姍

See also: 姗

姍 U+59CD, 姍 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59CD ← 姌 [U+59CC] CJK Unified Ideographs 姎 → [U+59CE]

Translingual

Han character

姍 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 女月廿 (VBT), four-corner 4744₀, composition ⿰女冊)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 258, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6169
• Dae Jaweon: page 524, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1037, character 10
• Unihan data for U+59CD

Chinese

trad.		姍/姗
simp.		姗

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
珊	*slaːn
跚	*slaːn
姗	*slaːn
删	*sraːn
栅	*sʰraːɡ, *sʰreːɡ, *sraːns

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *slaːn): semantic 女 (“female”) + abbreviated phonetic 刪 (OC *sraːn).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shān, shàn (shan¹, shan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄢ, ㄕㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shān
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shan
    • Wade–Giles: shan¹
    • Yale: shān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shan
    • Palladius: шань (šanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂän⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shàn
    • Wade–Giles: shan⁴
    • Yale: shàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shann
    • Palladius: шань (šanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂän⁵¹/

Note: shàn - “to slander”.

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: saan¹
    • Yale: sāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: san¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːn⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: san

Rime
Character	姍
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	寒 (61)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	蘇干切
Baxter	san
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sɑn/
Pan Wuyun	/sɑn/
Shao Rongfen	/sɑn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/san/
Li Rong	/sɑn/
Wang Li	/sɑn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/sɑn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	sān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	saan1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*slaːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	姍
Reading #	1/1
No.	11066
Phonetic component	删
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	𦙽
Old Chinese	/*slaːn/

Definitions

姍

1. used in 姍姍／姗姗 (shānshān)
2. (obsolete) to slander
3. (obsolete) glorious
4. a surname

Compounds

• 姍姍 / 姗姗 (shānshān)
• 姍姍來遲 / 姗姗来迟
• 姍笑 / 姗笑
• 媻姍 / 媻姗

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiān (xian¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sin¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sian
    • Wade–Giles: hsien¹
    • Yale: syān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shian
    • Palladius: сянь (sjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: sin¹
    • Yale: sīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn⁵⁵/

Definitions

姍

1. only used in 便姍／便姗

References

• “姍”, 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

姍

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): さん (san)、せん (sen)、はん (han)、さつ (satsu)、さち (sachi)
• Kun: みめよい (mimeyoi, 姍い)、そしる (soshiru, 姍る)、みにくい (minikui, 姍い)

Korean

Hanja

姍 • (san) (hangeul 산, revised san, McCune–Reischauer san)

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