珊

珊

珊 U+73CA, 珊 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-73CA ← 珉 [U+73C9] CJK Unified Ideographs 珋 → [U+73CB]

Translingual

Alternative forms

Due to Han unification, the traditional form containing 冊 and simplified form containing 册 are encoded under the same code point. Depending on the font installed, this character may appear to be either 珊 or 珊.

Han character

珊 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 一土月月一 (MGBBM) or 一土月廿 (MGBT), four-corner 1714₀, composition ⿰𤣩册(GV) or ⿰𤣩冊(HTJK))

1. coral

Derived characters

• 𭹝 (Note: Contains ⿰𤣩𠕁)

References

• KangXi: page 729, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20917
• Dae Jaweon: page 1141, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1108, character 5
• Unihan data for U+73CA

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Chinese

trad.		珊
simp. #		珊

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
珊	*slaːn
跚	*slaːn
姗	*slaːn
删	*sraːn
栅	*sʰraːɡ, *sʰreːɡ, *sraːns

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shān (shan¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saan¹
• Min Nan (POJ): san / soan

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shān
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shan
    • Wade–Giles: shan¹
    • Yale: shān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shan
    • Palladius: шань (šanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: saan¹
    • Yale: sāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: san¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːn⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: san
    • Tâi-lô: san
    • Phofsit Daibuun: safn
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /san⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /san³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soan
    • Tâi-lô: suan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soafn
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /suan⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /sɑn/

Rime
Character	珊
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	寒 (61)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	蘇干切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sɑn/
Pan Wuyun	/sɑn/
Shao Rongfen	/sɑn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/san/
Li Rong	/sɑn/
Wang Li	/sɑn/
Bernard Karlgren	/sɑn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	sān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	saan1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*slaːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	珊
Reading #	1/1
No.	11064
Phonetic component	删
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	𦙽
Old Chinese	/*slaːn/

Definitions

珊

1. coral
2. Used in compounds.

Compounds

媻珊 珊珊 (shānshān) 珊瑚 (shānhú) 珊瑚婚 珊瑚礁 (shānhújiāo) 珊瑚菜 蜈蚣珊瑚

意興闌珊／意兴阑珊 (yìxìnglánshān) 春事闌珊／春事阑珊 春意闌珊／春意阑珊 (chūnyìlánshān) 桃葉珊瑚／桃叶珊瑚 涼珊珊／凉珊珊 燈火闌珊／灯火阑珊 (dēnghuǒlánshān) 珊瑚在網／珊瑚在网

珊瑚島／珊瑚岛 (shānhúdǎo) 珊瑚樹／珊瑚树 珊瑚蟲／珊瑚虫 (shānhúchóng) 綠珊瑚／绿珊瑚 鐵網珊瑚／铁网珊瑚 闌珊／阑珊 (lánshān)

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Japanese

Kanji

珊

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. coral

Readings

• Go-on: さん (san)
• Kan-on: さん (san)
• Kun: サンチ (sanchi, 珊)
• Nanori: さぶ (sabu)

Compounds

• 珊(さん)瑚(ご) (sango)
• 珊(さん)瑚(ご)樹(じゅ) (sangoju)
• 珊(さん)瑚(ご)礁(しょう) (sangoshō)
• 珊(さん)珊(さん) (sansan)
• 媻(ばん)珊(さん) (bansan)
• 闌(らん)珊(さん) (ransan)

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Korean

Hanja

珊 (eum 산 (san))

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Vietnamese

Han character

珊: Hán Nôm readings: san

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