詵

詵

See also: 诜

詵 U+8A75, 詵 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8A75 ← 詴 [U+8A74] CJK Unified Ideographs 詶 → [U+8A76]

Translingual

Han character

詵 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+6, 13 strokes, cangjie input 卜口竹土山 (YRHGU), four-corner 0461₁, composition ⿰訁先)

Derived characters

• 𪝮

Related characters

• 诜 (Simplified Chinese)

References

• KangXi: page 1159, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35448
• Dae Jaweon: page 1625, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3965, character 4
• Unihan data for U+8A75

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Chinese

trad.		詵
simp.		诜

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
洗	*sɯːlʔ, *sɯːnʔ
先	*sɯːn, *sɯːns
銑	*sɯːnʔ
跣	*sɯːnʔ
毨	*sɯːnʔ
姺	*sɯːnʔ, *srin
筅	*sɯːnʔ
冼	*sɯːnʔ
箲	*sɯːnʔ
駪	*srin
兟	*srin
詵	*srin
侁	*srin

Shuowen: Ideogrammic compound (會意) and phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *srin) : semantic 言 (“to say”) + phonetic 先 (OC *sɯːn, *sɯːns, “to advance”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shēn (shen¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): san¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shen
    • Wade–Giles: shên¹
    • Yale: shēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shen
    • Palladius: шэнь (šɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: san¹
    • Yale: sān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: san¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /ʃɪn/

Rime
Character	詵
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	臻 (46)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	所臻切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʃɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/ʃɪn/
Shao Rongfen	/ʃien/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʂin/
Li Rong	/ʃiĕn/
Wang Li	/ʃĭen/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʂi̯æn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shēn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	san1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*srər/

  (Zhengzhang): /*srin/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	詵
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shēn
Middle Chinese	‹ srin ›
Old Chinese	/*srər/
English	numerous
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	詵
Reading #	1/1
No.	13470
Phonetic component	先
Rime group	眞
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	莘
Old Chinese	/*srin/

Definitions

詵

1. ^† to make a speech first among many people
2. ^† to inquire; to question
3. ^† Used in 詵詵／诜诜 (“many; numerous; lush; luxuriant”).

   • 螽斯羽，詵詵兮。宜爾子孫，振振兮！ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     螽斯羽，诜诜兮。宜尔子孙，振振兮！ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Zhōng sī yǔ, shēnshēn xī. Yí ěr zǐsūn, zhèn zhèn xī! [Pinyin]

     Ye locusts, winged tribes; How harmoniously you collect together. Right it is that your descendants should be multitudinous!

Compounds

詵枝／诜枝 詵桂／诜桂

詵詵／诜诜 詵誨／诜诲

郤詵丹桂／郤诜丹桂 郤詵高第／郤诜高第

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Found only in Multi-function Chinese Character Database. No definition provided.”)

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saang²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: saang²
    • Yale: sáang
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saang²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sang²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːŋ³⁵/

Definitions

詵

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Japanese

Kanji

詵

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. (archaic) to inquire; to question
2. (archaic) Used in 詵詵(しんしん) (shinshin, “many; numerous”)

Readings

• On (unclassified): しん (shin); せん (sen)
• Kun: とる (toru)

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Korean

Hanja

詵 • (seon) (hangeul 선, revised seon, McCune–Reischauer sŏn, Yale sen)

1. to inquire; to question

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Vietnamese

Han character

詵: Hán Việt readings: sằn[1], săn[2]
詵: Nôm readings: săn[1][2]

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References

1. Nguyễn (2014).
2. Nguyễn et al. (2009).