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衫
衫
See also: 杉
Translingual
Han character
衫 (radical 145 衣+3, 9 strokes, cangjie input 中竹竹竹 (LHHH), four-corner 32222, composition ⿰衤彡)
References
- KangXi: page 1112, character 2
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34111
- Dae Jaweon: page 1577, character 6
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3075, character 11
- Unihan data for U+886B
Chinese
|
simp. and trad. |
衫 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 衫
| |
|---|---|
| Large seal script | Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (彡) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 杉 | *sreːm |
| 彡 | *sroːm, *slom |
| 衫 | *sroːm |
| 髟 | *priw, *piw, *sroːm |
| 釤 | *sraːms |
| 䑣 | *l̥ʰun |
| 彤 | *l'uːŋ |
| 浵 | *l'uːŋ |
| 肜 | *luŋ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *sroːm) : semantic 衣 + phonetic 彡 (OC *sroːm, *slom).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): saam1
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sâm
- Min Dong (BUC): săng
- Min Nan
- Wu (Wiktionary): se (T1)
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄕㄢ
- Wade-Giles: shan1
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shan
- IPA (key): /ʂa̠n⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: saam1
- Yale: sāam
- Cantonese Pinyin: saam1
- IPA (key): /sɑːm⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sâm
- Hakka Romanization System: sam´
- Hagfa Pinyim: sam1
- IPA: /sam²⁴/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: săng
- IPA (key): /saŋ⁵⁵/
- (Fuzhou)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: saⁿ / sam
- Tâi-lô: sann / sam
- Phofsit Daibuun: svaf, safm
- IPA (Xiamen): /sã⁴⁴/, /sam⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /sã³³/, /sam³³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /sã⁴⁴/, /sam⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /sã⁴⁴/, /sam⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /sã⁴⁴/, /sam⁴⁴/
- Note: sam - literary; saⁿ - vernacular.
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: san1
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: saⁿ
- IPA (key): /sã³³/
- (Hokkien)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: se (T1)
- IPA (key): /sᴇ⁵³/
- (Shanghainese)
- Dialectal data▼
| Variety | Location | 衫 |
|---|---|---|
| Mandarin | Beijing | /ʂan⁵⁵/ |
| Harbin | /ʂan⁴⁴/ | |
| Tianjin | /san²¹/ | |
| Jinan | /ʂã²¹³/ | |
| Qingdao | /ʂã²¹³/ | |
| Zhengzhou | /ʂan²⁴/ | |
| Xi'an | /sã²¹/ | |
| Xining | /sã⁴⁴/ | |
| Yinchuan | /ʂan⁴⁴/ | |
| Lanzhou | /ʂɛ̃n³¹/ | |
| Ürümqi | /san⁴⁴/ | |
| Wuhan | /san⁵⁵/ | |
| Chengdu | /san⁵⁵/ | |
| Guiyang | /san⁵⁵/ | |
| Kunming | /ʂã̠⁴⁴/ | |
| Nanjing | /ʂaŋ³¹/ | |
| Hefei | /ʂæ̃²¹/ | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /sæ̃¹¹/ |
| Pingyao | /sɑŋ¹³/ | |
| Hohhot | /sæ̃³¹/ | |
| Wu | Shanghai | /se⁵³/ |
| Suzhou | /se̞⁵⁵/ | |
| Hangzhou | /sẽ̞³³/ | |
| Wenzhou | /sa³³/ | |
| Hui | Shexian | /sɛ³¹/ |
| Tunxi | /sɔn²⁴/ | |
| Xiang | Changsha | /san³³/ |
| Xiangtan | /san³³/ | |
| Gan | Nanchang | /san⁴²/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /sam⁴⁴/ |
| Taoyuan | /sɑm²⁴/ | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /sam⁵⁵/ |
| Nanning | /sam⁵⁵/ | |
| Hong Kong | /sam⁵⁵/ | |
| Min | Xiamen (Min Nan) |
/sam⁵⁵/ /sã⁵⁵/ |
| Fuzhou (Min Dong) | /saŋ⁴⁴/ | |
| Jian'ou (Min Bei) | /saŋ⁵⁴/ | |
| Shantou (Min Nan) | /sã³³/ | |
| Haikou (Min Nan) |
/saŋ²³/ /ta²³/ |
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 衫 |
| 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 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ʃˠam/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ʃᵚam/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ʃam/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ʂaɨm/ |
| Li Rong |
/ʃam/ |
| Wang Li |
/ʃam/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ʂam/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
shān |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 衫 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 11044 |
| Phonetic component |
彡 |
| Rime group |
談 |
| Rime subdivision |
3 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
衫 |
| Old Chinese |
/*sroːm/ |
Definitions
衫
- (literary or Wu) unlined garment
- (literary or Cantonese, Min) shirt; top (Classifier: 件 c)
- (literary or Cantonese, Hakka, Min, Pinghua) clothing; clothes
Synonyms
| Dialectal synonyms of 衣服 (“clothes”) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | 衣、衣裳、衣著、衣服 | |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 衣服 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 衣裳、衣服 |
| Taiwan | 衣服、衣裳 | |
| Tianjin | 衣裳、衣服 | |
| Jinan | 衣裳、衣服 | |
| Xi'an | 衣裳 | |
| Wuhan | 衣服、衣裳 | |
| Chengdu | 衣裳 | |
| Yangzhou | 衣裳 | |
| Hefei | 衣裳 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 衫褲、衫 |
| Hong Kong | 衫褲、衫 | |
| Taishan | 衫 | |
| Yangjiang | 衫褲 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 衣裳 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 衫褲 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 衫褲 | |
| Liudui (S. Sixian) | 衫褲 | |
| Hsinchu (Hailu) | 衫褲 | |
| Dongshi (Dabu) | 衫褲 | |
| Zhuolan (Raoping) | 衫褲 | |
| Yunlin (Zhao'an) | 衫褲 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 衣裳 |
| Min Bei | Jian'ou | 衣裳 |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 衣裳 |
| Min Nan | Quanzhou | 衫褲 |
| Xiamen | 衫褲 | |
| Zhangzhou | 衫褲 | |
| Taipei | 衫仔褲 | |
| Kaohsiung | 衫仔褲 | |
| Chaozhou | 衫褲 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 衣裳 |
| Suzhou | 衣裳 | |
| Wenzhou | 衣裳 | |
| Chongming | 衣裳 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 衣服、衣、衣褲 |
| Shuangfeng | 衣服、衣褲 | |
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
衫
- thin cloth, especially thin silk [1]
- thin undergarment, thin underwear[1]
- a type of women's clothing, namely the upper part of a two-piece suit[1]
Readings
References
Korean
Hanja
衫 • (sam) (hangeul 삼, revised sam, McCune-Reischauer sam, Yale sam)
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Vietnamese
Han character
衫 (sam, oam, sờm)
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