# 獮

| 獮 | U+736E, &#29550; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-736E |
| ← 獭 [U+736D] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 獯 → [U+736F] |

## Translingual
### Han character

獮 (Kangxi radical 94, 犬+14, 17 strokes, cangjie input 大竹一火月 (KHMFB), four-corner 4122$_7$, composition ⿰犭爾)

#### Derived characters

* 𤫏

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 720, character 9
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20748
* Dae Jaweon: page 1131, character 14
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1374, character 2
* Unihan data for U+736E

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 嬭 | *rneːlʔ, *niːlʔ |
| 禰 | *niːlʔ |
| 镾 | *niːlʔ, *mnel |
| 薾 | *niːlʔ |
| 檷 | *niːlʔ |
| 鑈 | *niːlʔ, *neːb |
| 瀰 | *niːlʔ, *mnel, *mnelʔ |
| 獼 | *mnel |
| 瓕 | *mnel |
| 彌 | *mnel |
| 鸍 | *mnel, *hnjel |
| 擟 | *mnel |
| 濔 | *mnelʔ |
| 壐 | *smlelʔ |
| 璽 | *smlelʔ |
| 爾 | *njelʔ |
| 邇 | *njelʔ |
| 獮 | *smlenʔ |
| 籋 | *neb, *neːb |
Alternative forms with 𤣔. Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *smlenʔ): semantic 犬 (“dog”) + phonetic 爾 (OC *njelʔ).
Etymology 1: Simplified from 𤣗 (璽 → 爾).
Etymology 2: Simplified from 獼 (彌 → 爾).

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xiǎn (xian$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): sin$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎn
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: siǎn
*** Wade–Giles: hsien$^3$
*** Yale: syǎn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shean
*** Palladius: сянь (sjanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sin$^2$
*** Yale: sín
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sin$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xin$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /siːn³⁵/
* Middle Chinese: sjenX
Rime :
| Character | 獮 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 心 (16) |
| Final (韻) | 仙 (77) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 息淺切 |
| Baxter | sjenX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /siᴇn$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /siɛn$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /sjæn$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /sian$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /siɛn$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /sĭɛn$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /si̯ɛn$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | xiǎn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | sin$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*s.[n]e[r]ʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*smlenʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 獮 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | xiǎn |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ sjen$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*s.[n]e[r]ʔ/ |
| English | autumnal hunt |
| 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 | 獮 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 2819 |
| Phonetic component | 爾 |
| Rime group | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 獮 |
| Old Chinese | /*smlenʔ/ |
| Notes | 說文從璽 |

#### Definitions

獮
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) autumnal hunting
    From: Rites of Zhou, circa 3rd century BCE
    Xiǎn zhī rì, lì bǔ láisuì zhī jiè. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to hunt and kill

#### Compounds

* 草薙禽獮 / 草剃禽狝

### Etymology 2

* For pronunciation and definitions of 獮 – see 獼 (“macaque genus of monkeys)”). (This character is a variant form of 獼).

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): せん (sen)
* Kun: かり (kari)

## Korean
### Hanja

獮 (eumhun 죽일 선 (jugil seon))
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### References

* Naver Hanja Dictionary: 獮