芟

芟

芟 U+829F, 芟 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-829F ← 芞 [U+829E] CJK Unified Ideographs 芠 → [U+82A0]

Translingual

Han character

芟 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 廿竹弓水 (THNE), four-corner 4440₇, composition ⿱艹殳)

1. mow, cut
2. weed out
3. scythe

References

• KangXi: page 1019, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30701
• Dae Jaweon: page 1477, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3184, character 2
• Unihan data for U+829F

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Chinese

trad.		芟
simp. #		芟

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 芟
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shān (shan¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saam¹, saan¹

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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: saam¹, saan¹
    • Yale: sāam, sāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saam¹, saan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sam¹, san¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːm⁵⁵/, /saːn⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /ʃˠam/

Rime
Character	芟
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	銜 (149)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	所銜切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʃˠam/
Pan Wuyun	/ʃᵚam/
Shao Rongfen	/ʃam/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʂaɨm/
Li Rong	/ʃam/
Wang Li	/ʃam/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʂam/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	saam1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[s]ˤr[a]m/

  (Zhengzhang): /*sroːm/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	芟
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shān
Middle Chinese	‹ sræm ›
Old Chinese	/*[s]ˁr[a]m/
English	mow (v.)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	芟
Reading #	1/1
No.	11069
Phonetic component	芟
Rime group	談
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	衫
Old Chinese	/*sroːm/
Notes	小徐殳聲

Definitions

芟

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Compounds

芟夷 (shānyí) 芟秋 芟落

芟除 (shānchú) 芟穢／芟秽

芟繁就簡／芟繁就简 載芟／载芟

References

• “芟”, 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

芟

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. scythe
2. to scythe, to cut

Readings

• Go-on: せん (sen)
• Kan-on: さん (san)
• Kun: かま (kama); かる (karu, 芟る)

Compounds

• 芟除(さんじょ) (sanjo)
• 芟穢(さんわい) (sanwai)

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Korean

Hanja

芟 • (sam) (hangeul 삼, revised sam, McCune–Reischauer sam, Yale sam)

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