孅

孅 U+5B45, 孅
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B45
← 孄
[U+5B44] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 孆 →
[U+5B46]

Translingual

Han character

孅 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+17, 20 strokes, cangjie input 女人戈一 (VOIM), four-corner 43450, composition ⿰女韱)

  1. fine, minute

References
  • KangXi: page 274, character 9
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6893
  • Dae Jaweon: page 542, character 26
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1090, character 12
  • Unihan data for U+5B45

Chinese
trad. 孅
simp. # 孅

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

Pronunciation 1

Rime
Character 孅
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 心 (16)
Final (韻) 鹽 (153)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 息廉切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /siᴇm/
Pan
Wuyun		 /siɛm/
Shao
Rongfen		 /sjæm/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /siam/
Li
Rong		 /siɛm/
Wang
Li		 /sĭɛm/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /si̯ɛm/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 xiān
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 sim1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 孅
Reading # 1/1
No. 13485
Phonetic
component		 韱
Rime
group		 談
Rime
subdivision		 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 銛
Old
Chinese		 /*sem/

Definitions

孅

  1. delicate; dainty; slender
  2. Alternative form of 纖／纤 (xiān, “fine; minute; slight”).

Compounds
  • 孅弱

Pronunciation 2

Definitions

孅

  1. crafty; treacherous; fawning

Compounds
  • 孅人
  • 孅趨／孅趋

Japanese

Kanji
孅

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. delicate

Readings

Korean

Hanja

孅 • (seom) (hangeul 섬, revised seom, McCune–Reischauer sŏm)

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