譣

譣 U+8B63, 譣 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8B63 ← 譢 [U+8B62] CJK Unified Ideographs 譤 → [U+8B64]

Translingual

Han character

譣 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+13, 20 strokes, cangjie input 卜口人一人 (YROMO), four-corner 0868₆, composition ⿰訁僉)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1183, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36005
• Dae Jaweon: page 1645, character 26
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4025, character 5
• Unihan data for U+8B63

Chinese

simp. and trad.		譣

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎn (xian³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): him²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎn
    • Wade–Giles: hsien³
    • Yale: syǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shean
    • Palladius: сянь (sjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: him²
    • Yale: hím
    • Cantonese Pinyin: him²
    • Guangdong Romanization: him²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiːm³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tshjem, xjemX

Rime
Character	譣	譣
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	清 (14)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	鹽 (153)	鹽 (154)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	七廉切	虚檢切
Baxter	tshjem	xjemX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰiᴇm/	/hˠiᴇmX/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰiɛm/	/hᵚiɛmX/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰjæm/	/xiæmX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰiam/	/hjiamX/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰiɛm/	/xjɛmX/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰĭɛm/	/xĭɛmX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡sʰi̯ɛm/	/xi̯ɛmX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qiān	xiǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cim1	him2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*s.qʰ[a]m/, /*s.qʰ[a]mʔ/, /*s.qʰ[a]m/

  (Zhengzhang): /*skʰlam/, /*qʰramʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	譣	譣	譣
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	qiān	qiǎn	xiān
Middle Chinese	‹ tshjem ›	‹ tshjemX ›	‹ sjem ›
Old Chinese	/*s.qʰ[a]m/ (dialect: *s.qʰ- > MC tsh-	/*s.qʰ[a]mʔ/ (dialect: *s.qʰ- > MC tsh-	/*s.qʰ[a]m/
English	insincere, ingratiating	insincere, ingratiating	insincere, ingratiating
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	譣	譣
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	10206	10223
Phonetic component	僉	僉
Rime group	談	談
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	籤	險
Old Chinese	/*skʰlam/	/*qʰramʔ/

Definitions

譣

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Japanese

Kanji

譣

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): せん (sen)、けん (ken)、げん (gen)
• Kun: とう (tō)