諂

See also: 谄

諂 U+8AC2, 諂 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8AC2 ← 諁 [U+8AC1] CJK Unified Ideographs 諃 → [U+8AC3]

Translingual

Han character

諂 (radical 149, 言+8, 15 strokes, cangjie input 卜口弓竹X (YRNHX), four-corner 0767₇, composition ⿰訁臽)

References

• KangXi: page 1166, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35616
• Dae Jaweon: page 1632, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3990, character 6
• Unihan data for U+8AC2

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Chinese

trad.		諂
simp.		谄
alternative forms		謟

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 諂
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
萏	*l'oːmʔ
窞	*l'oːmʔ
惂	*kʰloːmʔ
輡	*kʰloːmʔ
錎	*kʰloːmʔ, *ɡroːms
埳	*kʰloːmʔ
臽	*kʰloːmʔ, *ɡroːms
淊	*ɡloːmʔ, *qroːm, *qroːms, *lomʔ
欿	*ɡloːmʔ
蜭	*ɡloːmʔ, *ɡluːms
啗	*l'aːmʔ, *l'aːms
鵮	*ʔr'oːm, *kʰroːm, *kʰroːms
餡	*ɡroːms
陷	*ɡroːms
爓	*ljom, *loms
諂	*l̥ʰomʔ
讇	*l̥ʰomʔ
閻	*lom
焰	*loms
壛	*lom
櫩	*lom
燄	*lomʔ
掐	*kʰroːb

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chǎn (chan³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cim²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: chǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄢˇ
    • Wade–Giles: chʻan³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chaan
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chǎn
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰän²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: cim²
    • Yale: chím
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsim²
    • Guangdong Romanization: qim²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːm³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /ʈʰˠiᴇm^X/

Rime
Character	諂
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	徹 (10)
Final (韻)	鹽 (154)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	Chongniu III
Fanqie	丑琰切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈʰˠiᴇmX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈʰᵚiɛmX/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶʰiæmX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈʰjiamX/
Li Rong	/ȶʰjɛmX/
Wang Li	/ȶʰĭɛmX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȶʰi̯ɛmX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chǎn

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*qʰromʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*l̥ʰomʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	諂
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	chǎn
Middle Chinese	‹ trhjemX ›
Old Chinese	/*qʰromʔ/
English	flatter (v.)
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	諂
Reading #	1/1
No.	13562
Phonetic component	臽
Rime group	談
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	諂
Old Chinese	/*l̥ʰomʔ/
Notes	說文同讇

Definitions

諂

1. to flatter; to truckle; to toady

Compounds

• 媚諂／媚谄
• 脅肩諂笑／胁肩谄笑
• 諂上抑下／谄上抑下
• 諂佞／谄佞
• 諂媚／谄媚 (chǎnmèi)

• 諂淚／谄泪
• 諂笑／谄笑
• 諂詞令色／谄词令色
• 諂諛／谄谀 (chǎnyú)

• 諂諛取容／谄谀取容
• 讒諂／谗谄
• 貧而無諂／贫而无谄
• 阿諂／阿谄

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Japanese

Kanji

諂

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. flatter

Readings

• Go-on: てん (ten)
• Kan-on: てん (ten)
• Kun: へつらう (hetsurau, 諂う)

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Korean

Hanja

諂 • (cheom) (hangeul 첨, revised cheom, McCune–Reischauer ch'ŏm, Yale chem)

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

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Vietnamese

Han character

諂: Hán Việt readings: xiểm, siểm (丑(sửu)琰(diễm)切(thiết))
諂: Nôm readings: xiểm, siểm

1. Hán tự form of siểm (“to flatter”).