蔪

蔪 U+852A, 蔪 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-852A ← 蔩 [U+8529] CJK Unified Ideographs 蔫 → [U+852B]

Translingual

Han character

蔪 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 廿十十中 (TJJL), four-corner 4452₁, composition ⿱艹斬)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1055, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31834
• Dae Jaweon: page 1518, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3276, character 3
• Unihan data for U+852A

Chinese

trad.		蔪
simp.		𰱑

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
慚	*zaːm
慙	*zaːm
鏨	*zaːm, *zaːmʔ, *zaːms, *zeːm, *zamʔ
槧	*zaːmʔ, *sʰam, *sʰams, *zamʔ
暫	*zaːms
蹔	*zaːms
斬	*ʔsreːmʔ
獑	*zeːm, *zaːm
嶃	*zreːmʔ, *zaːm
覱	*ʔsraːms
摲	*sʰraːms
漸	*ʔsam, *zamʔ
塹	*sʰams
壍	*sʰams
嬱	*sʰams
螹	*zam, *zamʔ
蔪	*zamʔ

Etymology

Perhaps from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tip ~ *tu(p/m) (“to wrap up”); see 蠶 (OC *zluːm, “silkworm”) for more (STEDT).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiàn (jian⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saam¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiàn
    • Wade–Giles: chien⁴
    • Yale: jyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiann
    • Palladius: цзянь (czjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: saam¹
    • Yale: sāam
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sam¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːm⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: dzjemX

Rime
Character	蔪
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	鹽 (153)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	慈染切
Baxter	dzjemX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ziᴇmX/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ziɛmX/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡zjæmX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ziamX/
Li Rong	/d͡ziɛmX/
Wang Li	/d͡zĭɛmX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/d͡zʱi̯ɛmX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zim6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*zamʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蔪
Reading #	1/1
No.	16812
Phonetic component	斬
Rime group	談
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	漸
Old Chinese	/*zamʔ/

Definitions

蔪

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Japanese

Kanji

蔪

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

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• Go-on: ぜん (zen)^{←ぜん (zen, historical)←ぜむ (zemu, ancient)}
• Kan-on: さん (san)^{←さん (san, historical)←さむ (samu, ancient)}、せん (sen)^{←せん (sen, historical)←せむ (semu, ancient)}
• Kun: つつむ (tsutsumu, 蔪む)

Korean

Hanja

蔪 • (jeom) (hangeul 점, revised jeom, McCune–Reischauer chŏm, Yale cem)

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