See also:
U+7B4D, 筍
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7B4D

[U+7B4C]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+7B4E]

Translingual edit

Han character edit

(Kangxi radical 118, +6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 竹心日 (HPA) or 難竹心日 (XHPA), four-corner 88627, composition 𥫗)

Derived characters edit

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 883, character 2
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25997
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1312, character 3
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 2969, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+7B4D

Chinese edit

Glyph origin edit

Historical forms of the character
Western ZhouShuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptionsSmall seal scriptTranscribed ancient scripts

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *sqʰʷinʔ) : semantic (bamboo) + phonetic (OC *sɢʷin).

Etymology 1 edit

trad./
simp.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation edit



  • Dialectal data
VarietyLocation
MandarinBeijing/suən²¹⁴/
Harbin/suən²¹³/
Tianjin/suən¹³/
Jinan/ɕyẽ⁵⁵/
Qingdao/syə̃⁵⁵/
Zhengzhou/syn⁵³/
Xi'an/suẽ⁵³/
Xining/suə̃⁵³/
Yinchuan/suŋ⁵³/
Lanzhou/sũn⁴⁴²/
Ürümqi/suŋ⁵¹/
Wuhan/sən⁴²/
Chengdu/sən⁵³/
Guiyang/sen⁴²/
Kunming/suə̃⁵³/
Nanjing/sun²¹²/
Hefei/sən⁵⁵/
JinTaiyuan/suəŋ⁵³/
Pingyao/suŋ⁵³/
Hohhot/sũŋ⁵³/
WuShanghai/səŋ³⁵/
Suzhou/sən⁵¹/
Hangzhou/sz̩ʷen⁵³/
Wenzhou/ɕoŋ³⁵/
HuiShexian/sʌ̃³⁵/
Tunxi/sin³¹/
XiangChangsha/sən⁴¹/
Xiangtan/dən⁴²/
GanNanchang/sun²¹³/
HakkaMeixian/sun³¹/
Taoyuan/sun³¹/
CantoneseGuangzhou/søn³⁵/
Nanning/ɬɐn³⁵/
/ɬyn³⁵/
Hong Kong/søn³⁵/
MinXiamen (Hokkien)/sun⁵³/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min)/suŋ³²/
Jian'ou (Northern Min)/sœyŋ²¹/
Shantou (Teochew)/suŋ⁵³/
Haikou (Hainanese)/tun²¹³/

Rime
Character
Reading #1/1
Initial () (16)
Final () (47)
Tone (調)Rising (X)
Openness (開合)Closed
Division ()III
Fanqie
BaxterswinX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/siuɪnX/
Pan
Wuyun
/sʷinX/
Shao
Rongfen
/sjuenX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/swinX/
Li
Rong
/siuĕnX/
Wang
Li
/sĭuĕnX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/si̯uĕnX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
xǔn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
seon2
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading #1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
sǔn
Middle
Chinese
‹ swinX ›
Old
Chinese
/*s-qʷi[n]ʔ/
Englishbamboo sprouts

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
Reading #1/1
No.16392
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*sqʰʷinʔ/

Definitions edit

  1. bamboo shoot
  2. (literary, or in compounds) tender; young
  3. Alternative form of (sǔn, horizontal beam on which bells hang)
Synonyms edit
  • (bamboo shoot):

Compounds edit

Etymology 2 edit

trad./
simp.
alternative forms

From (seon6, “smooth; successful”).

Pronunciation edit

Definitions edit

  1. (Cantonese, slang) very good; worth it; inexpensive; less costly than its actual value

Compounds edit

  • 筍嘢笋嘢
  • 筍工笋工
  • 筍盤笋盘
  • 筍貨笋货

Japanese edit

Kanji edit

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. bamboo shoot

Readings edit

Korean edit

Hanja edit

(sun) (hangeul , revised sun, McCune–Reischauer sun, Yale swun)

  1. sprout, shoot

Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

: Hán Nôm readings: duẫn, sũn, hũn

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