嬸
See also: 婶
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Translingual
Han character
嬸 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+15, 18 strokes, cangjie input 女十竹田 (VJHW), four-corner 43469, composition ⿰女審)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 273, character 19
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6851
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1089, character 4
- Unihan data for U+5B38
Chinese
| trad. | 嬸 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 婶 | |
Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (宷) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *hljɯmʔ): semantic 女 (“woman”) + phonetic 審 (OC *hljɯmʔ).
Etymology
Monosyllabic fusion of 叔母 (MC syuwk muwX, “father's younger brother + wife”).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard)
- (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): sen3
- Cantonese
- Gan (Wiktionary): siin3
- Hakka
- Jin (Wiktionary): seng2
- Northern Min (KCR): se̿ng
- Eastern Min (BUC): sīng
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): sing3
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 5sen
- Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): shen3
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: shěn
- Zhuyin: ㄕㄣˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: shěn
- Wade–Giles: shên3
- Yale: shěn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheen
- Palladius: шэнь (šɛnʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʂən²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (嬸兒 / 婶儿)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: shěnr
- Zhuyin: ㄕㄣˇㄦ
- Tongyong Pinyin: shěnr
- Wade–Giles: shên3-ʼrh
- Yale: shěnr
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheel
- Palladius: шэньр (šɛnʹr)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʂəɻ²¹⁴/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: sen3
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: sen
- Sinological IPA (key): /sən⁵³/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: sam2
- Yale: sám
- Cantonese Pinyin: sam2
- Guangdong Romanization: sem2
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɐm³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: sim2
- Sinological IPA (key): /sim⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Gan
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ́m
- Hakka Romanization System: siimˋ
- Hagfa Pinyim: sim3
- Sinological IPA: /sɨm³¹/
- (Meixian)
- Guangdong: sem3
- Sinological IPA: /səm³¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Jin
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: se̿ng
- Sinological IPA (key): /seiŋ³³/
- (Jian'ou)
- Eastern Min
- Puxian Min
- (Putian)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: sing3
- Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: sîng
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɬiŋ⁴⁵³/
- (Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: sing3
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɬiŋ³³²/
- (Putian)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chím / sím
- Tâi-lô: tsím / sím
- Phofsit Daibuun: ciem, siem
- Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sim⁵³/, /sim⁵³/
- Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sim⁵⁵⁴/, /sim⁵⁵⁴/
- Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sim⁵³/, /sim⁵³/
- Sinological IPA (Taipei): /t͡sim⁵³/, /sim⁵³/
- Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sim⁴¹/, /sim⁴¹/
- (Hokkien)
Note:
- chím - vernacular;
- sím - literary.
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*hljɯmʔ/
Definitions
嬸
- paternal aunt (wife of father's younger brother)
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 嬸母 (“paternal aunt (wife of father's younger brother)”) [map]
Compounds
References
- “嬸”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2026.
Japanese
Kanji
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Readings
Vietnamese
Han character
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