僭

See also: 僣
僭 U+50ED, 僭
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-50ED
← 僬
[U+50EC] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 僮 →
[U+50EE]

Translingual

Han character

僭 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+12, 14 strokes, cangjie input 人一山日 (OMUA), four-corner 25261, composition ⿰亻朁)

  1. assume, usurp

Derived characters
  • 𠠭, 𧹿

References
  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 117, character 26
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1128
  • Dae Jaweon: page 249, character 10
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 218, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+50ED

Chinese
trad. 僭
simp. # 僭
alternative forms 僣

Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 僭
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Small seal script

s05830

Transcribed ancient scripts

L33723

References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
Characters in the same phonetic series (兓) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
簪 *ʔsɯːm, *ʔsrɯm
撍 *ʔsluːm, *ʔsluːmʔ, *ʔsluːms, *ʔsrum
鐕 *ʔsluːm
憯 *sʰluːmʔ, *sʰlɯːmʔ
噆 *sʰluːmʔ, *ʔsluːb
朁 *sʰlɯːmʔ, *zlam
蠶 *zluːm
蚕 *zluːm, *hl'iːnʔ
糣 *sluːmʔ
熸 *ʔslom
鬵 *zlam, *zɯm, *ljɯm
灊 *zlam, *zɯm, *ljɯm
潛 *zlom, *zloms
僭 *ʔslɯːms
兓 *sl'ɯm
嶜 *zlum
兂 *ʔsrɯm
譖 *ʔsrums

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 僭
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 精 (13)
Final (韻) 添 (157)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 子念切
Baxter tsemH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /t͡semH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /t͡semH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /t͡sɛmH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /t͡sɛmH/
Li
Rong		 /t͡semH/
Wang
Li		 /t͡siemH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /t͡siemH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 jiàn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 zim3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 僭
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 jiàn
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ tsemH ›
Old
Chinese		 /*tsˁ[i]m-s/
English err

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 僭
Reading # 1/1
No. 6711
Phonetic
component		 兓
Rime
group		 侵
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 僭
Old
Chinese		 /*ʔslɯːms/

Definitions

僭

  1. (literary) to usurp; to overstep; to assume
  2. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) (Hong Kong) Short for 僭建.

Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji
僭

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings
  • On (unclassified): せん (sen); しん (shin)
  • Kun: おごる (ogoru)

Korean

Hanja

僭 • (cham) (hangeul 참, revised cham, McCune–Reischauer ch'am)

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Vietnamese

Han character

僭: Hán Nôm readings: tiếm

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