跚

跚	U+8DDA, 跚 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8DDA

← 跙
[U+8DD9]

CJK Unified Ideographs

跛 →
[U+8DDB]

Translingual

Alternative forms

Due to Han unification, the traditional form containing 冊 and simplified form containing 册 (used in mainland China and Korea for this character) are encoded under the same code point. Depending on the font installed, this character may appear to be either 跚 or 跚.

Han character

跚 (Kangxi radical 157, 足+5, 12 strokes, cangjie input 口一月月一 (RMBBM) or 口一月廿 (RMBT), four-corner 6714₀, composition ⿰𧾷册(GK) or ⿰𧾷冊(HTJ))

to stagger; to limp

References

KangXi: page 1224, character 4
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 37477
Dae Jaweon: page 1695, character 28
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3697, character 11
Unihan data for U+8DDA

Chinese

trad.		跚
simp. ^#		跚

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

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)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: san
  - Tâi-lô: san
  - Phofsit Daibuun: safn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /san⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /san³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /san⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /san⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /san⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: /sɑn/

Rime
Character	跚
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	跚
Reading #	1/1
No.	11065
Phonetic component	删
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	𦙽
Old Chinese	/*slaːn/

Definitions

跚

Used in 蹣跚／蹒跚 (pánshān).
to step on; to trample

Compounds

槃跚

盤跚／盘跚

蹣跚／蹒跚 (pánshān)

Japanese

Kanji

跚

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

to stagger; to reel; to stumble

Readings

On (unclassified): さん (san)

Kun: よろめく (yoromeku)

Korean

Hanja

跚 • (san) (hangeul 산, revised san, McCune–Reischauer san, Yale san)

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Vietnamese

Han character

跚: Hán Nôm readings: san

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References

Nom Foundation