嬗

嬗 U+5B17, 嬗 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B17 ← 嬖 [U+5B16] CJK Unified Ideographs 嬘 → [U+5B18]

Translingual

Han character

嬗 (Kangxi radical 38, 女おんな+13, 16 strokes, cangjie input 女おんな卜ぼく田でん一いち (VYWM), four-corner 4041₆, composition ⿰女おんな亶)

1. succession to the throne

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 272, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6771
• Dae Jaweon: page 540, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1085, character 1
• Unihan data for U+5B17

Chinese

trad.		嬗
simp. #		嬗

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (旦だん) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
皽	*tjaʀ, *tanʔ, *tjanʔ
担	*taːnʔ
胆きも	*daːn, *daːn
疸	*taːnʔ, *taːns
觛	*taːnʔ, *taːns, *daːnʔ
亶	*taːnʔ
嬗	*taːnʔ, *tʰaːn, *djans
笪	*taːnʔ, *taːns, *taːd
狚	*taːnʔ, *taːns, *taːd
旦だん	*taːns
鴠	*taːns
譠	*tʰaːn, *rteːn
坦ひろし	*tʰaːnʔ
但ただし	*daːn, *daːnʔ, *daːns
檀まゆみ	*daːn
壇だん	*daːn
儃	*daːn, *djan
驙	*daːn, *tan
袒	*daːnʔ, *rdeːns
襢	*daːnʔ, *tanʔ, *tans
繵	*daːnʔ
膻	*daːnʔ
澶	*daːns, *djan
邅	*tan, *danʔ, *dans
鱣	*tan
饘	*tjan, *tjanʔ
旜	*tjan
氈	*tjan
鸇	*tjan
顫	*tjans
蟺	*djanʔ
擅	*djans
羶	*hljan
呾	*taːd, *ʔraːd
怛	*taːd
妲	*taːd
靼	*taːd, *tjad
炟	*taːd

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shàn (shan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sin⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shàn
    • Wade–Giles: shan⁴
    • Yale: shàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shann
    • Palladius: шань (šanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: sin⁶
    • Yale: sihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sin⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: xin⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn²²/

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• Middle Chinese: than, tanX, dzyenH

Rime
Character	嬗	嬗	嬗
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲こえ)	透とおる (6)	端はし (5)	常つね (25)
Final (韻いん)	寒さむ (61)	寒さむ (61)	仙せん (77)
Tone (調しらべ)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開ひらき合あい)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等ひとし)	I	I	III
Fanqie	他た干ひ切きり	多おお旱ひでり切きり	時とき戰せん切きり
Baxter	than	tanX	dzyenH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tʰɑn/	/tɑnX/	/d͡ʑiᴇnH/
Pan Wuyun	/tʰɑn/	/tɑnX/	/d͡ʑiɛnH/
Shao Rongfen	/tʰɑn/	/tɑnX/	/d͡ʑjænH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tʰan/	/tanX/	/d͡ʑianH/
Li Rong	/tʰɑn/	/tɑnX/	/ʑiɛnH/
Wang Li	/tʰɑn/	/tɑnX/	/ʑĭɛnH/
Bernard Karlgren	/tʰɑn/	/tɑnX/	/ʑi̯ɛnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tān	dǎn	shàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	taan1	daan2	sin6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*taːnʔ/, /*tʰaːn/, /*djans/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嬗	嬗	嬗
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	2048	2058	2095
Phonetic component	旦だん	旦だん	旦だん
Rime group	元もと	元もと	元もと
Rime subdivision	1	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	亶	灘なだ	繕つくろえ
Old Chinese	/*taːnʔ/	/*tʰaːn/	/*djans/

Definitions

嬗

1. (literary) to evolve; to transform
2. (literary) Alternative form of 禪ぜん／禅ぜん (“to abdicate and pass the throne”)

Compounds

• 嬗變／嬗变 (shànbiàn)
• 嬗遞／嬗递
• 遞嬗／递嬗 (dìshàn)

 

Japanese

Kanji

嬗

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): せん (sen); ぜん (zen); たん (tan)
• Kun: ゆるい (yurui)

Vietnamese

Han character

嬗: Hán Nôm readings: thiện

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References

• Nom Foundation