娑殫

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (娑殫)		娑	殫
simp. (娑殚)		娑	殚

Etymology

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew שָׂטָן (Śāṭān).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Suōdān

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄛ ㄉㄢ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Suōdān
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄛ ㄉㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Suodan
    • Wade–Giles: So¹-tan¹
    • Yale: Swō-dān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Suodan
    • Palladius: Содань (Sodanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su̯ɔ⁵⁵ tän⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: sa|saX tan

Rime
Character	娑	娑	殫
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	心 (16)	端 (5)
Final (韻)	歌 (94)	歌 (94)	寒 (61)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I	I
Fanqie	素何切	蘇可切	都寒切
Baxter	sa	saX	tan
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sɑ/	/sɑX/	/tɑn/
Pan Wuyun	/sɑ/	/sɑX/	/tɑn/
Shao Rongfen	/sɑ/	/sɑX/	/tɑn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sa/	/saX/	/tan/
Li Rong	/sɑ/	/sɑX/	/tɑn/
Wang Li	/sɑ/	/sɑX/	/tɑn/
Bernard Karlgren	/sɑ/	/sɑX/	/tɑn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	suō	suǒ	dān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	so1	so2	daan1

Proper noun

娑殫

1. (Church of the East, historical) Satan

   • 洎乎娑殫施妄，鈿飾純精。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     洎乎娑殚施妄，钿饰纯精。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 大秦景教流行中國碑頌

     Jì hū Suōdān shī wàng, diàn shì chún jīng. [Pinyin]

     Until Satan introduced the seeds of falsehood, to deteriorate his purity of principle.