嬸

See also: 婶

嬸	U+5B38, 嬸 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B38

← 嬷
[U+5B37]

CJK Unified Ideographs

嬹 →
[U+5B39]

Translingual

Han character

嬸 (radical 38, 女+15, 18 strokes, cangjie input 女十竹田 (VJHW), four-corner 4346₉, composition ⿰女審)

References

KangXi: page 273, character 19
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6851
Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1089, character 4
Unihan data for U+5B38

Chinese

trad.		嬸
simp.		婶

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (宷) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
宷	*hljɯmʔ
審	*hljɯmʔ
瀋	*l̥ʰjɯmʔ
嬸	*hljɯmʔ

Etymology

Monosyllabic fusion of 叔母 (MC ɕɨuk̚ məu^X, “father's younger brother + wife”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shěn (shen³)

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄣˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sam²
Min Dong (BUC): sīng
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): sím / chím

(Teochew, Peng'im): sim²
Wu (Wiktionary): sen (T2)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: shěn
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄣˇ
  - Wade–Giles: shên³
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheen
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂən²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: shěnr
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄣˇㄦ
  - Wade–Giles: shênrh³
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheel
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂəɻ²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sam²
  - Yale: sám
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sam²
  - Guangdong Romanization: sem²
  - IPA ^(key): /sɐm³⁵/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: sīng
  - IPA ^(key): /siŋ³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sím
  - Tâi-lô: sím
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siem
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ɕim⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕim⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chím
  - Tâi-lô: tsím
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciem
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕim⁴¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕim⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /t͡ɕim⁵³/

Note:

sím - literary;
chím - vernacular.

- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: sim²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sím
  - IPA ^(key): /sim⁵²/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: sen (T2)
  - IPA ^(key): /səɲ³⁴/

Definitions

嬸

wife of father's younger brother

Compounds

大嬸／大婶 (dàshěn)
大嬸婆／大婶婆
姆嬸／姆婶

嬸娘／婶娘
嬸婆／婶婆
嬸嬸／婶婶 (shěnshen)

嬸子／婶子 (shěnzi)
嬸母／婶母 (shěnmǔ)
小嬸兒／小婶儿

Japanese

Kanji

嬸

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): しん (shin)

Vietnamese

Han character

嬸: Hán Nôm readings: thím

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