# 攕

| 攕 | U+6515, &#25877; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6515 |
| ← 攔 [U+6514] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 攖 → [U+6516] |

## Translingual
### Han character

攕 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+17, 20 strokes, cangjie input 手人戈一 (QOIM), four-corner 5305$_0$, composition ⿰扌韱)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 462, character 50
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12979
* Dae Jaweon: page 812, character 9
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1984, character 15
* Unihan data for U+6515

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 讖 | *sʰrims |
| 攕 | *sreːm |
| 櫼 | *sreːm, *ʔsem |
| 懺 | *sʰraːms |
| 殲 | *ʔsem |
| 瀸 | *ʔsem |
| 鑯 | *ʔsem |
| 虃 | *ʔslem |
| 籤 | *sʰem |
| 韯 | *sem |
| 纖 | *sem |
| 孅 | *sem |
| 韱 | *sem |
| 襳 | *sem, *srem, *srim |

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xiān (xian$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): saam$^1$ / cim$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xiān
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: sian
*** Wade–Giles: hsien$^1$
*** Yale: syān
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shian
*** Palladius: сянь (sjanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: saam$^1$ / cim$^1$
*** Yale: sāam / chīm
*** Cantonese Pinyin: saam$^1$ / tsim$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sam$^1$ / qim$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /saːm⁵⁵/, /t͡sʰiːm⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: sream
Rime :
| Character | 攕 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 生 (21) |
| Final (韻) | 咸 (151) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 所咸切 |
| Baxter | sream |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʃˠɛm/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʃᵚæm/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ʃɐm/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʂəɨm/ |
| Li Rong | /ʃɐm/ |
| Wang Li | /ʃɐm/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ʂăm/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | shān |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | saam$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*sreːm/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 攕 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 13474 |
| Phonetic component | 韱 |
| Rime group | 談 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 攕 |
| Old Chinese | /*sreːm/ |

#### Definitions

攕
* (of the hand) slender and delicate
    alt. forms: 纖／纤, 孅, 摻／掺

#### Compounds

* 攕攕

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jiān (jian$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jiān
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jian
*** Wade–Giles: chien$^1$
*** Yale: jyān
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jian
*** Palladius: цзянь (czjanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/

#### Definitions

攕
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### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhiám / chhiàm
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiám
*** Tâi-lô: tshiám
*** Phofsit Daibuun: chiarm
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiam⁴¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /t͡sʰiam⁵³/
*** IPA (Singapore): /t͡sʰiam⁴²/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiàm
*** Tâi-lô: tshiàm
*** Phofsit Daibuun: chiaxm
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiam⁴¹/
*** IPA (Singapore): /t͡sʰiam²¹/

#### Definitions

攕
* (Hokkien) fork
* (Hokkien) to pick up with a fork
* (Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) objects (usually food) on a skewer
* (Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) Classifier for objects in a string, on a skewer, etc.

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 叉子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 叉兒, 叉子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 叉子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 叉 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 叉 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 叉叉子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 叉子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 叉 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 叉 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 叉 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 叉子 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 叉仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 攕仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 刺仔 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 插仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 插仔, 叉仔 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 插 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 插仔, 叉仔 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 攕子, 插子 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 叉 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 攕仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 攕仔 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 攕仔 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 攕仔 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 攕仔, 叉仔 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 攕仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 攕仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 攕仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) | 攕仔, 鑿仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 攕仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Tianliao) | 攕仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 攕仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 攕仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 攕仔 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 攕仔 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 攕仔 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 攕仔 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 攕仔 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 攕 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 攕仔 |
| Southern Min | Medan (Hokkien) | 攕仔 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 叉 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 叉 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 叉 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 戳 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 叉 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 叉 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 叉 |

#### Compounds

* 刀攕
* 攕仔
* 攕仔車／攕仔车
* 攕手
* 攕管
* 李仔攕
* 米攕

### References

* “攕”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–