嚵

嚵 U+56B5, 嚵 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-56B5 ← 嚴 [U+56B4] CJK Unified Ideographs 嚶 → [U+56B6]

Translingual

Han character

嚵 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+17, 20 strokes, cangjie input 口弓口戈 (RNRI), four-corner 6701₃, composition ⿰口毚)

1. gluttonous
2. greedy

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 214, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4591
• Dae Jaweon: page 437, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 704, character 9
• Unihan data for U+56B5

Chinese

trad.		嚵
simp. #		嚵
alternative forms		𡅛 𡁅

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
纔	*zlɯː, *zlɯːs, *sraːm
讒	*zrɯːm, *zraːms
饞	*zrɯːm
毚	*zrɯːm, *zraːm
欃	*zrɯːm, *zraːms
攙	*zrɯːm, *sʰraːm
儳	*zrɯːm, *zrɯːms, *sʰraːms
酁	*zrɯːm
瀺	*zrɯːmʔ
嚵	*sʰraːms, *zraːm, *zlamʔ
巉	*zraːm, *zraːmʔ
劖	*zraːm
艬	*zraːm, *zraːms
鑱	*zraːm, *zraːms

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chán, chàn (chan², chan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄢˊ, ㄔㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caam⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chán
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chán
    • Wade–Giles: chʻan²
    • Yale: chán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: charn
    • Palladius: чань (čanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰän³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chàn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻan⁴
    • Yale: chàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chann
    • Palladius: чань (čanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: caam⁴
    • Yale: chàahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cam⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːm²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: dzraem, dzjemX, tsrhaemH

Rime
Character	嚵	嚵	嚵
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	崇 (20)	從 (15)	初 (19)
Final (韻)	銜 (149)	鹽 (153)	銜 (149)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	III	II
Fanqie	鋤銜切	慈染切	楚鑑切
Baxter	dzraem	dzjemX	tsrhaemH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʒˠam/	/d͡ziᴇmX/	/t͡ʃʰˠamH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖ͡ʐᵚam/	/d͡ziɛmX/	/ʈ͡ʂʰᵚamH/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʒam/	/d͡zjæmX/	/t͡ʃʰamH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖ͡ʐaɨm/	/d͡ziamX/	/ʈ͡ʂʰaɨmH/
Li Rong	/d͡ʒam/	/d͡ziɛmX/	/t͡ʃʰamH/
Wang Li	/d͡ʒam/	/d͡zĭɛmX/	/t͡ʃʰamH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɖ͡ʐʱam/	/d͡zʱi̯ɛmX/	/ʈ͡ʂʰamH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chán	jiàn	chàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	caam4	zim6	caam3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sʰraːms/, /*zraːm/, /*zlamʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嚵	嚵	嚵
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	1232	1238	1245
Phonetic component	毚	毚	毚
Rime group	談	談	談
Rime subdivision	1	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	懺	巉	漸
Old Chinese	/*sʰraːms/	/*zraːm/	/*zlamʔ/

Definitions

嚵

1. (literary, of an animal) mouth; beak
2. (literary) to taste; to try
3. Alternative form of 饞 / 馋 (chán, “gluttonous; greedy”)

Japanese

Kanji

嚵

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): さん (san)、ざん (zan)、せん (sen)、ぜん (zen)
• Kun: すする (susuru)、くち (kuchi)、くちばし (kuchibashi)