彡

See also: ≡, ☰, Ξ, ミ, and 三

彡 U+5F61, 彡 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F61 ← 彠 [U+5F60] CJK Unified Ideographs 形 → [U+5F62]

⼺ U+2F3A, ⼺ KANGXI RADICAL BRISTLE ← ⼹ [U+2F39] Kangxi Radicals ⼻ → [U+2F3B]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

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Radical 59 彡

彡 (Kangxi radical 59, 彡+0, 3 strokes, cangjie input 竹竹竹 (HHH), composition ⿳丿丿丿)

1. Kangxi radical #59, ⼺.

Derived characters

• Appendix:Chinese radical/彡
• 杉, 毝, 肜, 尨, 䀐, 衫, 羏, 耏, 䑣, 䚲, 髟, 釤(钐), 彪, 颩, 鬽, 虨
• 丯, 須(须), 辵, 㐱, 参, 修, 鬰, 鬱

Additional Derived Characters

• 𡯎, 𢁘, 𢌘, 𣲀, 𥘎, 𥝞, 𮗢, 𮚳, 𨊨, 𫵞, 𩇕, 𩑘, 𩚎, 𣹊, 𩲆, 𦓘, 𮙕, 𫴑
• 𮟫, 𨐍, 𧴭, 𩁺, 𦘔, 𠘱, 𡆱, 𥟟

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 363, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9962
• Dae Jaweon: page 681, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 852, character 4
• Unihan data for U+5F61

Chinese

simp. and trad.		彡

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 彡
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
杉	*sreːm
彡	*sroːm, *slom
衫	*sroːm
髟	*priw, *piw, *sroːm
釤	*sraːms
䑣	*l̥ʰun
彤	*l'uːŋ
浵	*l'uːŋ
肜	*luŋ

Pictogram (象形): three strands of hair. See also ⾽, 而, 冄, and 㐱.

However, in two characters, it indicates three light rays: in 昜 they represent sunrays while in 參 they represent the light rays of three stars.

The character today means "ornament", hence it is partly related to 丯 (incisions), 彭 (sound vibrations coming from a drum), and 影 (shadow). The three traits in 鬱 are simply decorative.

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shān (shan¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saam¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sam
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sam

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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/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: saam¹
    • Yale: sāam
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sam¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːm⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sam
    • Hakka Romanization System: sam
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sam⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /sam⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sam
    • Tâi-lô: sam
    • Phofsit Daibuun: safm
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sam⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sam³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sam⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sam⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sam⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: sraem, sjem

Rime
Character	彡	彡
Reading #	2/2	1/2
Initial (聲)	生 (21)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	銜 (149)	鹽 (153)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	III
Fanqie	所銜切	息廉切
Baxter	sraem	sjem
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʃˠam/	/siᴇm/
Pan Wuyun	/ʃᵚam/	/siɛm/
Shao Rongfen	/ʃam/	/sjæm/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʂaɨm/	/siam/
Li Rong	/ʃam/	/siɛm/
Wang Li	/ʃam/	/sĭɛm/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʂam/	/si̯ɛm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shān	xiān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	saam1	sim1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sroːm/, /*slom/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	彡	彡
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	11043	11047
Phonetic component	彡	彡
Rime group	談	談
Rime subdivision	3	3
Corresponding MC rime	衫	銛
Old Chinese	/*sroːm/	/*slom/

Definitions

彡

1. hair

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎn (xian³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎn
    • Wade–Giles: hsien³
    • Yale: syǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shean
    • Palladius: сянь (sjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴/

Definitions

彡

1. only used in 彡姐

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 彡

彡

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. three
2. hair ornament
3. short hair or fur radical (no. 59)

Readings

• Go-on: せん (sen)^{←せむ (semu, historical)}
• Kan-on: さん (san)^{←さむ (samu, historical)}

Vietnamese

Han character

彡: Hán Nôm readings: sam

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