訕

See also: 讪

訕 U+8A15, 訕 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8A15 ← 訔 [U+8A14] CJK Unified Ideographs 訖 → [U+8A16]

Translingual

Han character

訕 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+3, 10 strokes, cangjie input 卜口山 (YRU), four-corner 0267₀, composition ⿰訁山)

1. slander
2. mock, ridicule
3. embarrassed, awkward

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1148, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35241
• Dae Jaweon: page 1615, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3941, character 6
• Unihan data for U+8A15

Chinese

trad.		訕
simp.		讪

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 訕
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
山	*sreːn
疝	*sreːn, *sraːns
邖	*sreːn
汕	*sreːnʔ, *sraːns
訕	*sraːn, *sraːns
仙	*sen
秈	*sen
苮	*sen
屾	*srin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sraːn, *sraːns) : semantic 言 (“speech”) + phonetic 山 (OC *sreːn)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shàn (shan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saan³
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): san¹
• Eastern Min (BUC): sáng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): soān / soan

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sang¹

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹se

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shàn
    • Wade–Giles: shan⁴
    • Yale: shàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shann
    • Palladius: шань (šanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saan³
    • Yale: saan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saan³
    • Guangdong Romanization: san³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːn³³/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: san¹
    • Sinological IPA: /san⁴⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: sáng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɑŋ²¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soān
    • Tâi-lô: suān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soan
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /suan³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Singapore): /suan²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /suan⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soan
    • Tâi-lô: suan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soafn
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Singapore): /suan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /suan³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sang¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saŋ³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ¹se
    • MiniDict: se^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹se
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /se⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: sraen, sraenH

Rime
Character	訕	訕
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	生 (21)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	刪 (69)	刪 (69)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	II
Fanqie	所姦切	所晏切
Baxter	sraen	sraenH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʃˠan/	/ʃˠanH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʃᵚan/	/ʃᵚanH/
Shao Rongfen	/ʃɐn/	/ʃɐnH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʂaɨn/	/ʂaɨnH/
Li Rong	/ʃan/	/ʃanH/
Wang Li	/ʃan/	/ʃanH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʂan/	/ʂanH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shān	shàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	saan1	saan3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sraːn/, /*sraːns/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	訕	訕
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	11056	11057
Phonetic component	山	山
Rime group	元	元
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	刪	訕
Old Chinese	/*sraːn/	/*sraːns/

Definitions

訕

1. to mock; to slander
2. embarrassed; ashamed

Compounds

• 劖言訕語／劖言讪语
• 努目訕筋／努目讪筋
• 嘲訕／嘲讪 (cháoshàn)
• 居下訕上／居下讪上
• 打牙訕口／打牙讪口
• 搭訕／搭讪 (dāshàn)
• 發訕／发讪
• 訕不搭的／讪不搭的
• 訕嘴／讪嘴
• 訕笑／讪笑 (shànxiào)
• 訕臉／讪脸
• 訕訕／讪讪 (shànshàn)
• 訕語／讪语
• 訕謗／讪谤
• 訕議／讪议 (shànyì)

 

Japanese

Kanji

訕

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. abuse
2. slander
3. vilify
4. ridicule

Readings

• On (unclassified): さん (san); せん (sen)
• Kun: そしる (soshiru)

Korean

Hanja

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

1. abuse
2. slander
3. vilify
4. ridicule