顖

顖 U+9856, 顖 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9856 ← 顕 [U+9855] CJK Unified Ideographs 顗 → [U+9857]

Translingual

Han character

顖 (Kangxi radical 181, 頁+10, 19 strokes, cangjie input 竹心一月金 (HPMBC) or 難竹心一月 (XHPMB), composition ⿰恖頁)

1. top of the head
2. skull

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1407, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 43610
• Dae Jaweon: page 1925, character 24
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4386, character 6
• Unihan data for U+9856

Chinese

trad.		顖
simp.		𱂶

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
崽	*ʔslɯːʔ, *srɯː, *srɯː
偲	*sn̥ʰɯː, *snɯ
腮	*snɯː
鰓	*snɯː
揌	*snɯː
顋	*snɯː
愢	*snɯː
毢	*snɯː
諰	*srɯː, *snɯʔ
細	*snɯːls
思	*snɯ, *snɯs
緦	*snɯ
罳	*snɯ
禗	*snɯ
楒	*snɯ
葸	*snɯʔ
恖	*snɯ
颸	*sʰrɯ
囟	*snɯns
顖	*sniŋs
毸	*snɯː

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xìn (xin⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seon², seon³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xìn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìn
    • Wade–Giles: hsin⁴
    • Yale: syìn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinn
    • Palladius: синь (sinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seon², seon³
    • Yale: séun, seun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soen², soen³
    • Guangdong Romanization: sên², sên³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵn³⁵/, /sɵn³³/

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• Middle Chinese: sinH

Rime
Character	顖
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	息晉切
Baxter	sinH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/siɪnH/
Pan Wuyun	/sinH/
Shao Rongfen	/sjenH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sinH/
Li Rong	/siĕnH/
Wang Li	/sĭĕnH/
Bernard Karlgren	/si̯ĕnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xìn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	san3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sniŋs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	顖
Reading #	1/1
No.	13847
Phonetic component	囟
Rime group	眞
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	信
Old Chinese	/*sniŋs/
Notes	同囟

Definitions

顖

1. (obsolete) Alternative form of 囟 (xìn, “fontanel”)

Japanese

Kanji

顖

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. top of the head
2. skull

Readings

• Go-on: しん (shin); し (shi)
• Kan-on: しん (shin); し (shi)
• Kun: ひよめき (hiyomeki)

Korean

Hanja

顖 • (sin) (hangeul 신, revised sin, McCune–Reischauer sin, Yale sin)

1. top of the head
2. skull