僉

See also: 㑒 and 佥

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TranslingualEdit

Traditional	僉
Shinjitai (extended)	㑒
Simplified	佥

EtymologyEdit

Historical forms of the character 僉
Bronze inscriptions	Large seal script	Small seal script
Bronze inscriptions b08004 b08005 b08006 Large seal script L33937 L33938 L12950 Small seal script s03765
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (large seal) and Xu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Ideogrammic compound (會意): 亼 + 吅 + 从

Han characterEdit

僉 (radical 9 人+11, 13 strokes, cangjie input 人一口人 (OMRO), four-corner 8088₆, composition ⿳亼吅从)

Derived charactersEdit

• 䩎
• 檢
• 險
• 劍
• 儉

ReferencesEdit

• KangXi: page 115, character 27
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1054
• Dae Jaweon: page 246, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 207, character 3
• Unihan data for U+50C9

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ChineseEdit

trad.		僉
simp.		佥

PronunciationEdit

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiān (qian¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cim¹
• Min Nan (POJ): chhiam

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: qiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢ
    • Wade-Giles: ch'ien¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chian
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: cim¹
    • Yale: chīm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsim¹
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːm⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiam
    • Tâi-lô: tshiam
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiafm
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕʰiam⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕʰiam⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /t͡sʰiᴇm/▼

Rime
Character	僉
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	鹽 (153)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	七廉切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰiᴇm/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰiɛm/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰjæm/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰiam/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰiɛm/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰĭɛm/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sʰi̯ɛm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qiān

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter-Sagart): /*s.qʰ[a]m/

  (Zhengzhang): /*skʰlam/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	僉
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	qiān
Middle Chinese	‹ tshjem ›
Old Chinese	/*s.qʰ[a]m/ (dialect: *s.qʰ > MC tsh-)
English	all; many
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	僉
Reading #	1/1
No.	10202
Phonetic component	僉
Rime group	談
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	籤
Old Chinese	/*skʰlam/

DefinitionsEdit

僉

1. all, together, unanimous

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JapaneseEdit

KanjiEdit

僉

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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ReadingsEdit

• On: せん (sen)
• Kun: みな (mina), ことごとく (kotogotoku), ともに (tomoni)

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KoreanEdit

HanjaEdit

僉 • ‎(cheom) (hangeul 첨, revised cheom, McCune-Reischauer ch'ŏm, Yale chem)

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VietnameseEdit

Han characterEdit

• Hán Việt: thiêm

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ReferencesEdit

• Nom Foundation