脣

See also: 唇

脣	U+8123, 脣 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8123

← 脢
[U+8122]

CJK Unified Ideographs

脤 →
[U+8124]

Translingual

Han character

脣 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 一女月 (MVB), four-corner 7122₇, composition ⿸辰⺼ or ⿱辰⺼)

Derived characters

漘, 𣘣, 磭, 𧱽, 䥎, 𩕁, 䔚

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 983, character 23
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29526
Dae Jaweon: page 1436, character 14
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2076, character 9
Unihan data for U+8123

Chinese

trad.		脣/唇^*
simp.		唇^*

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
辴	tʰɯl, tʰɯnʔ, *tʰɯn
屒	tɯnʔ, djɯn
振	tjɯn, tjɯns
侲	tjɯn, tjɯn
桭	tjɯn, djɯn
唇	tjɯn, ɦljun
帪	*tjɯn
賑	tjɯnʔ, tjɯns
裖	*tjɯnʔ
敐	tjɯnʔ, djɯn
震	*tjɯn
娠	tjɯns, hljɯn
蜃	djɯns, djɯnʔ, *djins
辰	*djɯn
晨	djɯn, ɦljɯn
宸	*djɯn
鷐	*djɯn
麎	*djɯn
祳	*djɯnʔ
脤	*djɯnʔ
鋠	*djɯnʔ
磭	ŋrɯnʔ, ŋ̊ʰjaɡ, *ŋaɡ
陙	*djun
脣	*ɦljun
漘	*ɦljun

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɦljun): phonetic 辰 (OC *djɯn) + semantic 肉 (“flesh”).

Etymology

Original meaning was apparently “edge”. Related to 漘 (OC *ɦljun, “bank of a river”), 宸 (OC *djɯn, “eave (i.e. edge of a roof)”) and 胗 (OC *kljɯnʔ, *klɯnʔ, “ulcer of the lip”) (Wang, 1982).

Further etymology is not clear. The various theories are:

Schuessler (2007): Related to Lepcha ᰣᰌᰫᰯ (a-dul, “lips”) < root ᰌᰫᰯ (dul) (STEDT derives this from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-ts(j)ul (“lip; beak”)).
Benedict (1972): Related to Tibetan མཆུ (mchu, “lips; beak of a bird”) (derived from the same Sino-Tibetan etymon in STEDT).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chún (chun²)

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄣˊ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): seon⁴

(Taishan, Wiktionary): sun³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): sùn / sṳ̀n

(Meixian, Guangdong): sun²
Eastern Min (BUC): sùng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): tûn / sûn

(Teochew, Peng'im): dung⁵
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶zen

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chún
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chún
  - Wade–Giles: chʻun²
  - Yale: chwún
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chwen
  - Palladius: чунь (čunʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: seon⁴
  - Yale: sèuhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soen⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: sên⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵn²¹/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: sun³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sun²²/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sùn
  - Hakka Romanization System: sun^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sun²
  - Sinological IPA: /sun¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sùn / sṳ̀n
  - Hakka Romanization System: sun^ˇ / siin^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sun² / sin²
  - Sinological IPA: /sun¹¹/, /sɨn¹¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: sun²
  - Sinological IPA: /sun¹¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: sùng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /suŋ⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tûn
  - Tâi-lô: tûn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: duun
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tun²³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /tun²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tun¹³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sûn
  - Tâi-lô: sûn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: suun
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /sun²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sun¹³/

Note:

tûn - vernacular;
sûn - literary.

(Teochew)
- Peng'im: dung⁵
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tûng
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /tuŋ⁵⁵/

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶zen
  - MiniDict: zen^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zen
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zən²³/

Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 脣 (唇)
Mandarin	Beijing	/ʈ͡ʂʰuən³⁵/
	Harbin	/ʈ͡ʂuən²⁴/
	Tianjin	/ʈ͡ʂʰuən⁴⁵/ /t͡sʰuən⁴⁵/
	Jinan	/ʈ͡ʂʰuẽ⁴²/
	Qingdao	/ʈ͡ʂʰuə̃⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/ʈ͡ʂʰuən⁴²/
	Xi'an	/p͡fʰẽ²⁴/
	Xining	/fə̃²⁴/
	Yinchuan	/ʈ͡ʂʰuŋ⁵³/
	Lanzhou	/p͡fʰə̃n⁵³/
	Ürümqi	/ʈ͡ʂʰuŋ⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/ɕyn²¹³/
	Chengdu	/suən³¹/
	Guiyang	/suen²¹/
	Kunming	/ʂuə̃¹/
	Nanjing	/ʂun²⁴/
	Hefei	/ʈ͡ʂʰuən⁵⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/t͡sʰuəŋ¹¹/
	Pingyao	/suŋ¹³/
	Hohhot	/t͡sʰũŋ³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/zəŋ²³/
	Suzhou	/zən¹³/
	Hangzhou	/d͡zz̩ʷen²¹³/
	Wenzhou	/joŋ³¹/
Hui	Shexian	/ɕiʌ̃⁴⁴/ /ɕyʌ̃⁴⁴/
Hui	Tunxi	/ɕyan⁴⁴/
Xiang	Changsha	/ʂən¹³/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/ʂən¹²/
Gan	Nanchang	/sun⁴⁵/
Hakka	Meixian	/sun¹¹/
Hakka	Taoyuan	/ʃun¹¹/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/søn²¹/
	Nanning	/sɐn²¹/
	Hong Kong	/søn²¹/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/sun³⁵/ /tun³⁵/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/suŋ⁵³/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/sœyŋ²¹/ /œyŋ²¹/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/tuŋ⁵⁵/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/ʔdun³¹/

Middle Chinese: zywin

Rime
Character	脣
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	船 (27)
Final (韻)	諄 (47)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	食倫切
Baxter	zywin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʑiuɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/ʑʷin/
Shao Rongfen	/ʑjuen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʑwin/
Li Rong	/d͡ʑiuĕn/
Wang Li	/d͡ʑĭuĕn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/d͡ʑʰi̯uĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shún
Expected Cantonese Reflex	seon⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*sə.dur/

(Zhengzhang): /*ɦljun/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	脣
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	chún
Middle Chinese	‹ zywin ›
Old Chinese	/*sə.dur/
English	lip
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	脣
Reading #	1/1
No.	1389
Phonetic component	辰
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*ɦljun/
Notes	今作

Definitions

脣

(anatomy) lip
(figurative) lip-shaped thing
(literary or Hakka, Southern Min) side; edge
路脣／路唇 [Sixian Hakka] ― lu-sùn [Pha̍k-fa-sṳ] ― roadside

耳仔脣／耳仔唇 [Hokkien] ― hī-á tûn [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― helix of the ear

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 嘴脣 (“lips”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		脣, 吻
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		嘴脣, 脣, 吻
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	嘴脣兒
	Taiwan	嘴脣
	Harbin	嘴脣, 嘴脣兒
	Singapore	嘴脣
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	嘴脣兒
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	嘴脣, 嘴脣兒
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	嘴脣子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	嘴脣兒
	Xi'an	嘴脣兒
	Xining	嘴脣兒, 嘴皮兒
	Xuzhou	嘴脣兒, 嘴脣子
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	嘴脣子
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	嘴脣子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	嘴皮, 嘴皮子
	Wuhan	嘴脣
	Guilin	嘴脣
	Liuzhou	嘴脣
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	嘴脣子
Jianghuai Mandarin	Hefei	嘴脣
Cantonese	Guangzhou	口脣, 嘴脣
	Hong Kong	嘴脣, 口脣
	Taishan	口脣, 嘴脣
	Yangjiang	嘴脣
	Singapore (Guangfu)	口脣
Gan	Nanchang	嘴脣, 嘴脣皮, 嘴脣皮子
Gan	Lichuan	嘴脣, 嘴脣皮
Hakka	Meixian	嘴脣
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	嘴脣
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	嘴脣
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	嘴脣
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	嘴脣
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	嘴脣
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	嘴脣
	Hong Kong	嘴脣
	Singapore (Dabu)	嘴脣
Huizhou	Jixi	嘴脣皮
Jin	Taiyuan	嘴脣
Jin	Xinzhou	嘴脣子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	喙脣, 喙皮
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	喙皮
Southern Min	Xiamen	喙脣, 喙脣皮
	Quanzhou	喙脣, 喙脣皮
	Jinjiang	喙脣
	Yongchun	喙脣
	Zhangzhou	喙脣, 喙脣皮
	Taipei	喙脣
	Kaohsiung	喙脣
	Penang (Hokkien)	喙脣
	Singapore (Hokkien)	喙脣
	Manila (Hokkien)	喙脣
	Chaozhou	喙脣
	Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew)	喙脣
	Haikou	喙脣
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	嘴脣, 口脣
Waxiang	Guzhang (Gaofeng)	口皮
Wu	Shanghai	嘴脣, 嘴脣皮
	Shanghai (Chongming)	嘴脣
	Suzhou	嘴脣, 嘴脣皮
	Danyang	嘴板
	Hangzhou	嘴脣皮兒
	Ningbo	嘴脣皮
	Wenzhou	嘴脣
	Jinhua	口脣肉皮
	Jinhua (Tangxi)	口脣皮
Xiang	Changsha	嘴巴皮, 嘴巴皮子, 嘴脣子
	Loudi	嘴脣皮, 嘴皮子
	Shuangfeng	嘴巴皮
	Hengyang	嘴巴皮