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Definition 2024


Translingual

Han character

(radical 61 +10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 弓火心 (NFP), four-corner 12333, composition)

  1. to yield, accord
  2. humble, modest

References

  • KangXi: page 396, character 46
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11023
  • Dae Jaweon: page 735, character 33
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2335, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+613B

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*suːn
*suːn
*suːn
*suːn
*suːns
*suːns

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (16)
Final () (55)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () I
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/suənH/
Pan
Wuyun
/suonH/
Shao
Rongfen
/suənH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/swənH/
Li
Rong
/suənH/
Wang
Li
/suənH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/suənH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
sùn
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 12183
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*suːns/
Notes