韯

See also: 韱

韯 U+97EF, 韯 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-97EF ← 韮 [U+97EE] CJK Unified Ideographs 韰 → [U+97F0]

Translingual

Han character

韯 (Kangxi radical 179, 韭+6, 15 strokes, cangjie input 十戈中尸一 (JILSM), composition ⿹𢦏韭)

1. wild onions or leeks

Derived characters

• 𭀁, 𭋲, 𡣳, 𭗨, 懴, 㩥, 瀐, 𤢷, 㰇, 殱, 𦢙, 䃱, 𧞬, 纎, 䘂, 䜟, 𨏓, 𨣲, 𨯒, 𩽅(𬶸)
• 𰚵, 籖, 𩆧, 𩯶, 𨷡

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1396, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 43241
• Dae Jaweon: page 1911, character 28
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4404, character 6
• Unihan data for U+97EF

Chinese

simp. and trad.		韯

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
讖	*sʰrims
攕	*sreːm
櫼	*sreːm, *ʔsem
懺	*sʰraːms
殲	*ʔsem
瀸	*ʔsem
鑯	*ʔsem
虃	*ʔslem
籤	*sʰem
韯	*sem
纖	*sem
孅	*sem
韱	*sem
襳	*sem, *srem, *srim

𢦏 + 韭.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiān (xian¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cim¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sian
    • Wade–Giles: hsien¹
    • Yale: syān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shian
    • Palladius: сянь (sjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: cim¹
    • Yale: chīm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsim¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: qim¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːm⁵⁵/

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sem/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	韯
Reading #	1/1
No.	13483
Phonetic component	韱
Rime group	談
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	銛
Old Chinese	/*sem/
Notes	韱注或體見太玄

Definitions

韯

1. Alternative form of 韱 (xiān, “wild onion; leek”)

References

• Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 3), p. 237

Japanese

Kanji

韯

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): せん (sen)
• Kun: やまにら (yamanira)