# 矧

| 矧 | U+77E7, &#30695; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-77E7 |
| ← 矦 [U+77E6] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 矨 → [U+77E8] |

## Translingual
### Han character

矧 (Kangxi radical 111, 矢+4, 9 strokes, cangjie input 人大弓中 (OKNL), four-corner 2240$_0$, composition ⿰矢引)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 824, character 6
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23938
* Dae Jaweon: page 1236, character 3
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2582, character 11
* Unihan data for U+77E7

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 矧
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 紖 | *l'inʔ |
| 矧 | *hlinʔ |
| 訠 | *hlinʔ |
| 弞 | *hlinʔ, *linʔ |
| 引 | *linʔ, *lins |
| 蚓 | *linʔ |
| 鈏 | *linʔ, *lins |
| 靷 | *linʔ, *lins |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shěn (shen$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄕㄣˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): can$^2$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sín
* 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/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: can$^2$
*** Yale: chán
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsan$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: cen$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɐn³⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sín
*** Tâi-lô: sín
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sien
*** IPA (Xiamen): /sin⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /sin⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /sin⁵³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /sin⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /sin⁴¹/
* Middle Chinese: syinX
Rime :
| Character | 矧 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 書 (26) |
| Final (韻) | 眞 (43) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 式忍切 |
| Baxter | syinX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɕiɪn$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɕin$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɕjen$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɕin$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /ɕiĕn$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /ɕĭĕn$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ɕi̯ĕn$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | shěn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | san$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*hlinʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 矧 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 15303 |
| Phonetic component | 引 |
| Rime group | 眞 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 矤 |
| Old Chinese | /*hlinʔ/ |
| Notes | 同矤 |

### Definitions

矧
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) moreover; besides
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) also
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) gums; root of a tooth
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to have a big smile
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) long

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): しん (shin)
* Kun: いわんや (iwan'ya)、はぐ (hagu)、はぎ (hagi)

## Korean
### Hanja

矧 (eum 신 (sin))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

矧: Hán Nôm readings: thẩn
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