剡

剡 U+5261, 剡
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5261
← 剠
[U+5260]
CJK Unified Ideographs 剢 →
[U+5262]

Translingual

Han character

剡 (Kangxi radical 18, 刀+8, 10 strokes, cangjie input 火火中弓 (FFLN), four-corner 92800, composition ⿰炎刂)

References

  • KangXi: page 141, character 32
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2059
  • Dae Jaweon: page 321, character 11
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 346, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+5261

Chinese

trad. 剡
simp. # 剡
alternative forms 覃 “sharp”

Glyph origin

Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-rjam (“sharp”) (STEDT, Schuessler, 2007). Initial *r- was re-interpreted as pre-initial and dropped; whereas doublets 磏 (OC *r(i)am, “whetstone”) and 鐮 (OC *ɡ·rem, “sickle”) retain *r-.

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 剡
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 以 (36)
Final (韻) 鹽 (153)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 以冉切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/jiᴇmX/
Pan
Wuyun
/jiɛmX/
Shao
Rongfen
/jæmX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/jiamX/
Li
Rong
/iɛmX/
Wang
Li
/jĭɛmX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/i̯ɛmX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yǎn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jim5
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 剡
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
yǎn
Middle
Chinese
‹ yemX ›
Old
Chinese
/*N-r[a]mʔ/
English sharp; pierce

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 剡
Reading # 2/2
No. 14317
Phonetic
component
炎
Rime
group
談
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
琰
Old
Chinese
/*lamʔ/

Definitions

剡

  1. (archaic) sharp; pointed
  2. (archaic) to cut; to pare; to sharpen
  3. (archaic) to lift; to raise

Compounds

  • 剡利
  • 剡剡
  • 剡移
  • 剡耜
  • 剡注
  • 剡薦/剡荐
  • 剡鋒/剡锋

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 剡
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 常 (25)
Final (韻) 鹽 (153)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 時染切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/d͡ʑiᴇmX/
Pan
Wuyun
/d͡ʑiɛmX/
Shao
Rongfen
/d͡ʑjæmX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/d͡ʑiamX/
Li
Rong
/ʑiɛmX/
Wang
Li
/ʑĭɛmX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʑi̯ɛmX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
shàn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
sim6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 剡
Reading # 1/2
No. 14311
Phonetic
component
炎
Rime
group
談
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
剡
Old
Chinese
/*ɦljamʔ/

Definitions

剡

  1. Used in 剡溪.
  2. Used in place names.

Compounds

  • 剡溪
  • 剡牘/剡牍

Japanese

Kanji

剡

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. sharp
  2. sharp-pointed
  3. sharpen

Readings

  • On (unclassified): えん (en); せん (sen); ぜん (zen)
  • Kun: するどい (surudoi); そるどくする (sorudokusuru); けずる (kezuru)

Korean

Hanja

剡 (eum 섬 (seom))
剡 (eum 염 (yeom))

  1. sharp
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