攕

攕 U+6515, 攕 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6515 ← 攔 [U+6514] CJK Unified Ideographs 攖 → [U+6516]

Translingual

Han character

攕 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+17, 20 strokes, cangjie input 手人戈一 (QOIM), four-corner 5305₀, composition ⿰扌韱)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 462, character 50
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12979
• Dae Jaweon: page 812, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1984, character 15
• Unihan data for U+6515

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (韱) (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

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		攕

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiān (xian¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saam¹ / cim¹

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• 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: saam¹ / cim¹
    • Yale: sāam / chīm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saam¹ / tsim¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sam¹ / qim¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːm⁵⁵/, /t͡sʰiːm⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: sream

Rime
Character	攕
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	咸 (151)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	所咸切
Baxter	sream
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʃˠɛm/
Pan Wuyun	/ʃᵚæm/
Shao Rongfen	/ʃɐm/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʂəɨm/
Li Rong	/ʃɐm/
Wang Li	/ʃɐm/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʂăm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	saam1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sreːm/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	攕
Reading #	1/1
No.	13474
Phonetic component	韱
Rime group	談
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	攕
Old Chinese	/*sreːm/

Definitions

攕

1. (of the hand) slender and delicate

   alt. forms: 纖／纤, 孅, 摻／掺

Compounds

• 攕攕

 

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		攕

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiān (jian¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jian
    • Wade–Giles: chien¹
    • Yale: jyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jian
    • Palladius: цзянь (czjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/

Definitions

攕

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Etymology 3

simp. and trad.		攕
alternative forms		鋟／锓

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhiám / chhiàm

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiám
    • Tâi-lô: tshiám
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiarm
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiam⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /t͡sʰiam⁵³/
    • IPA (Singapore): /t͡sʰiam⁴²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiàm
    • Tâi-lô: tshiàm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiaxm
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiam⁴¹/
    • IPA (Singapore): /t͡sʰiam²¹/

Definitions

攕

1. (Hokkien) fork
2. (Hokkien) to pick up with a fork
3. (Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) objects (usually food) on a skewer
4. (Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) Classifier for objects in a string, on a skewer, etc.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 叉子 (“fork (for eating)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		叉子
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	叉兒, 叉子
	Taiwan	叉子
	Malaysia	叉
	Singapore	叉
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	叉叉子
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	叉子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	叉
	Hong Kong	叉
	Singapore (Guangfu)	叉
Gan	Pingxiang	叉子
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	叉仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	攕仔
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	刺仔
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	插仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	插仔, 叉仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	插
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	插仔, 叉仔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	攕子, 插子
Huizhou	Jixi	叉
Southern Min	Xiamen	攕仔
	Zhangzhou	攕仔
	Taipei	攕仔
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	攕仔
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	攕仔, 叉仔
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	攕仔
	Kaohsiung	攕仔
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	攕仔
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	攕仔, 鑿仔
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	攕仔
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	攕仔
	Yilan (Toucheng)	攕仔
	Tainan	攕仔
	Tainan (Anping)	攕仔
	Kinmen	攕仔
	Penghu (Magong)	攕仔
	Penghu (Xiyu)	攕仔
	Penang (Hokkien)	攕仔
	Singapore (Hokkien)	攕
	Manila (Hokkien)	攕仔
	Medan (Hokkien)	攕仔
	Chaozhou	叉
	Singapore (Teochew)	叉
	Leizhou	叉
	Singapore (Hainanese)	戳
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	叉
Wu	Shanghai	叉
	Hangzhou	叉

Compounds

• 刀攕
• 攕仔
• 攕仔車／攕仔车
• 攕手
• 攕管
• 李仔攕
• 米攕

 

References

• “攕”, 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–