撙銜／撙衔 東撙西節／东撙西节

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Japanese

Kanji

撙

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. economize
2. abide by
3. comply with

Readings

• On (unclassified): そん (son)
• Kun: おさえる (osaeru)

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Korean

Hanja

撙 (eum 준 (jun))

1. economize
2. abide by, comply with

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Vietnamese

Han character

撙: Hán Nôm readings: tổn

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References

• Nom Foundation