韱

韱

韱 U+97F1, 韱 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-97F1 ← 韰 [U+97F0] CJK Unified Ideographs 韲 → [U+97F2]

Translingual

Han character

韱 (Kangxi radical 179, 韭+8, 17 strokes, cangjie input 人戈中尸一 (OILSM), four-corner 8315₀, composition ⿹㦰韭)

1. wild onions or leeks

Derived terms

• 籤, 懺, 讖, 殲, 櫼, 㡨, 瀸, 攕, 孅, 纖, 鑯, 䤘

References

• KangXi: page 1396, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 43246
• Dae Jaweon: page 1911, character 32
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4404, character 12
• Unihan data for U+97F1

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		韱

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *sem) : semantic 韭 + phonetic 㦰 ().

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiān (xian¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cim¹
• Min Nan (POJ): siam

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sian
    • Wade–Giles: hsien¹
    • Yale: syān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shian
    • Palladius: сянь (sjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕjɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: cim¹
    • Yale: chīm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsim¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: qim¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːm⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siam
    • Tâi-lô: siam
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siafm
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiam⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiam³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiam⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕiam⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiam⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /siᴇm/

Rime
Character	韱
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	鹽 (153)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	息廉切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/siᴇm/
Pan Wuyun	/siɛm/
Shao Rongfen	/sjæm/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/siam/
Li Rong	/siɛm/
Wang Li	/sĭɛm/
Bernard Karlgren	/si̯ɛm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sim1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sem/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	韱
Reading #	1/1
No.	13486
Phonetic component	韱
Rime group	談
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	銛
Old Chinese	/*sem/

Definitions

韱

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References

• (Cantonese) Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 3), p. 237

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Japanese

Kanji

韱

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. wild onions or leeks

Readings

• On (unclassified): せん (sen)
• Kun: やまにら (yamanira)

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Korean

Hanja

韱 • (seom) (hangeul 섬, revised seom, McCune–Reischauer sŏm, Yale sem)

1. wild onions or leeks