𩏩

𩏩 U+293E9, 𩏩 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-293E9 ← 𩏨 [U+293E8] CJK Unified Ideographs Extension B 𩏪 → [U+293EA]

Translingual

Han character

𩏩 (Kangxi radical 178, 韋+13, 22 strokes, composition ⿰韋僉)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1395, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4511, character 14
• Unihan data for U+293E9

Chinese

simp. and trad.		𩏩

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
厱	*raːm, *kʰreːm, *kʰlam
歛	*qʰlaːm
臉	*ɡ·reːmʔ, *skʰlam, *kramʔ
醶	*ɡr·reːmʔ, *skʰraːmʔ
鹼	*kreːmʔ, *skʰlam
薟	*ɡ·ram, *ɡ·ramʔ, *qʰram
匳	*ɡ·ram
獫	*ɡ·ram, *ɡ·ramʔ, *ɡ·rams, *qʰramʔ
蘞	*ɡ·ram, *ɡ·ramʔ, *qʰlam
籢	*ɡ·ram
斂	*ɡ·ramʔ, *ɡ·rams
瀲	*ɡ·ramʔ, *ɡ·rams
撿	*ɡ·ramʔ, *kramʔ
羷	*ɡ·ramʔ
殮	*ɡ·rams
簽	*skʰlam
僉	*skʰlam
憸	*skʰlam, *skʰlamʔ, *sqʰlam, *qʰramʔ
譣	*skʰlam, *qʰramʔ
檢	*kramʔ
瞼	*kramʔ
儉	*ɡramʔ
顩	*ŋramʔ, *rlɯmʔ, *kʰrɯmʔ
嬐	*ŋramʔ
嶮	*ŋramʔ, *hŋramʔ
噞	*ŋramʔ, *ŋrams
驗	*ŋrams
險	*qʰramʔ
劒	*kams
劍	*kams
𩏩	*qʰam

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qʰam) : semantic 韋 + phonetic 僉 (OC *skʰlam).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎn (xian³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎn
    • Wade–Giles: hsien³
    • Yale: syǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shean
    • Palladius: сянь (sjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: xjaem, xjemX

Rime
Character	𩏩	𩏩
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	嚴 (145)	鹽 (154)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	虚嚴切	虚檢切
Baxter	xjaem	xjemX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hɨɐm/	/hˠiᴇmX/
Pan Wuyun	/hiɐm/	/hᵚiɛmX/
Shao Rongfen	/xiɐm/	/xiæmX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hɨam/	/hjiamX/
Li Rong	/xiɐm/	/xjɛmX/
Wang Li	/xĭɐm/	/xĭɛmX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/xi̯ɐm/	/xi̯ɛmX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiān	xiǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	him1	him2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰam/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	𩏩
Reading #	1/1
No.	10230
Phonetic component	僉
Rime group	談
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	𩏩
Old Chinese	/*qʰam/

Definitions

𩏩

1. ^‡ barbarian quilt

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), C15997