顫

See also: 颤

顫	U+986B, 顫 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-986B

← 顪
[U+986A]

CJK Unified Ideographs

顬 →
[U+986C]

Translingual

Han character

顫 (Kangxi radical 181, 頁+13, 22 strokes, cangjie input 卜一一月金 (YMMBC), four-corner 0118₆, composition ⿰亶頁)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1410, character 5
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 43706
Dae Jaweon: page 1928, character 22
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4394, character 9
Unihan data for U+986B

Chinese

trad.		顫
simp.		颤

Glyph origin

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

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

	Old Chinese
皽	tjaʀ, tanʔ, *tjanʔ
担	*taːnʔ
胆	daːn, daːn
疸	taːnʔ, taːns
觛	taːnʔ, taːns, *daːnʔ
亶	*taːnʔ
嬗	taːnʔ, tʰaːn, *djans
笪	taːnʔ, taːns, *taːd
狚	taːnʔ, taːns, *taːd
旦	*taːns
鴠	*taːns
譠	tʰaːn, rteːn
坦	*tʰaːnʔ
但	daːn, daːnʔ, *daːns
檀	*daːn
壇	*daːn
儃	daːn, djan
驙	daːn, tan
袒	daːnʔ, rdeːns
襢	daːnʔ, tanʔ, *tans
繵	*daːnʔ
膻	*daːnʔ
澶	daːns, djan
邅	tan, danʔ, *dans
鱣	*tan
饘	tjan, tjanʔ
旜	*tjan
氈	*tjan
鸇	*tjan
顫	*tjans
蟺	*djanʔ
擅	*djans
羶	*hljan
呾	taːd, ʔraːd
怛	*taːd
妲	*taːd
靼	taːd, tjad
炟	*taːd

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tjans) : phonetic 亶 (OC *taːnʔ) + semantic 頁 (“head”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chàn, zhàn (chan⁴, zhan⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄢˋ, ㄓㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zin³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chûn
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiàn / chùn
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵tsoe

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chàn
  - Wade–Giles: chʻan⁴
  - Yale: chàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chann
  - Palladius: чань (čanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰän⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhàn
  - Wade–Giles: chan⁴
  - Yale: jàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jann
  - Palladius: чжань (čžanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂän⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: zin³
  - Yale: jin
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzin³
  - Guangdong Romanization: jin³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːn³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chûn
  - Hakka Romanization System: zun^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zun¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sun²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiàn
  - Tâi-lô: tsiàn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciexn
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡siɛn²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɛn⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chùn
  - Tâi-lô: tsùn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zuxn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sun⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sun¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sun²¹/

Note:

chiàn - literary;
chùn - vernacular.

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵tsoe
  - MiniDict: tsoe^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tsoe
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sø³⁴/

Middle Chinese: tsyenH

Rime
Character	顫
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	仙 (77)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	之膳切
Baxter	tsyenH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕiᴇn^H/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕiɛn^H/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕjæn^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cian^H/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiɛn^H/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭɛn^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯ɛn^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zin³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*tjans/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	顫
Reading #	1/1
No.	2090
Phonetic component	旦
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	戰
Old Chinese	/*tjans/

Definitions

顫

to shake; to vibrate; to tremble
to shiver; to tremble

Synonyms

(to tremble):

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交懍恂／交懔恂 (Hokkien)
呞呞顫／呞呞颤 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
哆嗦 (duōsuo)
圪觫 (geh⁵ sueh⁴) (Jin)
慄慄掣／栗栗掣 (Hokkien)
戰／战 (zhàn)
戰慄／战栗 (zhànlì) (literary)
戰抖／战抖 (zhàndǒu)
打抖 (da³ deu³) (Gan)
抖 (dǒu)
抖動／抖动 (dǒudòng)
抖抖絲／抖抖丝 (Longyan Min)
掉 (Hokkien, Teochew)
掣 (Hokkien, Teochew)
搦搦掣 (Hokkien)
發抖／发抖 (fādǒu)
蟯蟯掣／蛲蛲掣 (Hokkien)
起掉 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
顫動／颤动 (chàndòng)
顫抖／颤抖 (chàndǒu)

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

顫

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): せん (sen)
Kun: ふるえる (furueru, 顫える)

Korean

Hanja

顫 • (jeon) (hangeul 전, revised jeon, McCune–Reischauer chŏn, Yale cen)

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Vietnamese

Han character

顫: Hán Nôm readings: chiến, chiên

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