# 詵

| 詵 | U+8A75, &#35445; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8A75 |
| ← 詴 [U+8A74] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 詶 → [U+8A76] |

## Translingual
### Han character

詵 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+6, 13 strokes, cangjie input 卜口竹土山 (YRHGU), four-corner 0461$_1$, composition ⿰訁先)

#### Derived characters

* 𪝮

#### Related characters

* 诜 (Simplified Chinese)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1159, character 2
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35448
* Dae Jaweon: page 1625, character 2
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3965, character 4
* Unihan data for U+8A75

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 洗 | *sɯːlʔ, *sɯːnʔ |
| 先 | *sɯːn, *sɯːns |
| 銑 | *sɯːnʔ |
| 跣 | *sɯːnʔ |
| 毨 | *sɯːnʔ |
| 姺 | *sɯːnʔ, *srin |
| 筅 | *sɯːnʔ |
| 冼 | *sɯːnʔ |
| 箲 | *sɯːnʔ |
| 駪 | *srin |
| 兟 | *srin |
| 詵 | *srin |
| 侁 | *srin |
Shuowen: Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) and phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *srin): semantic 言 (“to say”) + phonetic 先 (OC *sɯːn, *sɯːns, “to advance”).

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shēn (shen$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄕㄣ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): san$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shēn
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄣ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shen
*** Wade–Giles: shên$^1$
*** Yale: shēn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shen
*** Palladius: шэнь (šɛnʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂən⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: san$^1$
*** Yale: sān
*** Cantonese Pinyin: san$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sen$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɐn⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: srin
Rime :
| Character | 詵 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 生 (21) |
| Final (韻) | 臻 (46) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 所臻切 |
| Baxter | srin |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʃɪn/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʃɪn/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ʃien/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʂin/ |
| Li Rong | /ʃiĕn/ |
| Wang Li | /ʃĭen/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ʂi̯æn/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | shēn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | san$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*srər/
    (Zhengzhang): /*srin/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 詵 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | shēn |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ srin › |
| Old Chinese | /*srər/ |
| English | numerous |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 詵 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 13470 |
| Phonetic component | 先 |
| Rime group | 眞 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 莘 |
| Old Chinese | /*srin/ |

#### Definitions

詵
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to make a speech first among many people
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to inquire; to question
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Used in 詵詵／诜诜 (“many; numerous; lush; luxuriant”).
    From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
    Zhōng sī yǔ, shēnshēn xī. Yí ěr zǐsūn, zhèn zhèn xī! [Pinyin]
    Ye locusts, winged tribes; How harmoniously you collect together. Right it is that your descendants should be multitudinous!

#### Compounds

* 詵枝 / 诜枝
* 詵桂 / 诜桂
* 詵詵 / 诜诜 (shēnshēn)
* 詵誨 / 诜诲
* 郤詵丹桂 / 郤诜丹桂
* 郤詵高第 / 郤诜高第

### Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Found only in Multi-function Chinese Character Database. No definition provided.”)

#### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): saang$^2$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: saang$^2$
*** Yale: sáang
*** Cantonese Pinyin: saang$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sang$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /saːŋ³⁵/

#### Definitions

詵
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## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* (archaic) to inquire; to question
* (archaic) Used in 詵詵(しんしん) (shinshin, “many; numerous”)

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): しん (shin)、せん (sen)
* Kun: とる (toru)

## Korean
### Hanja

詵 • (seon) (hangeul 선, revised seon, McCune–Reischauer sŏn, Yale sen)
* to inquire; to question

## Vietnamese
### Han character

詵: Hán Việt readings: sằn, săn
詵: Nôm readings: săn
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### References

* 1 2 Nguyễn (2014).
* 1 2 Nguyễn et al. (2009).