詵

詵 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+6, 13 strokes, cangjie input 卜口竹土山 (YRHGU), four-corner 0461₁, composition ⿰訁先)

• 𪝮

• 诜 (Simplified Chinese)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1159, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35448
• Dae Jaweon: page 1625, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3965, character 4
• Unihan data for U+8A75

Shuowen: Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) and phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *srin) : semantic 言 (“to say”) + phonetic 先 (OC *sɯːn, *sɯːns, “to advance”).

詵

1. ^† to make a speech first among many people
2. ^† to inquire; to question
3. ^† Used in 詵詵／诜诜 (“many; numerous; lush; luxuriant”).

   • 螽斯羽，詵詵兮。宜爾子孫，振振兮！ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     螽斯羽，诜诜兮。宜尔子孙，振振兮！ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Zhōng sī yǔ, shēnshēn xī. Yí ěr zǐsūn, zhèn zhèn xī! [Pinyin]

     Ye locusts, winged tribes; How harmoniously you collect together. Right it is that your descendants should be multitudinous!

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詵

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(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. (archaic) to inquire; to question
2. (archaic) Used in 詵詵(しんしん) (shinshin, “many; numerous”)

• On (unclassified): しん (shin); せん (sen)
• Kun: とる (toru)

詵 • (seon) (hangeul 선, revised seon, McCune–Reischauer sŏn, Yale sen)

1. to inquire; to question

詵: Hán Việt readings: sằn[1], săn[2]
詵: Nôm readings: săn[1][2]

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