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忖

忖 U+5FD6, 忖
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5FD6
← 忕
[U+5FD5] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 志 →
[U+5FD7]

Translingual edit

Han character edit

忖 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 心木戈 (PDI), four-corner 94000, composition ⿰忄寸)

  1. guess, suppose, conjecture

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 376, character 16
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10326
  • Dae Jaweon: page 703, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2272, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+5FD6

Chinese edit

simp. and trad.
 忖

Glyph origin edit

Characters in the same phonetic series (寸) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
村 *sʰuːn
忖 *sʰuːnʔ
刌 *sʰuːnʔ
寸 *sʰuːns

Pronunciation edit

Rime
Character 忖
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 清 (14)
Final (韻) 魂 (55)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) I
Fanqie 倉本切
Baxter tshwonX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/t͡sʰuənX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/t͡sʰuonX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/t͡sʰuənX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/t͡sʰwənX/
Li
Rong 		/t͡sʰuənX/
Wang
Li 		/t͡sʰuənX/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/t͡sʰuənX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		cǔn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		cyun2
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 忖
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		cǔn
Middle
Chinese 		‹ tshwonX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*[tsʰ]ˁu[n]ʔ/
English measure, consider

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 忖
Reading # 1/1
No. 1911
Phonetic
component 		寸
Rime
group 		文
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		忖
Old
Chinese 		/*sʰuːnʔ/

Definitions edit

忖

  1. to ponder; to speculate
  2. (chiefly Zhejiang Wu) to think
  3. (chiefly Zhejiang Wu) to want
  4. (chiefly Zhejiang Wu) to look forward to; to plan for
  5. (chiefly Zhejiang Wu) to miss

Synonyms edit

Dialectal synonyms of 想 (“to think”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 想
Mandarin Beijing 想
Taiwan 想
Jinan 想
Xi'an 想
Wuhan 想
Chengdu 想
Yangzhou 想
Hefei 想
Malaysia 想
Singapore 想
Cantonese Guangzhou 諗
Hong Kong 諗
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 諗
Taishan 諗
Kaiping (Chikan) 諗
Dongguan 諗
Yangjiang 諗
Nanning 諗
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 諗
Penang (Guangfu) 諗
Singapore (Guangfu) 諗
Gan Nanchang 想
Hakka Meixian 想, 愐
Wuhua (Huacheng) 想
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 想, 愐
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 想, 愐
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 想, 愐
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 想, 愐
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 想, 愐
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 想
Jin Taiyuan 想
Northern Min Jian'ou 想
Eastern Min Fuzhou 想
Southern Min Xiamen 想
Quanzhou 想
Jinjiang 想
Zhangzhou 想
Taipei 想
New Taipei (Sanxia) 想
Kaohsiung 想
Yilan 想
Changhua (Lukang) 想
Taichung 想
Tainan 想
Hsinchu 想
Kinmen 想
Penghu (Magong) 想
Penang (Hokkien) 想
Singapore (Hokkien) 想
Manila (Hokkien) 想
Chaozhou 想
Shantou 想
Singapore (Teochew) 想
Wenchang 想
Wu Shanghai 想
Shanghai (Songjiang) 想
Suzhou 想
Wuxi 想
Hangzhou 想
Shaoxing 惀
Ningbo 忖, 惀
Wenzhou 想
Jinhua 想, 忖
Xiang Changsha 想
Shuangfeng 想
Dialectal synonyms of 要 (“to want (to do something)”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 欲1
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 要, 欲1
Mandarin Beijing 要
Taiwan 要, 想
Jinan 要
Xi'an 要
Wuhan 要
Chengdu 要
Guilin 要
Yangzhou 要
Hefei 要
Malaysia 要
Singapore 要
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 要
Cantonese Guangzhou 要, 想
Hong Kong 要, 想
Shenzhen (Dapeng) 愛
Yangjiang 愛
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 要, 想, 愛
Singapore (Guangfu) 要, 想
Gan Nanchang 要
Hakka Meixian 愛
Longmen (Luxi Bendihua) 愛
Wuhua (Meilin) 愛
Zijin 愛
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 愛
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 愛
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 愛
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 愛
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 愛
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 愛, 討
Kuching (Hepo) 愛
Jin Taiyuan 要
Northern Min Jian'ou 讓
Eastern Min Fuzhou 欲3
Southern Min Xiamen 欲3
Quanzhou 欲3
Jinjiang 欲3
Zhangzhou 欲3
Taipei 欲3
New Taipei (Sanxia) 欲3
Kaohsiung 欲3
Yilan 欲3
Changhua (Lukang) 欲3
Taichung 欲3
Tainan 欲3
Hsinchu 欲3
Kinmen 欲3
Penghu (Magong) 欲3
Penang (Hokkien) 愛
Singapore (Hokkien) 愛, 欲3
Manila (Hokkien) 欲3, 愛
Medan (Hokkien) 愛
Chaozhou 愛
Shantou 愛
Haifeng 愛
Singapore (Teochew) 愛
Wenchang 欲3
Qionghai 欲3
Singapore (Hainanese) 欲3
Wu Shanghai 要
Suzhou 要
Wenzhou 愛
Lishui 樂
Xiang Changsha 要
Shuangfeng 要
Dialectal synonyms of 想念 (“to miss; to think of; to yearn for”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 想念, 思念, 掛念, 惦念, 懷念
Mandarin Taiwan 想念, 想
Singapore 想念, 想
Cantonese Guangzhou 掛住, 掛望
Hong Kong 掛住
Singapore (Guangfu) 掛住
Southern Min Xiamen 數念, 心念
Quanzhou 數念, 心念
Zhangzhou 數念, 心念
Tainan 想, 數念, 思念
Penang (Hokkien) 數念
Singapore (Hokkien) 數念
Manila (Hokkien) 數念
Wenchang 想念
Wu Shanghai 想, 牽記, 想念 somewhat literary
Suzhou 牽記
Ningbo 忖
Jinhua 想, 忖

Compounds edit

Japanese edit

Kanji edit

忖

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings edit

Korean edit

Hanja edit

忖 (eumhun 헤아릴 촌 (hearil chon))

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Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

忖: Hán Nôm readings: thổn

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