嶄

See also: 崭

嶄 U+5D84, 嶄 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5D84 ← 嶃 [U+5D83] CJK Unified Ideographs 嶅 → [U+5D85]

Translingual

Han character

嶄 (Kangxi radical 46, 山+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 山十十中 (UJJL), four-corner 2252₁, composition ⿱山斬)

1. high, steep, precipitous
2. new

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 318, character 30
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8413
• Dae Jaweon: page 618, character 41
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 793, character 5
• Unihan data for U+5D84

Chinese

trad.		嶄
simp.		崭
alternative forms		嶃

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhǎn (zhan³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zaam² / zaam³ / caam⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chám
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chám / cháⁿ / chàm / châm
• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁵tse / ³tsae / ³tse / ³tsaen

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhǎn
    • Wade–Giles: chan³
    • Yale: jǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jaan
    • Palladius: чжань (čžanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂän²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zaam² / zaam³ / caam⁵
    • Yale: jáam / jaam / cháahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzaam² / dzaam³ / tsaam⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: zam² / zam³ / cam⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saːm³⁵/, /t͡saːm³³/, /t͡sʰaːm¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chám
    • Hakka Romanization System: zam^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zam³
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sam³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chám
    • Tâi-lô: tsám
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zarm
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sam⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sam⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sam⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cháⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tsánn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zvar
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sã⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sã⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sã⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chàm
    • Tâi-lô: tsàm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zaxm
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sam²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sam¹¹/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: châm
    • Tâi-lô: tsâm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zaam
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sam²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sam²³/

Note:

• chám - literary;
• cháⁿ - vernacular.

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵tse
    • MiniDict: tse^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tse
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡se³⁴/
  • (Northern: Songjiang, Chongming, Changzhou, Tongxiang, Haiyan)
    • Wugniu: ³tsae
    • MiniDict: tsae^上
    • Sinological IPA (Songjiang): /t͡sɛ⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Chongming): /t͡sæ⁴²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Changzhou): /t͡sɛ⁴⁵/
    • Sinological IPA (Tongxiang): /t͡sæ⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Haiyan): /t͡sɛ³⁴³/
  • (Northern: Suzhou)
    • Wugniu: ³tse
    • MiniDict: tse^上
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /t͡se⁵¹/
  • (Northern: Shaoxing)
    • Wugniu: ³tsaen
    • MiniDict: tsaeon^上
    • Sinological IPA (Shaoxing): /t͡sæ̃³³⁵/

Definitions

嶄

1. towering; outstanding
2. very

Compounds

• 嶄嶄 / 崭崭
• 嶄新 / 崭新 (zhǎnxīn)
• 嶄然 / 崭然 (zhǎnrán)
• 嶄露 / 崭露 (zhǎnlù)
• 嶄露鋒芒 / 崭露锋芒
• 嶄露頭角 / 崭露头角 (zhǎnlùtóujiǎo)
• 嶒嶄 / 嶒崭
• 頭角嶄然 / 头角崭然

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chán (chan²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caam⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chán
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chán
    • Wade–Giles: chʻan²
    • Yale: chán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: charn
    • Palladius: чань (čanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: caam⁴
    • Yale: chàahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cam⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːm²¹/

Definitions

嶄

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) only used in 嶄巖／崭岩, alternative form of 巉巖 / 巉岩 (chányán, “steep; cliff”)

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 嶄 – see 㜺 (“white color; no respect; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 㜺).

References

• “嶄”, 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–
• “Query for 嶄”, in 臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Hokkien and Mandarin), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.

Japanese

Kanji

嶄

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: ぜん (zen)^{←ぜむ (zemu, historical)}
• Kan-on: さん (san)^{←さむ (samu, historical)}
• Kan’yō-on: ざん (zan)
• Kun: けわしい (kewashī)

Korean

Hanja

嶄 (eum 참 (cham))

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Vietnamese

Han character

嶄: Hán Nôm readings: chởm

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