嗔

嗔 U+55D4, 嗔 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-55D4 ← 嗓 [U+55D3] CJK Unified Ideographs 嗕 → [U+55D5]

Translingual

Han character

嗔 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 口十月金 (RJBC), four-corner 6108₁, composition ⿰口真 or ⿰口眞)

1. be angry at, scold, rebuke

Derived characters

• 𬉌

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 202, character 30
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4074
• Dae Jaweon: page 425, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 665, character 9
• Unihan data for U+55D4

Chinese

simp. and trad.		嗔
alternative forms		謓 瞋 㥲

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
寘	*tjels
䡩	*kʰriːn
黰	*ʔriːn, *ʔljinʔ
顛	*tiːn, *tʰiːns
滇	*tiːn, *tʰiːns, *diːn
齻	*tiːn
槙	*tiːn, *tjinʔ
瘨	*tiːn
傎	*tiːn
蹎	*tiːn
厧	*tiːn
巔	*tiːn
癲	*tiːn
瑱	*tʰiːns, *tins
填	*diːn, *diːns, *tin, *tins
窴	*diːn, *diːns
闐	*diːn, *diːns
磌	*diːn, *tjin
鷏	*diːn
嗔	*diːn, *tʰjin
搷	*diːn
鎮	*tin, *tins
縝	*tʰin, *ʔljinʔ, *tʰjin
真	*ʔljin
禛	*tjin
稹	*ʔljin, *ʔljinʔ
蒖	*tjin
鬒	*ʔljinʔ
瞋	*tʰjin
謓	*tʰjin
慎	*djins

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chēn (chen¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): can¹ / zan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chen
    • Wade–Giles: chʻên¹
    • Yale: chēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chen
    • Palladius: чэнь (čɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: can¹ / zan¹
    • Yale: chān / jān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsan¹ / dzan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cen¹ / zen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐn⁵⁵/, /t͡sɐn⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyhin, den

Rime
Character	嗔	嗔
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	昌 (24)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	眞 (43)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	IV
Fanqie	昌眞切	徒年切
Baxter	tsyhin	den
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕʰiɪn/	/den/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕʰin/	/den/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕʰjen/	/dɛn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cʰin/	/dɛn/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕʰiĕn/	/den/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕʰĭĕn/	/dien/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡ɕʰi̯ĕn/	/dʱien/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chēn	tián
Expected Cantonese Reflex	can1	tin4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*diːn/, /*tʰjin/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嗔	嗔
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	17056	17078
Phonetic component	眞	眞
Rime group	眞	眞
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	田	瞋
Old Chinese	/*diːn/	/*tʰjin/
Notes		同瞋

Definitions

嗔

1. to be angry; to be furious
2. to scold; to rebuke
3. alternative form of 瞋 (chēn, “to glare at angrily with wide eyes”)

Compounds

• 嗔喝
• 嗔忿
• 嗔怪 (chēnguài)
• 嗔怒 (chēnnù)
• 嗔目 (chēnmù)
• 嗔睨
• 嗔色
• 嗔詬 / 嗔诟
• 嗔責 / 嗔责
• 嗔道
• 回嗔作喜 (huíchēn zuòxǐ)
• 嬌嗔 / 娇嗔 (jiāochēn)
• 宜喜宜嗔
• 宜嗔宜喜
• 立眉嗔目
• 薄面含嗔
• 雷嗔電怒 / 雷嗔电怒

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 嗔 – see 闐. (This character is a variant form of 闐).

References

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

Japanese

Kanji

嗔

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: しん (shin)、でん (den)
• Kan-on: しん (shin)、てん (ten)
• Kun: いかる (ikaru, 嗔る)

Korean

Hanja

嗔 (eum 진 (jin))

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Vietnamese

Han character

嗔: Hán Nôm readings: sân, xin, xân, sun

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