# 嬸

| 嬸 | U+5B38, &#23352; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B38 |
| ← 嬷 [U+5B37] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 嬹 → [U+5B39] |

## Translingual
### Han character

嬸 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+15, 18 strokes, cangjie input 女十竹田 (VJHW), four-corner 4346$_9$, composition ⿰女審)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 273, character 19
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6851
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1089, character 4
* Unihan data for U+5B38

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 宷 | *hljɯmʔ |
| 審 | *hljɯmʔ |
| 瀋 | *l̥ʰjɯmʔ |
| 嬸 | *hljɯmʔ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *hljɯmʔ) : semantic 女 (“woman”) + phonetic 審 (OC *hljɯmʔ).

### Etymology

Monosyllabic fusion of 叔母 (MC syuwk muwX, “father's younger brother + wife”).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): shěn (shen$^3$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄕㄣˇ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): sen$^3$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): sam$^2$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): sim$^2$
* Gan (Wiktionary): siin$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): sṳ́m
    (Meixian, Guangdong): sem$^3$
* Jin (Wiktionary): seng$^2$
* Northern Min (KCR): se̿ng
* Eastern Min (BUC): sīng
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): sing$^3$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chím / sím
    (Teochew, Peng'im): sim$^2$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$sen
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): shen$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shěn
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄣˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shěn
*** Wade–Giles: shên$^3$
*** Yale: shěn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheen
*** Palladius: шэнь (šɛnʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂən²¹⁴/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (嬸兒／婶儿)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shěnr
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄣˇㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shěnr
*** Wade–Giles: shên$^3$-ʼrh
*** Yale: shěnr
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheel
*** Palladius: шэньр (šɛnʹr)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂəɻ²¹⁴/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: sen$^3$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: sen
*** Sinological IPA : /sən⁵³/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sam$^2$
*** Yale: sám
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sam$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sem$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɐm³⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: sim$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /sim⁵⁵/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: siin$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɨn²¹³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ́m
*** Hakka Romanization System: siim$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: sim$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /sɨm³¹/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: sem$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /səm³¹/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: seng$^2$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /sə̃ŋ⁵³/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: se̿ng
*** Sinological IPA : /seiŋ³³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: sīng
*** Sinological IPA : /siŋ³³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: sing$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬiŋ⁴⁵³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: sing$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬiŋ³³²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chím / sím
*** Tâi-lô: tsím / sím
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ciem, siem
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sim⁵³/, /sim⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sim⁵⁵⁴/, /sim⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sim⁵³/, /sim⁵³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡sim⁵³/, /sim⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sim⁴¹/, /sim⁴¹/
* chím - vernacular;
* sím - literary.
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*hljɯmʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 嬸 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 11263 |
| Phonetic component | 宷 |
| Rime group | 侵 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | |
| Old Chinese | /*hljɯmʔ/ |
| Notes | 叔母合音字 |

### Definitions

嬸
* paternal aunt (wife of father's younger brother)

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 嬸母, 叔母 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 嬸兒, 嬸子, 嬸兒媽 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 嬸嬸 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Ulanhot | 嬸兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tongliao | 嬸兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 嬸子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 嬸兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 嬸子, 嬸兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 嬸嬸 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 嬸子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 嬸 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 嬸子, 嬸兒, 嬸兒嬸兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 嬸嬸 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong (Ronghe) | 親媽, 花媽 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 嬸兒, 嬸 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 娘, 芽芽 Hui |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 嬸子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 嬸子, 嬸兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 嬸嬸 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) | 芽芽 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 嬸嬸 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Bayanhot | 嬸嬸, 媽, 小嬸 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 嬸嬸 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 嬸嬸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 嬸嬸, 嬸娘 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 嬸娘, 娘, 娘娘 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 嬸嬸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 嬸嬸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 嬸嬸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 嬸娘, 阿嬸, 嬸 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 嬸嬸, 娘 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 娘娘, 嬸娘, 嬸嬸 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 嬸嬸 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 嬸嫫 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 阿嬸 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 阿嬸, 嬸嬸 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 阿嬸, 嬸仔 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 阿嬸, 嬸, 叔母 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 叔姆仔 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 阿嬸 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 阿嬸, 叔母 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 阿嬸 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 阿嬸 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 阿嬸 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 阿嬸 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 阿嬸 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 阿嬸 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 阿嬸 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 阿嬸 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 阿嬸 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 叔母 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 阿嬸, 叔母 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 阿嬸 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 阿嬸 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 阿嬸 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 阿嬸 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 阿嬸, 嬸 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 阿嬸 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 阿嬸 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 阿嬸 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 阿嬸, 嬸娘, 嬸 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 阿嬸 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Dapeng) | 阿嬸 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 阿嬸 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 阿嬸 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 阿嬸 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 阿嬸 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 阿嬸 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 阿嬸, 嬸 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 阿嬸 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 叔婆 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 嬸婆 |
| Cantonese | Danzhou | 細娘 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 阿嬸 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 阿嬸 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 阿嬸 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 嬸娘, 嬸子, 嬸, 嬸嬸 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 嬸嬸 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 嬸嬸, 嬸老子 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 叔姆 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 娘娘 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 阿嬸 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua) | 阿嬸 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua) | 阿嬸 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua) | 阿嬸 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 阿嬸 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 叔姆 |
| Hakka | Longmen (Pingling Bendihua) | 阿嬸 |
| Hakka | Longmen (Luxi Bendihua) | 阿嬸 |
| Hakka | Boluo (Bendihua) | 阿嬸 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 叔姆 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Wuguishan) | 阿嬸 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 阿嬸 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 阿嬸 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 阿嬸 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 阿娘 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 阿娘 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 嬸娘 |
| Hakka | Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua) | 阿嬸 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua) | 阿嬸 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua) | 嬸娘 |
| Hakka | Heping (Linzhai Bendihua) | 娘 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua) | 阿娘 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Longjie Bendihua) | 嬸 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 叔姆 |
| Hakka | Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua) | 阿嬸 |
| Hakka | Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua) | 阿娘 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 阿嬸 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 阿嬸 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 阿嬸 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 叔姆 |
| Hakka | Changting | 叔姆 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 叔姆 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 叔姆子 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 叔姆 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 嬸子, 嬸嬸 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 叔母, 母母 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 嫫嫫 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 嬸 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 嫫嫫 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 叔姆 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 叔姆, 姆姆, 嬭若 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 叔姆, 阿嬸 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 叔姆, 阿叔姆 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 叔姆, 阿嬸 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 阿嬸 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 叔姆 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 嬸 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 嬸娘 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 阿嬸 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 阿嬸 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 叔姆 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 嬸嬸, 嬸 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 嬸 |
| Huizhou | Huangshan (Tunxi) | 嬸兒 |
| Huizhou | Xiuning | 阿嬸 |
| Huizhou | Yixian | 媽兒, 新人媽兒 |
| Huizhou | Qimen | 姆 |
| Huizhou | Wuyuan | 嬸娘 |
| Huizhou | Fuliang | 嬸嬸 |
| Huizhou | Dexing | 嬸 |
| Huizhou | Shitai (Xianyu) | 嬸嬸 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 嬸嬸 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 嬸嬸 |
| Jin | Taibus (Baochang) | 嬸嬸 |
| Jin | Linhe | 二媽 |
| Jin | Jining | 嬸嬸 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 嬸嬸 |
| Jin | Baotou | 嬸嬸 |
| Jin | Dongsheng | 二媽 |
| Jin | Haibowan | 嬸子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 嬸仔, 嬸嬸 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou (Dikou) | 阿嬸 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 嬸仔 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 嬸嫲 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe (Zhenqian) | 阿嬸 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 嬸仔 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 嬸仔 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 嬸仔 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 家嬸, 依嬸 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 依嬸 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 嬸, 依嬸, 阿嬸 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 家嬸 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 家嬸 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 嬸 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 母嬸 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 嬸奶 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 阿嬸 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 阿嬸 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 依嬸 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 阿嬸, 嬸 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 阿嬸, 嬸 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 嬸婆, 阿嬸 |
| Southern Min | Anxi | 嬸 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 嬸 |
| Southern Min | Dehua | 阿嬸 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 阿嬸, 阿姆 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 嬸, 姆 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 嬸仔, 嬸 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 阿嬸 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 阿嬸 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 阿嬸 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 阿嬸 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 阿嬸 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 阿嬸 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 阿嬸 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 阿嬸 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 阿嬸 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 阿嬸 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 阿嬸 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 阿嬸 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 阿嬸, 嬸 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 阿嬸 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 阿嬸 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 姆仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping | 姆 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 姆仔 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 阿嬸仔 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 阿姆, 姆 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 阿嬸 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 阿嬸 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 嬸 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 阿嬸 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 阿嬸 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 阿嬸 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 尼嬸, 嬸 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 嬸姩, 阿姩 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 嬸姩 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 阿嬸 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 阿嬸 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 叔母 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 叔母, 阿母 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 嬸, 嬸娘 |
| Shehua | Fu'an | 叔婆 |
| Shehua | Fuding | 阿嬤 |
| Shehua | Luoyuan | 阿嬤 |
| Shehua | Sanming | 叔婆 |
| Shehua | Shunchang | 叔嬤仔 |
| Shehua | Guixi (Zhangping) | 嬤嬤 |
| Shehua | Cangnan | 嬤 |
| Shehua | Jingning (Hexi) | 細嬤 |
| Shehua | Lishui | 阿嬤 |
| Shehua | Longyou | 阿嬤 |
| Shehua | Chaozhou | 嬸 |
| Shehua | Fengshun | 阿嬸 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 嬸嬸, 嬸娘, 嬸媽 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 嬸娘, 嬸媽 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 嬸嬸, 阿嬸, 嬸娒, 嬸娘 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 嬸嬸, 嬸娘 |
| Wu | Danyang | 嬸嬸 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 嬸娘, 阿姨 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 阿嬸 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 阿嬸 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 嬸, 嬸兒, 嬸兒嬸兒 |
| Wu | Jinhua (Tangxi) | 嬸嬸, 嬸 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 嬸嬸, 嬸子 |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | 嬸唧 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 嬸唧 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 嬸唧 |
| Xiang | Hengyang | 嬸唧 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 嬸娘, 嬸 |

### Compounds

* 叔嬸／叔婶
* 大嬸／大婶 (dàshěn)
* 大嬸婆／大婶婆
* 姆嬸／姆婶
* 嬸太太／婶太太
* 嬸娘／婶娘 (shěnniáng)
* 嬸婆／婶婆 (shěnpó)
* 嬸嬸／婶婶 (shěnshen)
* 嬸子／婶子 (shěnzi)
* 嬸母／婶母 (shěnmǔ)
* 寡嬸／寡婶
* 小嬸／小婶
* 小嬸兒／小婶儿
* 小嬸娘／小婶娘
* 小嬸子／小婶子
* 細嬸／细婶
* 表嬸／表婶
* 阿嬸／阿婶

### References

* “Entry #12513”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): しん (shin)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

嬸: Hán Nôm readings: thím
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