# 讕

| 讕 | U+8B95, &#35733; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8B95 |
| ← 讔 [U+8B94] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 讖 → [U+8B96] |

## Translingual
### Han character

讕 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+17, 24 strokes, cangjie input 卜口日弓田 (YRANW), four-corner 0762$_0$, composition ⿰訁闌)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1187, character 16
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36142
* Dae Jaweon: page 1651, character 17
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4033, character 3
* Unihan data for U+8B95

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 讕 :
| Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) |
| Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script |
| | Old Chinese |
| 蘭 | *ɡ·raːn |
| 攔 | *ɡ·raːn |
| 欄 | *ɡ·raːn |
| 瀾 | *ɡ·raːn, *ɡ·raːns |
| 讕 | *ɡ·raːn, *ɡ·raːnʔ, *ɡ·raːns |
| 闌 | *ɡ·raːn |
| 韊 | *ɡ·raːn |
| 幱 | *ɡ·raːn |
| 籣 | *ɡ·raːn |
| 躝 | *ɡ·raːn |
| 爛 | *ɡ·raːns |
| 爤 | *ɡ·raːns |
| 鑭 | *ɡ·raːns |
| 糷 | *ɡ·raːns |
| 斕 | *ɡ·reːn |
| 揀 | *kreːnʔ, *ɡ·reːns |
| 柬 | *kreːnʔ |
| 暕 | *kreːnʔ |
| 諫 | *kraːns |
| 練 | *ɡ·reːns |
| 鍊 | *ɡ·reːns |
| 煉 | *ɡ·reːns |
| 楝 | *ɡ·reːns |
| 萰 | *ɡ·reːns |
| 堜 | *ɡ·reːns |
| 湅 | *ɡ·reːns |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡ·raːn, *ɡ·raːnʔ, *ɡ·raːns) : semantic 言 (“speech”) + phonetic 闌 (OC *ɡ·raːn).

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): lán (lan$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄢˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): laan$^4$ / laan$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: lán
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄢˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: lán
*** Wade–Giles: lan$^2$
*** Yale: lán
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lan
*** Palladius: лань (lanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /län³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: laan$^4$ / laan$^5$
*** Yale: làahn / láahn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: laan$^4$ / laan$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: lan$^4$ / lan$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /laːn²¹/, /laːn¹³/
* Middle Chinese: lan, lanX, lanH
Rime :
| Character | 讕 | 讕 | 讕 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 |
| Initial (聲) | 來 (37) | 來 (37) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 寒 (61) | 寒 (61) | 寒 (61) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Rising (X) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | I | I | I |
| Fanqie | 落干切 | 落旱切 | 郎旰切 |
| Baxter | lan | lanX | lanH |
| Reconstructions ||||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /lɑn/ | /lɑn$^X$/ | /lɑn$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /lɑn/ | /lɑn$^X$/ | /lɑn$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /lɑn/ | /lɑn$^X$/ | /lɑn$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /lan/ | /lan$^X$/ | /lan$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /lɑn/ | /lɑn$^X$/ | /lɑn$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /lɑn/ | /lɑn$^X$/ | /lɑn$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /lɑn/ | /lɑn$^X$/ | /lɑn$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | lán | lǎn | làn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | laan$^4$ | laan$^5$ | laan$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɡ·raːn/, /*ɡ·raːnʔ/, /*ɡ·raːns/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 讕 | 讕 | 讕 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 |
| No. | 6123 | 6129 | 6134 |
| Phonetic component | 柬 | 柬 | 柬 |
| Rime group | 元 | 元 | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 蘭 | 嬾 | 爛 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɡ·raːn/ | /*ɡ·raːnʔ/ | /*ɡ·raːns/ |

#### Definitions

讕
* (literary) to calumniate; to slander
* (literary) to refuse to admit; to disavow

#### Compounds

* 讕言／谰言 (lányán)

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): laan$^{4-2}$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: laan$^{4-2}$
*** Yale: láan
*** Cantonese Pinyin: laan$^{4-2}$
*** Guangdong Romanization: lan$^{4-2}$
*** Sinological IPA : /laːn²¹⁻³⁵/

#### Definitions

讕
* (Cantonese) to behave as if
       sai$^3$ lou$^6$, mai$^5$ hai$^2$ dou$^6$ sik$^6$ jin$^1$ laan$^{4-2}$ jau$^5$ jing$^4$ wo$^3$. [Jyutping]
       Kid, don't smoke thinking you're so cool.

#### Compounds

* 讕係嘢／谰系嘢
* 讕勁／谰劲
* 讕叻／谰叻
* 讕得戚／谰得戚
* 讕架勢／谰架势
* 讕正經／谰正经
* 讕醒／谰醒

### References

* “讕”, 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–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): らん (ran)
* Kun: そしる (soshiru)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

讕: Hán Việt readings: lan
讕: Nôm readings: lơn
* chữ Hán form of lan (“slander, disavow”).

#### References

* 1 2 Trần (2004).
* ↑ Trần (1999).
* ↑ Nguyễn (1974).
* ↑ Thiều Chửu (1942).