睒

See also: 鿃

睒 U+7752, 睒 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7752 ← 睑 [U+7751] CJK Unified Ideographs 睓 → [U+7753]

Translingual

Han character

睒 (Kangxi radical 109, 目+8, 13 strokes, cangjie input 月山火火 (BUFF), four-corner 6908₉, composition ⿰目炎)

1. to glance at, to peep
2. glittering
3. to shine

Derived characters

• 𭼮, 𣰍

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 809, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23412
• Dae Jaweon: page 1224, character 32
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2499, character 8
• Unihan data for U+7752

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
倓	*l'oːmʔ, *l'aːm, *l'aːms
緂	*l̥ʰaːm, *l̥ʰaːmʔ, *l̥ʰjam
毯	*l̥ʰaːmʔ
菼	*l̥ʰaːmʔ
裧	*l̥ʰaːmʔ, *l̥ʰjam, *l̥ʰjams
賧	*l̥ʰaːms
睒	*l̥ʰaːms, *hljamʔ
舕	*l̥ʰaːms
談	*l'aːm
郯	*l'aːm
惔	*l'aːm, *l'aːmʔ, *l'aːms
錟	*l'aːm
淡	*l'aːm, *l'aːmʔ, *l'aːms, *lamʔ
痰	*l'aːm
餤	*l'aːm
啖	*l'aːmʔ, *l'aːms
腅	*l'aːms
剡	*ɦljamʔ, *lamʔ
覢	*hljamʔ
掞	*hljams
炎	*ɦlam
琰	*lamʔ
棪	*lamʔ
扊	*lamʔ

Etymology 1

trad.		睒
simp. #		睒

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǎn (shan³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sim²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǎn
    • Wade–Giles: shan³
    • Yale: shǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shaan
    • Palladius: шань (šanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂän²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: sim²
    • Yale: sím
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sim²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xim²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːm³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: syemX, thamH

Rime
Character	睒	睒
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	書 (26)	透 (6)
Final (韻)	鹽 (153)	談 (143)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	失冉切	吐濫切
Baxter	syemX	thamH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕiᴇmX/	/tʰɑmH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕiɛmX/	/tʰɑmH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕjæmX/	/tʰɑmH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕiamX/	/tʰamH/
Li Rong	/ɕiɛmX/	/tʰɑmH/
Wang Li	/ɕĭɛmX/	/tʰɑmH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɕi̯ɛmX/	/tʰɑmH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shǎn	tàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sim2	taam3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*l̥ʰaːms/, /*hljamʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	睒	睒
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	14290	14312
Phonetic component	炎	炎
Rime group	談	談
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	賧	陝
Old Chinese	/*l̥ʰaːms/	/*hljamʔ/
Notes	餘校以爲應刪

Definitions

睒

1. (literary) to peep
2. (literary) to glisten; to twinkle

Compounds

• 睒睒
• 睒䁑／睒𱲥

 

Etymology 2

trad.		睒
simp. #		睒
alternative forms		掩

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): iam²

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• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: iam²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iám
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iam⁵²/

Definitions

睒 (Teochew)

1. to glance; to glimpse; to peek
2. to peep

Compounds

• 睒睇 (Teochew)
• 睒鏡／睒镜 (Teochew)

 

References

• “睒”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

睒

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): せん (sen)、だん (dan)
• Kun: ぬすみみる (nusumimiru)

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

睒: Hán Nôm readings: cò, gườm, gượm, thiểm

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References

• Nom Foundation