襳

襳

襳 U+8973, 襳 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8973 ← 襲 [U+8972] CJK Unified Ideographs 襴 → [U+8974]

Translingual

Han character

襳 (radical 145, 衣+17, 23 strokes, cangjie input 中人戈一 (LOIM), four-corner 3325₀, composition ⿰衤韱)

References

• KangXi: page 1127, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34724
• Dae Jaweon: page 1594, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3122, character 9
• Unihan data for U+8973

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		襳

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (韱) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
讖	*sʰrims
攕	*sreːm
櫼	*sreːm, *ʔsem
懺	*sʰraːms
殲	*ʔsem
瀸	*ʔsem
鑯	*ʔsem
虃	*ʔslem
籤	*sʰem
韯	*sem
纖	*sem
孅	*sem
韱	*sem
襳	*sem, *srem, *srim

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiān (xian¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cim¹, sam¹, sim¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: xiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ
    • Wade–Giles: hsien¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shian
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: cim¹, sam¹, sim¹
    • Yale: chīm, sām, sīm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsim¹, sam¹, sim¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: qim¹, sem¹, xim¹
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːm⁵⁵/, /sɐm⁵⁵/, /siːm⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /ʃˠiɪm/, /siᴇm/, /ʃˠiᴇm/▼

Rime
Character	襳	襳	襳
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	生 (21)	心 (16)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	侵 (140)	鹽 (153)	鹽 (154)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	Chongniu III	III	Chongniu III
Fanqie	所今切	息廉切	史炎切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʃˠiɪm/	/siᴇm/	/ʃˠiᴇm/
Pan Wuyun	/ʃᵚim/	/siɛm/	/ʃᵚiɛm/
Shao Rongfen	/ʃiem/	/sjæm/	/ʃiæm/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʂjim/	/siam/	/ʂjiam/
Li Rong	/ʃjəm/	/siɛm/	/ʃjɛm/
Wang Li	/ʃĭĕm/	/sĭɛm/	/ʃĭɛm/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʂi̯əm/	/si̯ɛm/	/ʂi̯ɛm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shēn	xiān	shān

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*sem/, /*srem/, /*srim/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	襳	襳	襳
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	13487	13488	13489
Phonetic component	韱	韱	韱
Rime group	談	談	侵
Rime subdivision	2	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	銛	襳	森
Old Chinese	/*sem/	/*srem/	/*srim/
Notes		見張衡賦	見張衡賦

Definitions

襳

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Japanese

Kanji

襳

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: しん (shin)^{←しん (sin, historical)←しむ (simu, ancient)}; せん (sen)^{←せん (sen, historical)←せむ (semu, ancient)}
• Kan-on: しん (shin)^{←しん (sin, historical)←しむ (simu, ancient)}; せん (sen)^{←せん (sen, historical)←せむ (semu, ancient)}
• Kun: したぎ (shitagi, 襳)