彡

See also: ≡, ☰, Ξ, ミ, and 三

彡	U+5F61, 彡 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F61

← 彠
[U+5F60]

CJK Unified Ideographs

形 →
[U+5F62]

⼺	U+2F3A, ⼺ KANGXI RADICAL BRISTLE

← ⼹
[U+2F39]

Kangxi Radicals

⼻ →
[U+2F3B]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

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Radical 59 彡

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

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

simp. and trad.		彡

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 彡
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (彡) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	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 (shan¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): saam¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sam
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sam

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shān
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shan
  - Wade–Giles: shan¹
  - Yale: shān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shan
  - Palladius: шань (šanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂän⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: saam¹
  - Yale: sāam
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saam¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sam¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːm⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sam
  - Hakka Romanization System: sam
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sam⁴
  - 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	saam¹	sim¹

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 (xian³)

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siǎn
  - Wade–Giles: hsien³
  - Yale: syǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shean
  - Palladius: сянь (sjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴/

Definitions

彡

Only used in 彡姐.

Japanese

Kanji

彡

(Hyōgai kanji)

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

Readings

Go-on: せん (sen)^{←せむ (semu, historical)}
Kan-on: さん (san)^{←さむ (samu, historical)}