繖

See also: 伞, 𰬷, and 𦇕

繖 U+7E56, 繖 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7E56 ← 繕 [U+7E55] CJK Unified Ideographs 繗 → [U+7E57]

Translingual

Han character

繖 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 女火廿月大 (VFTBK), four-corner 2894₀, composition ⿰糹散(GHT) or ⿰糸散(JK))

Descendants

• 𰬷

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 938, character 37
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27896
• Dae Jaweon: page 1378, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3451, character 6
• Unihan data for U+7E56

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
散	*saːnʔ, *saːns
糤	*saːnʔ
繖	*saːnʔ, *saːns
饊	*saːnʔ
鏾	*saːnʔ
潸	*sraːn, *sraːnʔ
霰	*sqʰeːns
撒	*saːd

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *saːnʔ, *saːns): semantic 糹 (“silk”) + phonetic 散 (OC *saːnʔ, *saːns).

Etymology 1

trad.		繖
simp.		伞
alternative forms		𦇕 𢄻

For pronunciation and definitions of 繖 – see 傘 (“umbrella; parasol; chatra; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 傘).

Usage notes

In modern Traditional Chinese, this character is mainly used in botany, e.g. 聚繖花序 (“cyme”); in other contexts, 傘 is used.

Compounds

• 三簷青羅繖 / 三檐青罗伞
• 儀繖 / 仪伞
• 卷繖花序 / 卷伞花序
• 幡繖 / 幡伞
• 扇繖 / 扇伞
• 打繖 / 打伞 (dǎsǎn)
• 擁繖扇 / 拥伞扇
• 方繖 / 方伞
• 旗繖 / 旗伞
• 杏黃繖 / 杏黄伞
• 油繖 / 油伞
• 涼繖 / 凉伞
• 火繖 / 火伞
• 獺繖 / 獭伞
• 珂繖 / 珂伞
• 紅繖 / 红伞
• 繖子鹽 / 伞子盐
• 繖幄 / 伞幄
• 繖房花序 / 伞房花序
• 繖蓋 / 伞盖
• 羅繖 / 罗伞
• 聚繖花序 / 聚伞花序
• 覆繖 / 覆伞
• 輪繖花序 / 轮伞花序
• 雨繖 / 雨伞
• 黃線繖 / 黄线伞
• 黃繖 / 黄伞

Etymology 2

trad.		繖
simp.		𰬷
alternative forms		𦇕

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sǎn (san³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄢˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sǎn
    • Wade–Giles: san³
    • Yale: sǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: saan
    • Palladius: сань (sanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän²¹⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: sanX, sanH

Rime
Character	繖	繖
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	寒 (61)	寒 (61)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	蘇旱切	蘇旰切
Baxter	sanX	sanH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sɑnX/	/sɑnH/
Pan Wuyun	/sɑnX/	/sɑnH/
Shao Rongfen	/sɑnX/	/sɑnH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sanX/	/sanH/
Li Rong	/sɑnX/	/sɑnH/
Wang Li	/sɑnX/	/sɑnH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/sɑnX/	/sɑnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	sǎn	sàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	saan2	saan3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*saːnʔ/, /*saːns/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	繖	繖
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	10969	10973
Phonetic component	散	散
Rime group	元	元
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	散	繖
Old Chinese	/*saːnʔ/	/*saːns/

Definitions

繖

1. (historical dictionaries only) damask silk

References

• 羅竹風 [Luo, Zhufeng], editor (1986–1994), “繖”, in 漢語大詞典 [Hanyu Da Cidian] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Shanghai: Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House, →ISBN
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B03461

Japanese

Kanji

繖

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): さん (san)
• Kun: かさ (kasa)、きぬがさ (kinugasa)

Korean

Hanja

繖 • (san) (hangeul 산, revised san, McCune–Reischauer san, Yale san)

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