# 彡

| 彡 | U+5F61, &#24417; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F61 |
| ← 彠 [U+5F60] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 形 → [U+5F62] |
| ⼺ | U+2F3A, &#12090; KANGXI RADICAL BRISTLE |
| ← ⼹ [U+2F39] | Kangxi Radicals | ⼻ → [U+2F3B] |

## Translingual
### Han character

彡 (Kangxi radical 59, 彡+0, 3 strokes, cangjie input 竹竹竹 (HHH), composition ⿳丿丿丿)
* Kangxi radical #59, ⼺.

#### Derived characters

* Appendix:Chinese radical/彡
* 杉, 毝, 肜, 尨, 䀐, 衫, 羏, 耏, 䑣, 䚲, 髟, 釤(钐), 彪, 颩, 鬽, 虨
* 丯, 須(须), 辵, 㐱, 参, 修, 鬰, 鬱
* 𡯎, 𢁘, 𢌘, 𣲀, 𥘎, 𥝞, 𮗢, 𮚳, 𨊨, 𫵞, 𩇕, 𩑘, 𩚎, 𣹊, 𩲆, 𦓘, 𮙕, 𫴑
* 𮟫, 𨐍, 𧴭, 𩁺, 𦘔, 𠘱, 𡆱, 𥟟

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 363, character 2
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9962
* Dae Jaweon: page 681, character 20
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 852, character 4
* Unihan data for U+5F61

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 彡 :
| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 杉 | *sreːm |
| 彡 | *sroːm, *slom |
| 衫 | *sroːm |
| 髟 | *priw, *piw, *sroːm |
| 釤 | *sraːms |
| 䑣 | *l̥ʰun |
| 彤 | *l'uːŋ |
| 浵 | *l'uːŋ |
| 肜 | *luŋ |
Pictogram (象形): three strands of hair. See also ⾽, 而, 冄, and 㐱.
However, in two characters, it indicates three light rays: in 昜 they represent sunrays while in 參 they represent the light rays of three stars.
The character today means "ornament", hence it is partly related to 丯 (incisions), 彭 (sound vibrations coming from a drum), and 影 (shadow). The three traits in 鬱 are simply decorative.

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shān (shan$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄕㄢ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): saam$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sam
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sam
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shān
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄢ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shan
*** Wade–Giles: shan$^1$
*** Yale: shān
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shan
*** Palladius: шань (šanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂän⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: saam$^1$
*** Yale: sāam
*** Cantonese Pinyin: saam$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sam$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /saːm⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sam
*** Hakka Romanization System: sam
*** Hagfa Pinyim: sam$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /sam⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sam
*** Tâi-lô: sam
*** Phofsit Daibuun: safm
*** IPA (Xiamen): /sam⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /sam³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /sam⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /sam⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /sam⁴⁴/
* Middle Chinese: sraem, sjem
Rime :
| Character | 彡 | 彡 |
| Reading # | 2/2 | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 生 (21) | 心 (16) |
| Final (韻) | 銜 (149) | 鹽 (153) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | II | III |
| Fanqie | 所銜切 | 息廉切 |
| Baxter | sraem | sjem |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʃˠam/ | /siᴇm/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʃᵚam/ | /siɛm/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ʃam/ | /sjæm/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʂaɨm/ | /siam/ |
| Li Rong | /ʃam/ | /siɛm/ |
| Wang Li | /ʃam/ | /sĭɛm/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ʂam/ | /si̯ɛm/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | shān | xiān |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | saam$^1$ | sim$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*sroːm/, /*slom/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 彡 | 彡 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 11043 | 11047 |
| Phonetic component | 彡 | 彡 |
| Rime group | 談 | 談 |
| Rime subdivision | 3 | 3 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 衫 | 銛 |
| Old Chinese | /*sroːm/ | /*slom/ |

#### Definitions

彡
* hair

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xiǎn (xian$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˇ
* 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/

#### Definitions

彡
* Only used in 彡姐.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* three
* hair ornament
* short hair or fur radical (no. 59)

#### Readings

* Go-on: せん (sen)
* Kan-on: さん (san)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

彡: Hán Nôm readings: sam
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