# 嬗

| 嬗 | U+5B17, &#23319; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B17 |
| ← 嬖 [U+5B16] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 嬘 → [U+5B18] |

## Translingual
### Han character

嬗 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+13, 16 strokes, cangjie input 女卜田一 (VYWM), four-corner 4041$_6$, composition ⿰女亶)
* 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
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 皽 | *tjaʀ, *tanʔ, *tjanʔ |
| 担 | *taːnʔ |
| 胆 | *daːn, *daːn |
| 疸 | *taːnʔ, *taːns |
| 觛 | *taːnʔ, *taːns, *daːnʔ |
| 亶 | *taːnʔ |
| 嬗 | *taːnʔ, *tʰaːn, *djans |
| 笪 | *taːnʔ, *taːns, *taːd |
| 狚 | *taːnʔ, *taːns, *taːd |
| 旦 | *taːns |
| 鴠 | *taːns |
| 譠 | *tʰaːn, *rteːn |
| 坦 | *tʰaːnʔ |
| 但 | *daːn, *daːnʔ, *daːns |
| 檀 | *daːn |
| 壇 | *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 (shan$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄕㄢˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): sin$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shàn
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄢˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shàn
*** Wade–Giles: shan$^4$
*** Yale: shàn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shann
*** Palladius: шань (šanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂän⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sin$^6$
*** Yale: sihn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sin$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xin$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /siːn²²/
* Middle Chinese: than, tanX, dzyenH
Rime :
| Character | 嬗 | 嬗 | 嬗 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 |
| Initial (聲) | 透 (6) | 端 (5) | 常 (25) |
| Final (韻) | 寒 (61) | 寒 (61) | 仙 (77) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Rising (X) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | I | I | III |
| Fanqie | 他干切 | 多旱切 | 時戰切 |
| Baxter | than | tanX | dzyenH |
| Reconstructions ||||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /tʰɑn/ | /tɑn$^X$/ | /d͡ʑiᴇn$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /tʰɑn/ | /tɑn$^X$/ | /d͡ʑiɛn$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /tʰɑn/ | /tɑn$^X$/ | /d͡ʑjæn$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /tʰan/ | /tan$^X$/ | /d͡ʑian$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /tʰɑn/ | /tɑn$^X$/ | /ʑiɛn$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /tʰɑn/ | /tɑn$^X$/ | /ʑĭɛn$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /tʰɑn/ | /tɑn$^X$/ | /ʑi̯ɛn$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | tān | dǎn | shàn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | taan$^1$ | daan$^2$ | sin$^6$ |
* 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 | 旦 | 旦 |
| Rime group | 元 | 元 | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 亶 | 灘 | 繕 |
| Old Chinese | /*taːnʔ/ | /*tʰaːn/ | /*djans/ |

### Definitions

嬗
* (literary) to evolve; to transform
* (literary) Alternative form of 禪／禅 (“to abdicate and pass the throne”)

#### Compounds

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

## Japanese
### Kanji

(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