# 吮

| 吮 | U+542E, &#21550; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-542E |
| ← 吭 [U+542D] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 启 → [U+542F] |

## Translingual
### Han character

吮 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 口戈竹山 (RIHU), four-corner 6301$_0$, composition ⿰口允)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 178, character 20
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3356
* Dae Jaweon: page 396, character 6
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 597, character 4
* Unihan data for U+542E

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 吮 :
| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 唆 | *sloːl |
| 梭 | *sloːl |
| 葰 | *sloːlʔ, *sroːlʔ, *slul |
| 誜 | *sroːls |
| 朘 | *ʔslon |
| 捘 | *ʔsluːls, *ʔsluːns, *sʰlun |
| 荾 | *slul |
| 酸 | *sloːn |
| 狻 | *sloːn |
| 痠 | *sloːn |
| 鋑 | *ʔslon |
| 脧 | *ʔsluːl |
| 悛 | *sʰlon |
| 吮 | *zlonʔ, *ɦljunʔ |
| 萒 | *ɡronʔ, *lonʔ |
| 沇 | *lonʔ |
| 抁 | *lonʔ |
| 馻 | *lonʔ, *lunʔ |
| 兖 | *lonʔ |
| 渷 | *lonʔ |
| 兗 | *lonʔ |
| 焌 | *ʔsluːns, *ʔsluns, *sʰlud |
| 允 | *lunʔ |
| 狁 | *lunʔ |
| 玧 | *lunʔ |
| 俊 | *ʔsluns |
| 晙 | *ʔsluns, *sluns |
| 餕 | *ʔsluns |
| 畯 | *ʔsluns |
| 駿 | *ʔsluns |
| 竣 | *sʰlun |
| 皴 | *sʰlun |
| 逡 | *sʰlun |
| 踆 | *sʰlun |
| 夋 | *sʰlun |
| 埈 | *sluns |
| 陖 | *sluns |
| 鵕 | *sluns |
| 浚 | *sluns |
| 峻 | *sluns |

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shǔn (shun$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄣˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): syun$^5$ / seon$^5$ / cyun$^5$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhiôn
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhńg / chn̄g / chūiⁿ / ún
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shǔn
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄣˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shǔn
*** Wade–Giles: shun$^3$
*** Yale: shwǔn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoen
*** Palladius: шунь (šunʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂu̯ən²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: syun$^5$ / seon$^5$ / cyun$^5$
*** Yale: syúhn / séuhn / chyúhn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: syn$^5$ / soen$^5$ / tsyn$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xun$^5$ / sên$^5$ / qun$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /syːn¹³/, /sɵn¹³/, /t͡sʰyːn¹³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhiôn
*** Hakka Romanization System: qion$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: qion$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi̯on²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhńg / chn̄g / chūiⁿ / ún
*** Tâi-lô: tshńg / tsn̄g / tsuīnn / ún
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zhngr, zng, zvui, uon
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰŋ̍⁵³/, /t͡sŋ̍²²/, /t͡suĩ²²/, /un⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰŋ̍⁵⁵⁴/, /t͡sŋ̍⁴¹/, /t͡suĩ⁴¹/, /un⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰŋ̍⁵³/, /t͡sŋ̍²²/, /t͡suĩ²²/, /un⁵³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰŋ̍⁵³/, /t͡sŋ̍³³/, /t͡suĩ³³/, /un⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰŋ̍⁴¹/, /t͡sŋ̍³³/, /t͡suĩ³³/, /un⁴¹/
* Middle Chinese: zywinX, dzjwenX
Rime :
| Character | 吮 | 吮 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 船 (27) | 從 (15) |
| Final (韻) | 諄 (47) | 仙 (78) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Closed |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 食尹切 | 徂兖切 |
| Baxter | zywinX | dzjwenX |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʑiuɪn$^X$/ | /d͡ziuᴇn$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʑʷin$^X$/ | /d͡zʷiɛn$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ʑjuen$^X$/ | /d͡zjuæn$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʑwin$^X$/ | /d͡zwian$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /d͡ʑiuĕn$^X$/ | /d͡ziuɛn$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /d͡ʑĭuĕn$^X$/ | /d͡zĭwɛn$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /d͡ʑʰi̯uĕn$^X$/ | /d͡zʱi̯wɛn$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | shùn | juàn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | seon$^6$ | zyun$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*zlonʔ/, /*ɦljunʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 吮 | 吮 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 16440 | 16451 |
| Phonetic component | 允 | 允 |
| Rime group | 元 | 文 |
| Rime subdivision | 3 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 雋 | 盾 |
| Old Chinese | /*zlonʔ/ | /*ɦljunʔ/ |

#### Definitions

吮
* to suck (with one's mouth)

#### Compounds

* 吮吸 (shǔnxī)
* 吸吮 (xīshǔn)
* 吮疽
* 吮癰舐痔 / 吮痈舐痔
* 舐癰吮痔 / 舐痈吮痔
* 舔吮

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhńg / chhúiⁿ
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Philippines)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhńg
*** Tâi-lô: tshńg
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zhngr
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Philippines): /t͡sʰŋ̍⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /t͡sʰŋ̍⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰŋ̍⁴¹/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhúiⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: tshuínn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zhvuie
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰuĩ⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou, Taipei): /t͡sʰuĩ⁵³/

#### Definitions

吮
* (Hokkien) to pick off or strip off or scrape off edible food from inedible material like bone, shell, or seeds (usually with one's teeth and/or tongue)
* (Hokkien) to gnaw; to nibble off causing holes (by insects)
* (Hokkien) to comb; to pluck or pick off dirt (as a bird grooms itself with its beak)
* (Hokkien, figurative) to nitpick; to find fault; to be fussy

#### Compounds

* 𠢕吮食
* 吮字眼
* 吮排骨
* 吮査某
* 吮核
* 吮毛
* 吮瓜子
* 吮空
* 吮空吮縫 / 吮空吮缝
* 吮肉骨
* 吮錢 / 吮钱
* 吮食
* 吮骨 (shǔngǔ)
* 吮骨頭 / 吮骨头
* 吮魚頭 / 吮鱼头

### References

* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A00532

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): せん (sen)、しゅん (shun)
* Kun: すう (suu, 吮う)

## Korean
### Hanja

吮 (eum 전 (jeon))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

吮: Hán Nôm readings: duyện, giỏn, duyên
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