芟

芟	U+829F, 芟 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-829F

← 芞
[U+829E]

CJK Unified Ideographs

芠 →
[U+82A0]

Translingual

Han character

芟 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 廿竹弓水 (THNE), four-corner 4440₇, composition ⿱艹殳)

mow, cut
weed out
scythe

Derived characters

𣓒, 𩋐, 𠫌

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1019, character 17
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30701
Dae Jaweon: page 1477, character 6
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3184, character 2
Unihan data for U+829F

Chinese

trad.		芟
simp. ^#		芟

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 芟
Shang	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Oracle bone script	Small seal script

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shān (shan¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): saam¹ / saan¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shān
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shan
  - Wade–Giles: shan¹
  - Yale: shān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shan
  - Palladius: шань (šanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂän⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: saam¹ / saan¹
  - Yale: sāam / sāan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saam¹ / saan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sam¹ / san¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːm⁵⁵/, /saːn⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: sraem

Rime
Character	芟
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	銜 (149)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	所銜切
Baxter	sraem
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʃˠam/
Pan Wuyun	/ʃᵚam/
Shao Rongfen	/ʃam/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʂaɨm/
Li Rong	/ʃam/
Wang Li	/ʃam/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʂam/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	saam¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[s]ˤr[a]m/

(Zhengzhang): /*sroːm/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	芟
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shān
Middle Chinese	‹ sræm ›
Old Chinese	/*[s]ˁr[a]m/
English	mow (v.)
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	芟
Reading #	1/1
No.	11069
Phonetic component
Rime group	談
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	衫
Old Chinese	/*sroːm/
Notes	小徐殳聲

Definitions

芟

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Compounds

芟夷 (shānyí)
芟秋
芟穢 / 芟秽
芟繁就簡 / 芟繁就简
芟落
芟除 (shānchú)
載芟 / 载芟

References

“芟”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

芟

(Hyōgai kanji)

scythe
to scythe, to cut

Readings

Go-on: せん (sen)
Kan-on: さん (san)
Kun: かま (kama)、かる (karu, 芟る)

Compounds

芟除(さんじょ) (sanjo)
芟穢(さんわい) (sanwai)

Korean

Hanja

芟 • (sam) (hangeul 삼, revised sam, McCune–Reischauer sam, Yale sam)

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