儳

Translingual Edit

Han character Edit

儳 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+17, 19 strokes, cangjie input 人弓口戈 (ONRI), four-corner 2721₃, composition ⿰亻毚)

References Edit

KangXi: page 121, character 26
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1296
Dae Jaweon: page 256, character 12
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 237, character 10
Unihan data for U+5133

Chinese Edit

trad.		儳
simp. ^#		儳

Glyph origin Edit

Historical forms of the character 儳

**Small seal script**
s05855

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 (Liushutong characters) and
Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

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

	Old Chinese
纔	zlɯː, zlɯːs, *sraːm
讒	zrɯːm, zraːms
饞	*zrɯːm
毚	zrɯːm, zraːm
欃	zrɯːm, zraːms
攙	zrɯːm, sʰraːm
儳	zrɯːm, zrɯːms, *sʰraːms
酁	*zrɯːm
瀺	*zrɯːmʔ
嚵	sʰraːms, zraːm, *zlamʔ
巉	zraːm, zraːmʔ
劖	*zraːm
艬	zraːm, zraːms
鑱	zraːm, zraːms

Pronunciation 1 Edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chán, chàn (chan², chan⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄢˊ, ㄔㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): caam⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chán
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chán
  - Wade–Giles: chʻan²
  - Yale: chán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: charn
  - Palladius: чань (čanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰän³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chàn
  - Wade–Giles: chʻan⁴
  - Yale: chàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chann
  - Palladius: чань (čanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰän⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: caam⁴
  - Yale: chàahm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsaam⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: cam⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːm²¹/

Middle Chinese: dzream

Rime
Character	儳
Reading #	1/3
Initial (聲)	崇 (20)
Final (韻)	咸 (151)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	士咸切
Baxter	dzream
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʒˠɛm/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖ͡ʐᵚæm/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʒɐm/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖ͡ʐəɨm/
Li Rong	/d͡ʒɐm/
Wang Li	/d͡ʒɐm/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɖ͡ʐʱăm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	caam⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*zrɯːm/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	儳
Reading #	1/3
No.	1226
Phonetic component	毚
Rime group	侵
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	讒
Old Chinese	/*zrɯːm/

Definitions Edit

儳

(literary) disorderly; mixed; messy
^† ugly
^† Alternative form of 攙／搀 (“to support by the arm”)

Compounds Edit

Pronunciation 2 Edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chàn (chan⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): caam³, zaam⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chàn
  - Wade–Giles: chʻan⁴
  - Yale: chàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chann
  - Palladius: чань (čanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰän⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: caam³, zaam⁶
  - Yale: chaam, jaahm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsaam³, dzaam⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: cam³, zam⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːm³³/, /t͡saːm²²/

Middle Chinese: dzreamH, tsrhaemH

Rime
Character	儳	儳
Reading #	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	崇 (20)	初 (19)
Final (韻)	咸 (151)	銜 (149)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	II
Fanqie	仕陷切	楚鑑切
Baxter	dzreamH	tsrhaemH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʒˠɛm^H/	/t͡ʃʰˠam^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖ͡ʐᵚæm^H/	/ʈ͡ʂʰᵚam^H/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʒɐm^H/	/t͡ʃʰam^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖ͡ʐəɨm^H/	/ʈ͡ʂʰaɨm^H/
Li Rong	/d͡ʒɐm^H/	/t͡ʃʰam^H/
Wang Li	/d͡ʒɐm^H/	/t͡ʃʰam^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɖ͡ʐʱăm^H/	/ʈ͡ʂʰam^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhàn	chàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zaam⁶	caam³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*zrɯːms/, /*sʰraːms/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	儳	儳
Reading #	2/3	3/3
No.	1229	1231
Phonetic component	毚	毚
Rime group	侵	談
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	儳	懺
Old Chinese	/*zrɯːms/	/*sʰraːms/