蟾

蟾 U+87FE, 蟾 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-87FE ← 蟽 [U+87FD] CJK Unified Ideographs 蟿 → [U+87FF]

Translingual

Han character

蟾 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+13, 19 strokes, Cangjie input 中戈弓金口 (LINCR), four-corner 5716₁, composition ⿰虫詹)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1099, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33676
• Dae Jaweon: page 1563, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2897, character 15
• Unihan data for U+87FE

Chinese

trad.		蟾
simp. #		蟾

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
甔	*toːm, *taːm, *taːms
擔	*taːm, *taːms
儋	*ʔl'aːm
聸	*taːm
膽	*taːmʔ
黵	*taːmʔ, *tjamʔ
澹	*daːm, *daːmʔ, *daːms
憺	*daːmʔ, *daːms
瞻	*tjam
詹	*tjam
蟾	*tjam, *djam
噡	*tjam
譫	*tjam, *daːb, *tjaːb
幨	*tʰjam, *tʰjams
襜	*tʰjam, *tʰjams
韂	*tʰjams
贍	*djams
檐	*lam
簷	*lam
舚	*tʰeːm, *tʰeːms

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chán (chan²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sim⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): sàm

  (Meixian, Guangdong): cam² / sam²

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siâm
• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁶zoe / ²zie

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chán
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chán
    • Wade–Giles: chʻan²
    • Yale: chán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: charn
    • Palladius: чань (čanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: sim⁴
    • Yale: sìhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sim⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xim⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːm²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sàm
    • Hakka Romanization System: sam^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sam²
    • Sinological IPA: /sam¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: cam² / sam²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰam¹¹/, /sam¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siâm
    • Tâi-lô: siâm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siaam
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /siam²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /siam²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /siam¹³/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /siam²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /siam²³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶zoe
    • MiniDict: zoe^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zoe
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zø²³/
  • (Northern: Jiading)
    • Wugniu: ²zie
    • MiniDict: zie^平
    • Sinological IPA (Jiading): /zɪ³¹/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyem, dzyem

Rime
Character	蟾	蟾
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	章 (23)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	鹽 (153)	鹽 (153)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	職廉切	視占切
Baxter	tsyem	dzyem
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕiᴇm/	/d͡ʑiᴇm/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕiɛm/	/d͡ʑiɛm/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕjæm/	/d͡ʑjæm/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ciam/	/d͡ʑiam/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiɛm/	/ʑiɛm/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭɛm/	/ʑĭɛm/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯ɛm/	/ʑi̯ɛm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhān	chán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zim1	sim4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*tjam/, /*djam/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蟾	蟾
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	16762	16771
Phonetic component	詹	詹
Rime group	談	談
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	詹	棎
Old Chinese	/*tjam/	/*djam/

Definitions

蟾

1. toad
2. (literary, poetic) moon

Compounds

• 扁蟾 (biǎnchán)
• 折桂攀蟾
• 攀蟾折桂
• 新蟾
• 明蟾 (míngchán)
• 步蟾
• 玉蟾
• 蟾光 (chánguāng)
• 蟾兔 (chántù)
• 蟾宮 / 蟾宫 (chángōng)
• 蟾宮客 / 蟾宫客
• 蟾宮折桂 / 蟾宫折桂 (chángōngzhéguì)
• 蟾彩
• 蟾影
• 蟾桂
• 蟾蜍 (chánchú)
• 蟾酥 (chánsū)
• 蟾魄 (chánpò)
• 金蟾 (jīnchán)
• 銀蟾 / 银蟾

References

• “蟾”, 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–

Japanese

Kanji

蟾

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: せん (sen)、ぜん (zen)
• Kan-on: せん (sen)
• Kun: ひきがえる (hikigaeru)

Compounds

• 蟾蜍(せんじょ) (senjo)
• 蟾酥(せんそ) (senso)
• 蟾兎(せんと) (sento)
• 玉蟾(ぎょくせん) (gyokusen)

Korean

Hanja

蟾 • (seom) (hangeul 섬, revised seom, McCune–Reischauer sŏm, Yale sem)

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Vietnamese

Han character

蟾: Hán Nôm readings: thiêm

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