韱

韱	U+97F1, 韱 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-97F1

← 韰
[U+97F0]

CJK Unified Ideographs

韲 →
[U+97F2]

Translingual

Han character

韱 (Kangxi radical 179, 韭+8, 17 strokes, cangjie input 人戈中尸一 (OILSM), four-corner 8315₀, composition ⿹㦰韭)

wild onions or leeks

Derived terms

孅, 㡨, 懺, 攕, 瀸, 㺤, 櫼, 殲, 䑎, 䃸, 䆎, 襳, 䊱, 纖, 䘋, 讖(谶), 䤘, 鑯(𰿈), 籤

Additional Derived Characters

𡄑, 𢖝, 𤒯, 𥍀, 𨇦, 𨏪, 𩉔, 𩟶, 𪖎, 𣰷, 𫦟, 𡾺, 𧃖, 𩆷, 𩰁, 𣱰, 𤼋, 𱏢

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1396, character 12
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 43246
Dae Jaweon: page 1911, character 32
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4404, character 12
Unihan data for U+97F1

Chinese

simp. and trad.		韱
alternative forms		韯

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 韱
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
讖	*sʰrims
攕	*sreːm
櫼	sreːm, ʔsem
懺	*sʰraːms
殲	*ʔsem
瀸	*ʔsem
鑯	*ʔsem
虃	*ʔslem
籤	*sʰem
韯	*sem
纖	*sem
孅	*sem
韱	*sem
襳	sem, srem, *srim

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *sem): semantic 韭 + phonetic 㦰 (jiān).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiān (xian¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cim¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siam

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sian
  - Wade–Giles: hsien¹
  - Yale: syān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shian
  - Palladius: сянь (sjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: cim¹
  - Yale: chīm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsim¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: qim¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːm⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siam
  - Tâi-lô: siam
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siafm
  - IPA (Xiamen): /siam⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /siam³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /siam⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /siam⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siam⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: sjem

Rime
Character	韱
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	鹽 (153)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	息廉切
Baxter	sjem
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/siᴇm/
Pan Wuyun	/siɛm/
Shao Rongfen	/sjæm/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/siam/
Li Rong	/siɛm/
Wang Li	/sĭɛm/
Bernhard Karlgren	/si̯ɛm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sim¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*sem/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	韱
Reading #	1/1
No.	13486
Phonetic component
Rime group	談
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	銛
Old Chinese	/*sem/

Definitions

韱

wild onion; leek

References

(Cantonese) Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 3), p. 237

Japanese

Kanji

韱

(Hyōgai kanji)

wild onions or leeks

Readings

On (unclassified): せん (sen)
Kun: やまにら (yamanira)

Korean

Hanja

韱 • (seom) (hangeul 섬, revised seom, McCune–Reischauer sŏm, Yale sem)

wild onions or leeks