嚵

嚵	U+56B5, 嚵 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-56B5

← 嚴
[U+56B4]

CJK Unified Ideographs

嚶 →
[U+56B6]

Translingual

Han character

嚵 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+17, 20 strokes, cangjie input 口弓口戈 (RNRI), four-corner 6701₃, composition ⿰口毚)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 214, character 10
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4591
Dae Jaweon: page 437, character 1
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 704, character 9
Unihan data for U+56B5

Chinese

trad.		嚵
simp. ^#		嚵
alternative forms		𡅛𡁅

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
纔	zlɯː, zlɯːs, *sraːm
讒	zrɯːm, zraːms
饞	*zrɯːm
毚	zrɯːm, zraːm
欃	zrɯːm, zraːms
攙	zrɯːm, sʰraːm
儳	zrɯːm, zrɯːms, *sʰraːms
酁	*zrɯːm
瀺	*zrɯːmʔ
嚵	sʰraːms, zraːm, *zlamʔ
巉	zraːm, zraːmʔ
劖	*zraːm
艬	zraːm, zraːms
鑱	zraːm, zraːms

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chán, chàn (chan², chan⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄢˊ, ㄔㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): caam⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chán
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chán
  - Wade–Giles: chʻan²
  - Yale: chán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: charn
  - Palladius: чань (čanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰän³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chàn
  - Wade–Giles: chʻan⁴
  - Yale: chàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chann
  - Palladius: чань (čanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰän⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: caam⁴
  - Yale: chàahm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsaam⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: cam⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːm²¹/

Middle Chinese: dzraem, dzjemX, tsrhaemH

Rime
Character	嚵	嚵	嚵
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	崇 (20)	從 (15)	初 (19)
Final (韻)	銜 (149)	鹽 (153)	銜 (149)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	III	II
Fanqie	鋤銜切	慈染切	楚鑑切
Baxter	dzraem	dzjemX	tsrhaemH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʒˠam/	/d͡ziᴇm^X/	/t͡ʃʰˠam^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖ͡ʐᵚam/	/d͡ziɛm^X/	/ʈ͡ʂʰᵚam^H/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʒam/	/d͡zjæm^X/	/t͡ʃʰam^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖ͡ʐaɨm/	/d͡ziam^X/	/ʈ͡ʂʰaɨm^H/
Li Rong	/d͡ʒam/	/d͡ziɛm^X/	/t͡ʃʰam^H/
Wang Li	/d͡ʒam/	/d͡zĭɛm^X/	/t͡ʃʰam^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɖ͡ʐʱam/	/d͡zʱi̯ɛm^X/	/ʈ͡ʂʰam^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chán	jiàn	chàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	caam⁴	zim⁶	caam³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*sʰraːms/, /*zraːm/, /*zlamʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嚵	嚵	嚵
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	1232	1238	1245
Phonetic component	毚	毚	毚
Rime group	談	談	談
Rime subdivision	1	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	懺	巉	漸
Old Chinese	/*sʰraːms/	/*zraːm/	/*zlamʔ/

Definitions

嚵

(literary, of an animal) mouth; beak
(literary) to taste; to try
alternative form of 饞 / 馋 (chán, “gluttonous; greedy”)

Japanese

Kanji

嚵

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): さん (san)、ざん (zan)、せん (sen)、ぜん (zen)
Kun: すする (susuru)、くち (kuchi)、くちばし (kuchibashi)