尠

See also: 鮮

尠	U+5C20, 尠 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5C20

← 尟
[U+5C1F]

CJK Unified Ideographs

尡 →
[U+5C21]

Translingual

Han character

尠 (radical 42, 小+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 廿女火竹 (TVFH), composition ⿰甚少)

References

KangXi: page 297, character 27
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7523
Dae Jaweon: page 592, character 26
Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 565, character 16
Unihan data for U+5C20

Chinese

trad.		尠
simp.		鲜

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiǎn (xian³)

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: xiǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˇ
  - Wade–Giles: hsien³
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shean
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴/

Middle Chinese: /siᴇn^X/, /sɨo^H/▼

Rime
Character	尠	尠
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	仙 (77)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	息淺切	思句切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/siᴇn^X/	/sɨo^H/
Pan Wuyun	/siɛn^X/	/sio^H/
Shao Rongfen	/sjæn^X/	/sio^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sian^X/	/suə̆^H/
Li Rong	/siɛn^X/	/sio^H/
Wang Li	/sĭɛn^X/	/sĭu^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/si̯ɛn^X/	/si̯u^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiǎn	xù

Old Chinese▼
(Zhengzhang): /*senʔ/, /*smos/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	尠	尠
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	13535	13709
Phonetic component	尠	小
Rime group	元	侯
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	獮	尠
Old Chinese	/*senʔ/	/*smos/
Notes	見九思，說文作尟	少分化字見九思

Definitions

尠

Alternative form of 鮮／鲜 (“few”).

Japanese

Kanji

尠

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

at least
not a little

Readings

On (unclassified): せん (sen)
Kun: すくない (sukunai)

Korean

Hanja

尠 (eum 선 (seon))

very few
seldom
rarely

Vietnamese

Han character

尠: Hán Nôm readings: tiển

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References

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