獮

See also: 狝

獮	U+736E, 獮 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-736E

← 獭
[U+736D]

CJK Unified Ideographs

獯 →
[U+736F]

Translingual

Han character

獮 (Kangxi radical 94, 犬+14, 17 strokes, cangjie input 大竹一火月 (KHMFB), four-corner 4122₇, composition ⿰犭爾)

Derived characters

𤫏

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 720, character 9
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20748
Dae Jaweon: page 1131, character 14
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1374, character 2
Unihan data for U+736E

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
嬭	rneːlʔ, niːlʔ
禰	*niːlʔ
镾	niːlʔ, mnel
薾	*niːlʔ
檷	*niːlʔ
鑈	niːlʔ, neːb
瀰	niːlʔ, mnel, *mnelʔ
獼	*mnel
瓕	*mnel
彌	*mnel
鸍	mnel, hnjel
擟	*mnel
濔	*mnelʔ
壐	*smlelʔ
璽	*smlelʔ
爾	*njelʔ
邇	*njelʔ
獮	*smlenʔ
籋	neb, neːb

Alternative forms with 𤣔. Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *smlenʔ) : semantic 犬 (“dog”) + phonetic 爾 (OC *njelʔ).

Etymology 1: Simplified from 𤣗 (璽 → 爾).

Etymology 2: Simplified from 獼 (彌 → 爾).

Etymology 1

trad.		獮
simp.		狝
alternative forms		𤣗𤣔𤣐𤣝𥙮𤣗𤣔𤣐𤣝𥙮𥜬𥜦𥜲

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiǎn (xian³)

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sin²

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/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: sin²
  - Yale: sín
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sin²
  - Guangdong Romanization: xin²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn³⁵/

Middle Chinese: sjenX

Rime
Character	獮
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	仙 (77)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	息淺切
Baxter	sjenX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/siᴇn^X/
Pan Wuyun	/siɛn^X/
Shao Rongfen	/sjæn^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sian^X/
Li Rong	/siɛn^X/
Wang Li	/sĭɛn^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/si̯ɛn^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sin²

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*s.[n]e[r]ʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*smlenʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	獮
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xiǎn
Middle Chinese	‹ sjen^X ›
Old Chinese	/*s.[n]e[r]ʔ/
English	autumnal hunt
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	獮
Reading #	1/1
No.	2819
Phonetic component	爾
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	獮
Old Chinese	/*smlenʔ/
Notes	說文從璽

Definitions

獮

^† autumnal hunting
- 獮之日，蒞卜來歲之戒。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  狝之日，莅卜来岁之戒。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Rites of Zhou, circa 3^rd century BCE
  Xiǎn zhī rì, lì bǔ láisuì zhī jiè. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)
^† to hunt and kill

Compounds

草薙禽獮／草剃禽狝

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 獮 – see 獼 (“macaque genus of monkeys)”). (This character is a variant form of 獼).

Japanese

Kanji

獮

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): せん (sen)
Kun: かり (kari)

Korean

Hanja

獮 (eumhun 죽일 선 (jugil seon))

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References

Naver Hanja Dictionary: 獮