讕

讕

See also: 谰

讕 U+8B95, 讕 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8B95 ← 讔 [U+8B94] CJK Unified Ideographs 讖 → [U+8B96]

Translingual

Han character

讕 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+17, 24 strokes, cangjie input 卜口日弓田 (YRANW), four-corner 0762₀, composition ⿰訁闌)

References

• KangXi: page 1187, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36142
• Dae Jaweon: page 1651, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4033, character 3
• Unihan data for U+8B95

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Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 讕
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
蘭	*ɡ·raːn
攔	*ɡ·raːn
欄	*ɡ·raːn
瀾	*ɡ·raːn, *ɡ·raːns
讕	*ɡ·raːn, *ɡ·raːnʔ, *ɡ·raːns
闌	*ɡ·raːn
韊	*ɡ·raːn
幱	*ɡ·raːn
籣	*ɡ·raːn
躝	*ɡ·raːn
爛	*ɡ·raːns
爤	*ɡ·raːns
鑭	*ɡ·raːns
糷	*ɡ·raːns
斕	*ɡ·reːn
揀	*kreːnʔ, *ɡ·reːns
柬	*kreːnʔ
暕	*kreːnʔ
諫	*kraːns
練	*ɡ·reːns
鍊	*ɡ·reːns
煉	*ɡ·reːns
楝	*ɡ·reːns
萰	*ɡ·reːns
堜	*ɡ·reːns
湅	*ɡ·reːns

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɡ·raːn, *ɡ·raːnʔ, *ɡ·raːns) : semantic 言 (“speech”) + phonetic 闌 (OC *ɡ·raːn).

Etymology 1

trad.		讕
simp.		谰
2nd round simp.		𰵟
alternative forms		譋 㘓／𪢌 𧬘 𧮧

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lán (lan²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): laan⁴, laan⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lán
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lán
    • Wade–Giles: lan²
    • Yale: lán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lan
    • Palladius: лань (lanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /län³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: laan⁴, laan⁵
    • Yale: làahn, láahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: laan⁴, laan⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: lan⁴, lan⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laːn²¹/, /laːn¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: /lɑn/, /lɑn^X/, /lɑn^H/

Rime
Character	讕	讕	讕
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	來 (37)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	寒 (61)	寒 (61)	寒 (61)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I	I
Fanqie	落干切	落旱切	郎旰切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɑn/	/lɑnX/	/lɑnH/
Pan Wuyun	/lɑn/	/lɑnX/	/lɑnH/
Shao Rongfen	/lɑn/	/lɑnX/	/lɑnH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lan/	/lanX/	/lanH/
Li Rong	/lɑn/	/lɑnX/	/lɑnH/
Wang Li	/lɑn/	/lɑnX/	/lɑnH/
Bernard Karlgren	/lɑn/	/lɑnX/	/lɑnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lán	lǎn	làn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	laan4	laan5	laan6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡ·raːn/, /*ɡ·raːnʔ/, /*ɡ·raːns/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	讕	讕	讕
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	6123	6129	6134
Phonetic component	柬	柬	柬
Rime group	元	元	元
Rime subdivision	1	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	蘭	嬾	爛
Old Chinese	/*ɡ·raːn/	/*ɡ·raːnʔ/	/*ɡ·raːns/

Definitions

讕

1. (literary) to calumniate; to slander
2. (literary) to refuse to admit; to disavow

Compounds

讕叻／谰叻

讕言／谰言 (lányán)

Etymology 2

trad.		讕
simp.		谰
alternative forms		懶／懒

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): laan^4-2

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: laan^4-2
    • Yale: láan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: laan^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: lan^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laːn²¹⁻³⁵/

Definitions

讕

1. (Cantonese) to behave as if

   細路，咪喺度食煙讕有型喎。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   细路，咪喺度食烟谰有型㖞。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   sai³ lou⁶, mai⁵ hai² dou⁶ sik⁶ jin¹ laan^4-2 jau⁵ jing⁴ wo³. [Jyutping]

   Kid, don't smoke thinking you're so cool.

Compounds

讕係嘢／谰系嘢 讕勁／谰劲 讕叻／谰叻

讕得戚／谰得戚 讕架勢／谰架势

讕正經／谰正经 讕醒／谰醒

References

• “讕”, 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

讕

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): らん (ran)
• Kun: そしる (soshiru)

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Vietnamese

Han character

讕: Hán Việt readings: lan[1][2][3][4]
讕: Nôm readings: lơn[1]

1. chữ Hán form of lan (“slander, disavow”).

References

1. Trần (2004).
2. Trần (1999).
3. Nguyễn (1974).
4. Thiều Chửu (1942).