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

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 273, character 19
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6851
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): 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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *hljɯmʔ) : semantic 女 (“woman”) + phonetic 審 (OC *hljɯmʔ).

Etymology

Monosyllabic fusion of 叔母 (MC syuwk muwX, “father's younger brother + wife”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): shěn (shen³)

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄣˇ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): sen³
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): sam²

(Taishan, Wiktionary): sim²
Gan (Wiktionary): siin³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): sṳ́m

(Meixian, Guangdong): sem³
Jin (Wiktionary): seng²
Northern Min (KCR): se̿ng
Eastern Min (BUC): sīng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chím / sím

(Teochew, Peng'im): sim²
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁵sen
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): shen³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shěn
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄣˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shěn
  - Wade–Giles: shên³
  - Yale: shěn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheen
  - Palladius: шэнь (šɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂən²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (嬸兒／婶儿)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shěnr
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄣˇㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shěnr
  - Wade–Giles: shên³-ʼrh
  - Yale: shěnr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheel
  - Palladius: шэньр (šɛnʹr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂəɻ²¹⁴/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: sen³
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: sen
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sən⁵³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sam²
  - Yale: sám
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sam²
  - Guangdong Romanization: sem²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐm³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: sim²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sim⁵⁵/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: siin³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɨn²¹³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ́m
  - Hakka Romanization System: siim`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sim³
  - Sinological IPA: /sɨm³¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: sem³
  - Sinological IPA: /səm³¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: seng²
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /sə̃ŋ⁵³/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: se̿ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /seiŋ³³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: sīng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siŋ³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chím / sím
  - Tâi-lô: tsím / sím
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciem, siem
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sim⁵³/, /sim⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sim⁵⁵⁴/, /sim⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sim⁵³/, /sim⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sim⁵³/, /sim⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sim⁴¹/, /sim⁴¹/

Note:

chím - vernacular;
sím - literary.

- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: sim²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sím
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sim⁵²/
Wu
- (Shanghai):
  - Wugniu: ⁵sen
  - MiniDict: sen^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²sen
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sən³⁴/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: shen³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /ʂən⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /sən⁴¹/

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*hljɯmʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嬸
Reading #	1/1
No.	11263
Phonetic component	宷
Rime group	侵
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*hljɯmʔ/
Notes	叔母合音字

Definitions

嬸

paternal aunt (wife of father's younger brother)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 嬸母 (“paternal aunt (wife of father's younger brother)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		嬸母, 叔母
Mandarin	Beijing	嬸兒, 嬸子, 嬸兒媽
	Taiwan	嬸嬸
	Ulanhot	嬸兒
	Tongliao	嬸兒
	Chifeng	嬸子
	Bayanhot	嬸嬸, 媽, 小嬸
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	嬸兒
	Harbin	嬸子, 嬸兒
	Yantai (Muping)	嬸
	Jinan	嬸子
	Luoyang	嬸子, 嬸兒, 嬸兒嬸兒
	Wanrong	嬸嬸
	Wanrong (Ronghe)	親媽, 花媽
	Zhengzhou	嬸兒, 嬸
	Xi'an	娘, 芽芽 Hui
	Yinchuan	嬸嬸
	Lanzhou	嬸嬸
	Xining	嬸子
	Ürümqi	嬸嬸
	Wuhan	嬸娘, 娘, 娘娘
	Chengdu	嬸嬸, 嬸娘
	Guiyang	嬸嬸
	Kunming	嬸嬸
	Guilin	嬸嬸
	Liuzhou	嬸娘, 阿嬸, 嬸
	Xuzhou	嬸子, 嬸兒
	Yangzhou	娘娘, 嬸娘, 嬸嬸
	Nanjing	嬸嬸, 娘
	Hefei	嬸嫫
	Nantong	嬸嬸
	Singapore	嬸嬸
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	嬸嬸
	Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)	芽芽
Cantonese	Guangzhou	阿嬸
	Hong Kong	阿嬸, 嬸嬸
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	阿嬸, 嬸仔
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	阿嬸, 嬸, 叔母
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	叔姆仔
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	阿嬸
	Macau	阿嬸, 叔母
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	阿嬸
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	阿嬸
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	阿嬸
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	阿嬸
	Foshan	阿嬸
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	阿嬸
	Foshan (Shunde)	阿嬸
	Foshan (Sanshui)	阿嬸
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	阿嬸
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	叔母
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	阿嬸, 叔母
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	阿嬸
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	阿嬸
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	阿嬸
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	阿嬸
	Taishan	阿嬸, 嬸
	Kaiping (Chikan)	阿嬸
	Enping (Niujiang)	阿嬸
	Heshan (Yayao)	阿嬸
	Dongguan	阿嬸, 嬸娘, 嬸
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	阿嬸
	Shenzhen (Dapeng)	阿嬸
	Shaoguan	阿嬸
	Yunfu	阿嬸
	Yangjiang	阿嬸
	Xinyi	阿嬸
	Lianjiang	阿嬸
	Nanning	阿嬸, 嬸
	Wuzhou	阿嬸
	Yulin	叔婆
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	嬸婆
	Danzhou	細娘
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	阿嬸
	Singapore (Guangfu)	阿嬸
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	阿嬸
Gan	Nanchang	嬸娘, 嬸子, 嬸, 嬸嬸
	Lichuan	嬸嬸
	Pingxiang	嬸嬸, 嬸老子
Hakka	Meixian	叔姆
	Xingning	娘娘
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	阿嬸
	Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua)	阿嬸
	Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua)	阿嬸
	Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua)	阿嬸
	Huidong (Daling)	阿嬸
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	叔姆
	Longmen (Pingling Bendihua)	阿嬸
	Longmen (Luxi Bendihua)	阿嬸
	Boluo (Bendihua)	阿嬸
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	叔姆
	Zhongshan (Wuguishan)	阿嬸
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	阿嬸
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	阿嬸
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	阿嬸
	Wuhua (Changbu)	阿娘
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	阿娘
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	嬸娘
	Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua)	阿嬸
	Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua)	阿嬸
	Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua)	嬸娘
	Heping (Linzhai Bendihua)	娘
	Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua)	阿娘
	Lianping (Longjie Bendihua)	嬸
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	叔姆
	Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua)	阿嬸
	Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua)	阿娘
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	阿嬸
	Liannan	阿嬸
	Conghua (Lütian)	阿嬸
	Jiexi	叔姆
	Changting	叔姆
	Wuping	叔姆
	Wuping (Pingyu)	叔姆子
	Liancheng	叔姆
	Ninghua	嬸子, 嬸嬸
	Yudu	叔母, 母母
	Ruijin	嫫嫫
	Shicheng	嬸
	Shangyou (Shexi)	嫫嫫
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	叔姆
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	叔姆, 姆姆, 嬭若
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	叔姆, 阿嬸
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	叔姆, 阿叔姆
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	叔姆, 阿嬸
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	阿嬸
	Hong Kong	叔姆
	Luchuan	嬸
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	嬸娘
	Sabah (Longchuan)	阿嬸
	Senai (Huiyang)	阿嬸
	Singkawang	叔姆
Huizhou	Jixi	嬸嬸, 嬸
	Shexian	嬸
	Tunxi	嬸兒
	Xiuning	阿嬸
	Yixian	媽兒, 新人媽兒
	Qimen	姆
	Wuyuan	嬸娘
	Fuliang	嬸嬸
	Dexing	嬸
	Shitai (Xianyu)	嬸嬸
Jin	Taiyuan	嬸嬸
	Pingyao	嬸嬸
	Taibus (Baochang)	嬸嬸
	Linhe	二媽
	Jining	嬸嬸
	Hohhot	嬸嬸
	Baotou	嬸嬸
	Dongsheng	二媽
	Haibowan	嬸子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	嬸仔, 嬸嬸
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	阿嬸
	Songxi	嬸仔
	Zhenghe	嬸嫲
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	阿嬸
	Jianyang	嬸仔
	Wuyishan	嬸仔
	Pucheng (Shibei)	嬸仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	家嬸, 依嬸
	Changle	依嬸
	Fuqing	嬸, 依嬸, 阿嬸
	Yongtai	家嬸
	Gutian	家嬸
	Fu'an	嬸
	Ningde	母嬸
	Shouning	嬸奶
	Zhouning	阿嬸
	Fuding	阿嬸
	Matsu	依嬸
Southern Min	Xiamen	阿嬸, 嬸
	Quanzhou	阿嬸, 嬸
	Jinjiang	嬸婆, 阿嬸
	Anxi	嬸
	Yongchun	嬸
	Dehua	阿嬸
	Zhangzhou	阿嬸, 阿姆
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	嬸, 姆
	Dongshan	嬸仔, 嬸
	Taipei	阿嬸
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	阿嬸
	Kaohsiung	阿嬸
	Yilan	阿嬸
	Changhua (Lukang)	阿嬸
	Taichung	阿嬸
	Taichung (Wuqi)	阿嬸
	Tainan	阿嬸
	Taitung	阿嬸
	Hsinchu	阿嬸
	Kinmen	阿嬸
	Penghu (Magong)	阿嬸
	Penang (Hokkien)	阿嬸, 嬸
	Singapore (Hokkien)	阿嬸
	Manila (Hokkien)	阿嬸
	Longyan	姆仔
	Zhangping	姆
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	姆仔
	Datian	阿嬸仔
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	阿姆, 姆
	Chaozhou	阿嬸
	Shantou	阿嬸
	Haifeng	嬸
	Bangkok (Teochew)	阿嬸
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	阿嬸
	Singapore (Teochew)	阿嬸
	Leizhou	尼嬸, 嬸
	Wenchang	嬸姩, 阿姩
	Haikou	嬸姩
Puxian Min	Putian	阿嬸
Puxian Min	Xianyou	阿嬸
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	叔母
Zhongshan Min	Sanxiang	叔母, 阿母
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	嬸, 嬸娘
Shehua	Fu'an	叔婆
	Fuding	阿嬤
	Luoyuan	阿嬤
	Sanming	叔婆
	Shunchang	叔嬤仔
	Guixi (Zhangping)	嬤嬤
	Cangnan	嬤
	Jingning	細嬤
	Lishui	阿嬤
	Longyou	阿嬤
	Chaozhou	嬸
	Fengshun	阿嬸
Wu	Shanghai	嬸嬸, 嬸娘, 嬸媽
	Shanghai (Chongming)	嬸娘, 嬸媽
	Suzhou	嬸嬸, 阿嬸, 嬸娒, 嬸娘
	Wuxi	嬸嬸, 嬸娘
	Danyang	嬸嬸
	Hangzhou	嬸娘, 阿姨
	Ningbo	阿嬸
	Wenzhou	阿嬸
	Jinhua	嬸, 嬸兒, 嬸兒嬸兒
	Jinhua (Tangxi)	嬸嬸, 嬸
Xiang	Changsha	嬸嬸, 嬸子
	Xiangtan	嬸唧
	Loudi	嬸唧
	Shuangfeng	嬸唧
	Quanzhou	嬸娘, 嬸

Compounds

叔嬸／叔婶
大嬸／大婶 (dàshěn)
大嬸婆／大婶婆
姆嬸／姆婶
嬸太太／婶太太
嬸娘／婶娘 (shěnniáng)
嬸婆／婶婆 (shěnpó)
嬸嬸／婶婶 (shěnshen)
嬸子／婶子 (shěnzi)
嬸母／婶母 (shěnmǔ)
寡嬸／寡婶
小嬸／小婶
小嬸兒／小婶儿
小嬸娘／小婶娘
小嬸子／小婶子
細嬸／细婶
表嬸／表婶
阿嬸／阿婶

References

“Entry #12513”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.

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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