兟

兟 U+515F, 兟 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-515F ← 兞 [U+515E] CJK Unified Ideographs 兠 → [U+5160]

Translingual

Han character

兟 (Kangxi radical 10, 儿+10, 12 strokes, cangjie input 竹山竹土山 (HUHGU) or 難竹山竹土 (XHUHG), four-corner 2421₁, composition ⿰先先)

1. to advance

Derived characters

• 贊(赞), 㬱, 𠐷, 𧮖, 𥳱, 𦺷, 𧑯, 𧖟, 𩱕, 𩱩, 𫌦, 𡬃, 𤄳, 𠓙, 𮣄

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 125, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1391
• Dae Jaweon: page 266, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 274, character 2
• Unihan data for U+515F

Chinese

simp. and trad.		兟

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 兟
Small seal script s06219
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

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

	Old Chinese
洗	*sɯːlʔ, *sɯːnʔ
先	*sɯːn, *sɯːns
銑	*sɯːnʔ
跣	*sɯːnʔ
毨	*sɯːnʔ
姺	*sɯːnʔ, *srin
筅	*sɯːnʔ
冼	*sɯːnʔ
箲	*sɯːnʔ
駪	*srin
兟	*srin
詵	*srin
侁	*srin

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shēn (shen¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): san¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shen
    • Wade–Giles: shên¹
    • Yale: shēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shen
    • Palladius: шэнь (šɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: san¹
    • Yale: sān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: san¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: srin

Rime
Character	兟
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	臻 (46)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	所臻切
Baxter	srin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʃɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/ʃɪn/
Shao Rongfen	/ʃien/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʂin/
Li Rong	/ʃiĕn/
Wang Li	/ʃĭen/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʂi̯æn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shēn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	san1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*s<r>ər/

  (Zhengzhang): /*srin/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	兟
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shēn
Middle Chinese	‹ srin ›
Old Chinese	/*s<r>ər/
English	to advance (Shuōwén)
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	兟
Reading #	1/1
No.	13469
Phonetic component	先
Rime group	眞
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	莘
Old Chinese	/*srin/

Definitions

兟

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Compounds

• 兟兟 (shēnshēn)

 

Japanese

Kanji

兟

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): しん (shin)
• Kun: すすむ (susumu, 兟む)

Korean

Hanja

兟 (eum 신 (sin))

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