㾪

㾪 U+3FAA, 㾪 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-3FAA ← 㾩 [U+3FA9] CJK Unified Ideographs Extension A 㾫 → [U+3FAB]

Translingual

Han character

㾪 (Kangxi radical 104, 疒+9, 14 strokes, cangjie input 大火竹山 (KFHU), composition ⿸疒省)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 776, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2684, character 1
• Unihan data for U+3FAA

Chinese

simp. and trad.		㾪
alternative forms		𤵙 𩩭 瘦 Min

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声): semantic 疒 (“illness”) + phonetic 省 (OC *sreŋʔ, *sleŋʔ).

Etymology

Related to 省 (OC *sreŋʔ, “to reduce”) (Wang, 1982).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shěng (sheng³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saang²
• Eastern Min (BUC): sēng
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): seng³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sán

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sang²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shěng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shěng
    • Wade–Giles: shêng³
    • Yale: shěng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheeng
    • Palladius: шэн (šɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: saang²
    • Yale: sáang
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saang²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sang²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːŋ³⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: sēng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛiŋ³³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Jiangkou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: seng³
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: sêng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬɛŋ⁴⁵³/
  • (Nanri)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: seng³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬe̞ŋ⁴⁵³/
  • (Xianyou, Fengting)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: seng³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬɛŋ³³²/
  • (Youyang)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: seng³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /θɛŋ³³²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sán
    • Tâi-lô: sán
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sarn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /san⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /san⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /san⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /san⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /san⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sang²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sáng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saŋ⁵²/

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• Middle Chinese: srjaengX

Rime
Character	㾪
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	庚 (111)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	所景切
Baxter	srjaengX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʃˠiæŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʃᵚiaŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/ʃiaŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʂiajŋX/
Li Rong	/ʃiɐŋX/
Wang Li	/ʃĭɐŋX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʂi̯ɐŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shěng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sang2

Definitions

㾪

1. (literary or Southern Min, of a person or animal) thin; slim
2. (Eastern Min, Southern Min, of meat) lean
3. (Southern Min, of land) barren; infertile
4. (Southern Min) poor; not wealthy
5. (Xiamen and Quanzhou Hokkien) simple; of small quantity

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 瘦 (“thin; skinny (a person or animal)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		瘠, 瘦
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		瘦, 消瘦, 清瘦, 瘦削, 清癯
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	瘦
	Taiwan	瘦
	Harbin	瘦
	Malaysia	瘦
	Singapore	瘦
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	瘦
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	瘦
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	瘦
	Wanrong	瘦
	Xi'an	瘦
	Xining	瘦
	Xuzhou	瘦
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	瘦
	Ürümqi	瘦
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	瘦
	Wuhan	瘦
	Guiyang	瘦, 單精
	Guilin	瘦
	Liuzhou	瘦
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	瘦
	Yangzhou	瘦
	Hefei	瘦
Cantonese	Guangzhou	瘦, 瘦削
	Hong Kong	瘦, 瘦削
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	瘦
	Macau	瘦
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	瘦
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	瘦
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	瘦
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	瘦
	Foshan	瘦
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	瘦
	Foshan (Shunde)	瘦
	Foshan (Sanshui)	瘦
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	瘦
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	瘦
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	瘦
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	瘦
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	瘦
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	瘦
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	瘦
	Taishan	瘦
	Kaiping (Chikan)	瘦
	Enping (Niujiang)	瘦
	Heshan (Yayao)	瘦
	Dongguan	瘦
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	瘦
	Yangjiang	瘦
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	瘦
	Singapore (Guangfu)	瘦
Gan	Nanchang	瘦
	Lichuan	瘦
	Pingxiang	瘦
Hakka	Meixian	瘦
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	瘦
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	瘦
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	瘦
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	瘦
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	瘦
	Pinghe (Jiufeng)	瘦
	Changting	瘦
	Shanghang	瘦
	Longyan (Yongding)	瘦
	Wuping	瘦
	Liancheng	瘦
	Ninghua	𤸬, 猴
	Qingliu	𤸬
	Yudu	瘦
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	瘦
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	瘦
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	瘦
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	瘦
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	瘦
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	瘦
	Senai (Huiyang)	瘦
Huizhou	Jixi	瘦
Jin	Taiyuan	瘦
Northern Min	Jian'ou	𤸬
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	𤸬
	Songxi	𤸬
	Zhenghe	𤸬
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	𤸬
	Jianyang	𤸬
	Wuyishan	𤸬
	Pucheng (Shibei)	瘦
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	𤸬
	Fuzhou (Changle)	𤸬
	Fuqing	𤸬
	Pingtan	𤸬
	Yongtai	𤸬
	Gutian	𤸬
	Fu'an	𤸬
	Ningde	𤸬
	Shouning	𤸬
	Zhouning	𤸬
	Fuding	𤸬
Southern Min	Xiamen	㾪
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	㾪
	Quanzhou	㾪
	Jinjiang	㾪
	Nan'an	㾪
	Shishi	㾪
	Hui'an	㾪
	Anxi	㾪
	Yongchun	㾪
	Dehua	㾪
	Zhangzhou	㾪, 薄抨
	Zhangzhou (Longhai)	㾪
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	㾪
	Hua'an	㾪
	Nanjing	㾪
	Pinghe	㾪
	Zhangpu	㾪
	Yunxiao	㾪
	Zhao'an	㾪
	Dongshan	㾪
	Taipei	㾪
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	㾪
	Kaohsiung	㾪
	Yilan	㾪
	Changhua (Lukang)	㾪
	Taichung	㾪
	Tainan	㾪
	Hsinchu	㾪
	Kinmen	㾪
	Penghu (Magong)	㾪
	Penang (Hokkien)	㾪
	Singapore (Hokkien)	㾪
	Manila (Hokkien)	㾪
	Longyan	⿸疒袁
	Zhangping	㾪, 𤸬
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	㾪, 𤸬
	Datian	㾪
	Chaozhou	㾪
	Shantou	㾪
	Shantou (Chenghai)	㾪
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	㾪
	Singapore (Teochew)	㾪
	Leizhou	㾪
	Wenchang	㾪
	Haikou	㾪
Puxian Min	Putian	㾪
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	㾪
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	㾪
	Xianyou	㾪
	Xianyou (Fengting)	㾪
	Xianyou (Youyang)	㾪
Central Min	Yong'an	𤸬
	Sanming (Sanyuan)	𤸬
	Sanming (Shaxian)	𤸬
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	㾪
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	瘦
Wu	Shanghai	瘦
	Shanghai (Chongming)	瘦
	Suzhou	瘦
	Danyang	瘦
	Hangzhou	瘦
	Ningbo	瘦
	Wenzhou	㾹
	Jinhua	瘦
Xiang	Changsha	瘦
	Loudi	瘦
	Shuangfeng	瘦

Dialectal synonyms of 瘦 (“lean (meat)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		瘦
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	瘦
	Taiwan	瘦
	Harbin	瘦
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	瘦
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	瘦
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	瘦
	Wanrong	瘦
	Xi'an	瘦
	Xining	瘦
	Xuzhou	瘦
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	瘦
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	瘦
	Wuhan	瘦
	Guiyang	瘦
	Guilin	瘦
	Liuzhou	瘦
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	瘦
	Yangzhou	瘦
	Hefei	精
Cantonese	Guangzhou	瘦
	Hong Kong	瘦
	Dongguan	瘦
	Yangjiang	瘦
Gan	Nanchang	瘦, 精
	Lichuan	精
	Pingxiang	精
Hakka	Meixian	精
	Yudu	精
Huizhou	Jixi	精
Jin	Taiyuan	瘦
Northern Min	Jian'ou	瘦
	Songxi	瘦
	Jianyang	瘦
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	㾪
	Fuqing	㾪
	Gutian	㾪
	Ningde	赤
	Zhouning	㾪
	Fuding	赤
Southern Min	Xiamen	精, 赤
	Quanzhou	精
	Yongchun	精, 赤
	Zhangzhou	赤
	Singapore (Hokkien)	精, 赤
	Longyan	精
	Datian	㾪
	Chaozhou	精
Puxian Min	Putian	精
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	精
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	赤, 精
	Xianyou	烏, 赤
	Xianyou (Fengting)	烏, 赤
	Xianyou (Youyang)	烏, 赤
Central Min	Yong'an	瘦
	Sanming (Shaxian)	瘦
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	瘦
Wu	Shanghai	精
	Suzhou	精
	Danyang	精
	Ningbo	精
	Wenzhou	精
	Jinhua	精
Xiang	Changsha	瘦, 精
	Loudi	精
	Shuangfeng	瘦, 精

Derived terms

• 做㾪氣 / 做㾪气
• 消㾪落肉
• 烏憔㾪 / 乌憔㾪
• 烏焦㾪 / 乌焦㾪
• 㾪卑巴
• 㾪妍
• 㾪巴巴
• 㾪扶
• 㾪抽
• 㾪數 / 㾪数
• 㾪梭
• 㾪梭梭
• 㾪猴
• 㾪田
• 㾪田𠢕束水
• 㾪田𠢕欶水
• 㾪田𠢕燥水
• 㾪的
• 㾪細 / 㾪细
• 㾪肉
• 㾪話 / 㾪话
• 㾪赤
• 㾪躼 / 㾪𲄚
• 㾪酷酷
• 㾪長 / 㾪长
• 窮㾪 / 穷㾪

References

• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “㾪”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 474.
• 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long]; 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu]; 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying]; 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019), “2218 瘦（不肥，不胖）”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 498.