尠

See also: 鮮
尠 U+5C20, 尠
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5C20
← 尟
[U+5C1F] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 尡 →
[U+5C21]

Translingual

Han character

尠 (Kangxi radical 42, 小+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 廿女火竹 (TVFH), composition ⿰甚少)

References
  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 297, character 27
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7523
  • Dae Jaweon: page 592, character 26
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 565, character 16
  • Unihan data for U+5C20

Chinese
trad. 尠
simp. 鲜

Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (小) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
觘 *sm̥ʰreːw, *sm̥ʰreːws
抄 *sm̥ʰreːw, *sm̥ʰreːws
鈔 *sm̥ʰreːw, *sm̥ʰreːws
訬 *sm̥ʰreːw, *mewʔ
炒 *sʰroːʔ
吵 *sm̥ʰreːwʔ, *mewʔ
耖 *sm̥ʰreːws
仯 *sm̥ʰreːws
眇 *mewʔ
渺 *mewʔ
杪 *mewʔ
秒 *mewʔ
篎 *mewʔ, *mews
妙 *mews
玅 *mews
釥 *sm̥ʰewʔ
小 *smewʔ
少 *hmjewʔ, *hmjews
麨 *m̥ʰjewʔ
尠 *senʔ, *smos

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 尠 尠
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 心 (16) 心 (16)
Final (韻) 仙 (77) 虞 (24)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 息淺切 思句切
Baxter sjenX sjuH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /siᴇnX/ /sɨoH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /siɛnX/ /sioH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /sjænX/ /sioH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /sianX/ /suə̆H/
Li
Rong		 /siɛnX/ /sioH/
Wang
Li		 /sĭɛnX/ /sĭuH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /si̯ɛnX/ /si̯uH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 xiǎn xù
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 sin2 seoi3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 尠 尠
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 13535 13709
Phonetic
component		 尠 小
Rime
group		 元 侯
Rime
subdivision		 1 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 獮 尠
Old
Chinese		 /*senʔ/ /*smos/
Notes 見九思，說文作尟 少分化字見九思

Definitions

尠

  1. Alternative form of 鮮／鲜 (“few”)

Japanese

Kanji
尠

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. at least
  2. not a little

Readings
  • On (unclassified): せん (sen)
  • Kun: すくない (sukunai, 尠い)

Korean

Hanja

尠 (eum 선 (seon))

  1. very few
  2. seldom
  3. rarely

Vietnamese

Han character

尠: Hán Nôm readings: tiển

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References
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