嬗

嬗 U+5B17, 嬗 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B17 ← 嬖 [U+5B16] CJK Unified Ideographs 嬘 → [U+5B18]

Translingual

Han character

嬗 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+13, 16 strokes, cangjie input 女卜田一 (VYWM), four-corner 4041₆, composition ⿰女亶)

1. succession to the throne

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 272, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6771
• Dae Jaweon: page 540, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1085, character 1
• Unihan data for U+5B17

Chinese

trad.		嬗
simp. #		嬗

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
皽	*tjaʀ, *tanʔ, *tjanʔ
担	*taːnʔ
胆	*daːn, *daːn
疸	*taːnʔ, *taːns
觛	*taːnʔ, *taːns, *daːnʔ
亶	*taːnʔ
嬗	*taːnʔ, *tʰaːn, *djans
笪	*taːnʔ, *taːns, *taːd
狚	*taːnʔ, *taːns, *taːd
旦	*taːns
鴠	*taːns
譠	*tʰaːn, *rteːn
坦	*tʰaːnʔ
但	*daːn, *daːnʔ, *daːns
檀	*daːn
壇	*daːn
儃	*daːn, *djan
驙	*daːn, *tan
袒	*daːnʔ, *rdeːns
襢	*daːnʔ, *tanʔ, *tans
繵	*daːnʔ
膻	*daːnʔ
澶	*daːns, *djan
邅	*tan, *danʔ, *dans
鱣	*tan
饘	*tjan, *tjanʔ
旜	*tjan
氈	*tjan
鸇	*tjan
顫	*tjans
蟺	*djanʔ
擅	*djans
羶	*hljan
呾	*taːd, *ʔraːd
怛	*taːd
妲	*taːd
靼	*taːd, *tjad
炟	*taːd

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shàn (shan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sin⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shàn
    • Wade–Giles: shan⁴
    • Yale: shàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shann
    • Palladius: шань (šanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: sin⁶
    • Yale: sihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sin⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: xin⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn²²/

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• Middle Chinese: than, tanX, dzyenH

Rime
Character	嬗	嬗	嬗
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	透 (6)	端 (5)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	寒 (61)	寒 (61)	仙 (77)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I	III
Fanqie	他干切	多旱切	時戰切
Baxter	than	tanX	dzyenH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tʰɑn/	/tɑnX/	/d͡ʑiᴇnH/
Pan Wuyun	/tʰɑn/	/tɑnX/	/d͡ʑiɛnH/
Shao Rongfen	/tʰɑn/	/tɑnX/	/d͡ʑjænH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tʰan/	/tanX/	/d͡ʑianH/
Li Rong	/tʰɑn/	/tɑnX/	/ʑiɛnH/
Wang Li	/tʰɑn/	/tɑnX/	/ʑĭɛnH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/tʰɑn/	/tɑnX/	/ʑi̯ɛnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tān	dǎn	shàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	taan1	daan2	sin6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*taːnʔ/, /*tʰaːn/, /*djans/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嬗	嬗	嬗
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	2048	2058	2095
Phonetic component	旦	旦	旦
Rime group	元	元	元
Rime subdivision	1	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	亶	灘	繕
Old Chinese	/*taːnʔ/	/*tʰaːn/	/*djans/

Definitions

嬗

1. (literary) to evolve; to transform
2. (literary) Alternative form of 禪 / 禅 (“to abdicate and pass the throne”)

Compounds

• 嬗變 / 嬗变 (shànbiàn)
• 嬗遞 / 嬗递
• 遞嬗 / 递嬗 (dìshàn)

 

Japanese

Kanji

嬗

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): せん (sen)、ぜん (zen)、たん (tan)
• Kun: ゆるい (yurui)

Vietnamese

Han character

嬗: Hán Nôm readings: thiện

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References

• Nom Foundation