跚

跚 U+8DDA, 跚 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8DDA ← 跙 [U+8DD9] CJK Unified Ideographs 跛 → [U+8DDB]

Translingual

Alternative forms

Due to Han unification, the traditional form containing 冊 and simplified form containing 册 (used in mainland China and Korea for this character) are encoded under the same code point. Depending on the font installed, this character may appear to be either 跚 or 跚.

Han character

跚 (Kangxi radical 157, 足+5, 12 strokes, cangjie input 口一月月一 (RMBBM) or 口一月廿 (RMBT), four-corner 6714₀, composition ⿰𧾷册(GK) or ⿰𧾷冊(HTJ))

1. to stagger; to limp

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1224, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 37477
• Dae Jaweon: page 1695, character 28
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3697, character 11
• Unihan data for U+8DDA

Chinese

trad.		跚
simp. #		跚

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
珊	*slaːn
跚	*slaːn
姗	*slaːn
删	*sraːn
栅	*sʰraːɡ, *sʰreːɡ, *sraːns

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shān (shan¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saan¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): san

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shān
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shan
    • Wade–Giles: shan¹
    • Yale: shān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shan
    • Palladius: шань (šanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: saan¹
    • Yale: sāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: san¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: san
    • Tâi-lô: san
    • Phofsit Daibuun: safn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /san⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /san³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /san⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /san⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /san⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: san

Rime
Character	跚
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	寒 (61)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	蘇干切
Baxter	san
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sɑn/
Pan Wuyun	/sɑn/
Shao Rongfen	/sɑn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/san/
Li Rong	/sɑn/
Wang Li	/sɑn/
Bernard Karlgren	/sɑn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	sān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	saan1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*slaːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	跚
Reading #	1/1
No.	11065
Phonetic component	删
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	𦙽
Old Chinese	/*slaːn/

Definitions

跚

1. Used in 蹣跚／蹒跚 (pánshān).
2. to step on; to trample

Compounds

• 槃跚
• 盤跚／盘跚 (pánshān)
• 蹣跚／蹒跚 (pánshān)

 

Japanese

Kanji

跚

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. to stagger; to reel; to stumble

Readings

• On (unclassified): さん (san)
• Kun: よろめく (yoromeku)

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

跚: Hán Nôm readings: san

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References

• Nom Foundation