# 尖

| 尖 | U+5C16, &#23574; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5C16 |
| ← 尕 [U+5C15] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 尗 → [U+5C17] |

## Translingual
### Han character

尖 (Kangxi radical 42, 小+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 火大 (FK), four-corner 9043$_0$, composition ⿱⿻丨八大(GTV) or ⿱小大(HJK))

#### Derived characters

* 𢬅 𣑷 𡮸 𡭻 𢙭 𠟥 𡮽 尜 𰃘 𥭍

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 297, character 2
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7480
* Dae Jaweon: page 591, character 4
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 562, character 9
* Unihan data for U+5C16

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

小 (“small”) + 大 (“large”) – the width of an object gradually changing from small to large.

### Etymology

Schuessler (2007) relates it to Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sjam (“iron”).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): jiān (jian$^1$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): jian$^1$
    (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): jiǎn
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zim$^1$
    (Dongguan, Jyutping++): zin$^1$
* Gan (Wiktionary): jien$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): chiâm
    (Meixian, Guangdong): jiam$^1$
* Jin (Wiktionary): jie$^1$
* Eastern Min (BUC): ciĕng
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zieng$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chiam
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ziam$^1$ / ziang$^1$
    (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): jiam$^1$
* Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): zim$^1$
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^1$ci / $^1$tsie / $^1$tsi / $^1$cie / $^1$cien
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): zienn$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jiān
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jian
*** Wade–Giles: chien$^1$
*** Yale: jyān
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jian
*** Palladius: цзянь (czjanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (尖兒 / 尖儿)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jiānr
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jianr
*** Wade–Giles: chien$^1$-ʼrh
*** Yale: jyānr
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jial
*** Palladius: цзяньр (czjanʹr)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi̯ɑɻ⁵⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: jian$^1$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: gian
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕiɛn⁵⁵/
** (Xi'an)
*** Guanzhong Pinyin: jiǎn
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕiã²¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zim$^1$
*** Yale: jīm
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzim$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: jim$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡siːm⁵⁵/
** (Dongguan, Guancheng)
*** Jyutping++: zin$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sin²¹³/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: jien$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕiɛn⁴²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chiâm
*** Hakka Romanization System: jiam$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: jiam$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡si̯am²⁴/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: jiam$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡siam⁴⁴/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: jie$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕie¹¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: ciĕng
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sieŋ⁵⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: zieng$^1$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ciang
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡siɛŋ⁵³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiam
*** Tâi-lô: tsiam
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ciafm
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siam⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siam³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siam⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡siam⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siam⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: ziam$^1$ / ziang$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsiam / tsiang
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡siam³³/, /t͡siaŋ³³/
* ziam1 - Chaozhou;
* ziang1 - Chenghai.
* Middle Chinese: tsjem
Rime :
| Character | 尖 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 精 (13) |
| Final (韻) | 鹽 (153) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 子廉切 |
| Baxter | tsjem |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡siᴇm/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡siɛm/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡sjæm/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /t͡siam/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡siɛm/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡sĭɛm/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /t͡si̯ɛm/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | jiān |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zim$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ʔslem/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 尖 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 5977 |
| Phonetic component | 尖 |
| Rime group | 談 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 尖 |
| Old Chinese | /*ʔslem/ |
| Notes | 鑯之後起字 |

### Definitions

尖
* sharp; having a sharp tip; pointy
    Antonym: 鈍 / 钝 (dùn)
* acute
* shrewd
* point; tip
    筆尖／笔尖 ― bǐjiān ― tip of a pen
* (card games) ace

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 尖兒, 叉, 老叉 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 尖子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 老幺, 老帽兒, 尖子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 尖子, 尖, 耶司 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 尖, 尖尖, 帽 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 煙洗, 煙 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 愛斯 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 煙士, 煙 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 煙士, 煙 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 一士 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 煙 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 煙 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 尖 |
| Gan | Pengze | 尖 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 尖子 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 尖子, 尖 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 煙仔 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 尖子 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 尖子, 尖心 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 幺尖兒 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | A |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 幺, 一 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 愛斯 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 愛斯 |
| Wu | Suzhou | A, 愛斯 |

### Compounds

* 上尖兒 / 上尖儿
* 三尖八角
* 三尖瓣 (sānjiānbàn)
* 二尖瓣 (èrjiānbàn)
* 供尖
* 冒尖 (màojiān)
* 出尖
* 嘴尖 (zuǐjiān)
* 嘴尖舌巧
* 嘴尖舌薄
* 大尖山
* 大霸尖山
* 小尖 (Xiǎojiān)
* 尖俏
* 尖元音
* 尖兒 / 尖儿 (jiānr)
* 尖兵 (jiānbīng)
* 尖冷
* 尖刀
* 尖利 (jiānlì)
* 尖刻 (jiānkè)
* 尖削
* 尖厲 / 尖厉 (jiānlì)
* 尖叫 (jiānjiào)
* 尖嘯 / 尖啸
* 尖嘴猴腮 (jiānzuǐhóusāi)
* 尖嘴薄舌
* 尖嘴鉗 / 尖嘴钳 (jiānzuǐqián)
* 尖團 / 尖团 (jiāntuán)
* 尖團字 / 尖团字
* 尖團音 / 尖团音 (jiāntuányīn)
* 尖子 (jiānzi)
* 尖尖 (jiānjiān)
* 尖尖趫趫 / 尖尖𰷶𰷶
* 尖山 (Jiānshān)
* 尖峰 (jiānfēng)
* 尖峭
* 尖峰時間 / 尖峰时间
* 尖沙咀 (Jiānshāzuǐ)
* 尖溜溜
* 尖石 (Jiānshí)
* 尖站
* 尖端 (jiānduān)
* 尖端放電 / 尖端放电
* 尖端科技
* 尖米丸
* 尖細 / 尖细
* 尖聲 / 尖声
* 尖聲尖氣 / 尖声尖气
* 尖脆
* 尖臍 / 尖脐
* 尖裂葉 / 尖裂叶
* 尖話 / 尖话
* 尖貨 / 尖货
* 尖酸 (jiānsuān)
* 尖酸刻薄 (jiānsuānkèbó)
* 尖銳 / 尖锐 (jiānruì)
* 尖銳化 / 尖锐化 (jiānruìhuà)
* 尖音
* 尖頂 / 尖顶 (jiāndǐng)
* 尖頭 / 尖头
* 尖頭鰻 / 尖头鳗 (jiāntóumán)
* 尖餅 / 尖饼
* 尖鹿 (Jiānlù)
* 尖齊圓健 / 尖齐圆健
* 打午尖
* 打尖 (dǎjiān)
* 抓尖兒 / 抓尖儿
* 抓尖要強 / 抓尖要强
* 拔尖 (bájiān)
* 指尖 (zhǐjiān)
* 掐尖兒 / 掐尖儿
* 掐尖落鈔 / 掐尖落钞
* 方尖塔
* 早尖
* 毛尖 (máojiān)
* 毛尖茶
* 爪尖兒 / 爪尖儿
* 牛角尖 (niújiǎojiān)
* 眉尖
* 眉尖眼尾
* 眼尖 (yǎnjiān)
* 筍尖 / 笋尖 (sǔnjiān)
* 美人尖 (měirénjiān)
* 耳尖
* 耳朵尖
* 臀尖
* 舌尖 (shéjiān)
* 舌尖元音
* 舌尖前音 (shéjiānqiányīn)
* 舌尖後音 / 舌尖后音
* 舌尖邊音 / 舌尖边音
* 舌尖音 (shéjiānyīn)
* 舌尖鼻音
* 葉尖 / 叶尖
* 蛇龍尖 / 蛇龙尖 (Shélóngjiān)
* 針尖兒 / 针尖儿 (zhēnjiānr)
* 鑽牛角尖 / 钻牛角尖 (zuān niújiǎojiān)
* 霹靂尖 / 霹雳尖
* 頂尖 / 顶尖 (dǐngjiān)
* 頂尖好手 / 顶尖好手
* 鼻尖 (bíjiān)

### References

* “尖”, 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

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: せん (sen)
* Kan-on: せん (sen)
* Kun: さき (saki, 尖)、とがる (togaru, 尖る)、するどい (surudoi, 尖い)

#### Compounds

* 尖(せん)鋭(えい) (sen'ei)
* 尖(せん)端(たん) (sentan)
* 尖(せん)塔(とう) (sentō)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 尖
* さき Jinmeiyō
* kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 尖 – see the following entry. :
| 【先さき】1 | [noun] before, previous [noun] end, tip [noun] earlier, the past [noun] afterwards, the future [noun] the destination of a motion or action [noun] sequel [noun] ahead, in front Alternative spelling 前 |
(This term, 尖, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) :

## Korean
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [t͡ɕʰʌ̹m]
* Phonetic hangul: [첨]

### Hanja

Wikisource 尖 • (cheom) (hangeul 첨, revised cheom, McCune–Reischauer ch'ŏm)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

尖: Hán Nôm readings: tiêm
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