娑殫

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (娑殫)		娑	殫
simp. (娑殚)		娑	殚

Etymology

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew שָׂטָן (Śāṭān).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Suōdān

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄛ ㄉㄢ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Suōdān
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄛ ㄉㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Suodan
    • Wade–Giles: So¹-tan¹
    • Yale: Swō-dān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Suodan
    • Palladius: Содань (Sodanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su̯ɔ⁵⁵ tän⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: sa|saX tan

Rime
Character	娑	娑	殫
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	心 (16)	端 (5)
Final (韻)	歌 (94)	歌 (94)	寒 (61)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I	I
Fanqie	素何切	蘇可切	都寒切
Baxter	sa	saX	tan
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sɑ/	/sɑX/	/tɑn/
Pan Wuyun	/sɑ/	/sɑX/	/tɑn/
Shao Rongfen	/sɑ/	/sɑX/	/tɑn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sa/	/saX/	/tan/
Li Rong	/sɑ/	/sɑX/	/tɑn/
Wang Li	/sɑ/	/sɑX/	/tɑn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/sɑ/	/sɑX/	/tɑn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	suō	suǒ	dān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	so1	so2	daan1

Proper noun

娑殫

1. (Church of the East, historical) Satan

   • 洎乎娑殫施妄，鈿飾純精。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     洎乎娑殚施妄，钿饰纯精。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 大秦景教流行中國碑頌

     Jì hū Suōdān shī wàng, diàn shì chún jīng. [Pinyin]

     Until Satan introduced the seeds of falsehood, to deteriorate his purity of principle.

Synonyms

Terms for Satan in different branches of Christianity

Branch	Words edit
Protestant	撒但, 撒旦
Roman Catholic	撒殫
Church of the East	閻羅王, 娑殫