齔

See also: 𮮾 and 龀

齔 U+9F54, 齔 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9F54 ← 齓 [U+9F53] CJK Unified Ideographs 齕 → [U+9F55]

Translingual

Traditional	齔
Shinjitai (extended)	𮮾
Simplified	龀

Han character

齔 (Kangxi radical 211, 齒+2, 17 strokes, cangjie input 卜山心 (YUP), four-corner 2171₀, composition ⿰齒匕)

Further reading

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1532, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48587
• Dae Jaweon: page 2070, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4789, character 5
• Unihan data for U+9F54

Chinese

trad.		齔
simp.		龀
alternative forms		齓

Glyph origin

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chèn (chen⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): can³
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ceng⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhín

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chèn
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chèn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻên⁴
    • Yale: chèn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chenn
    • Palladius: чэнь (čɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰən⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: can³
    • Yale: chan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsan³
    • Guangdong Romanization: cen³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐn³³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ceng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɛŋ⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhín
    • Tâi-lô: tshín
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chien
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰin⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰin⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰin⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰin⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰin⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: tsrhinX, tsrhinH

Rime
Character	齔	齔
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	初 (19)	初 (19)
Final (韻)	臻 (46)	臻 (46)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	初謹切	初覲切
Baxter	tsrhinX	tsrhinH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ʃʰɪnX/	/t͡ʃʰɪnH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈ͡ʂʰɪnX/	/ʈ͡ʂʰɪnH/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ʃʰienX/	/t͡ʃʰienH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈ͡ʂʰinX/	/ʈ͡ʂʰinH/
Li Rong	/t͡ʃʰiĕnX/	/t͡ʃʰiĕnH/
Wang Li	/t͡ʃʰĭenX/	/t͡ʃʰĭenH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʈ͡ʂʰi̯ænX/	/ʈ͡ʂʰi̯ænH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chěn	chèn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	can2	can3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sʰrinʔ/, /*spʰrins?/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	齔	齔
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	1399	1400
Phonetic component	齔	齔
Rime group	眞	眞
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	齔	櫬
Old Chinese	/*sʰrinʔ/	/*spʰrins?/
Notes	原列隱韻

Definitions

齔

1. (literary) to teethe, to lose baby teeth and get permanent teeth

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 換牙 (“to grow permanent teeth to replace milk teeth”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		齔, 齠齒
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		換牙
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	替牙
	Taiwan	換牙, 換牙齒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	換牙
	Xi'an	換牙
Southwestern Mandarin	Guiyang	換牙齒
Cantonese	Hong Kong	換牙
	Taishan	換牙
Gan	Lichuan	換牙齒, 換牙
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	換牙齒
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	換牙齒
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	換牙
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	換牙齒
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	換牙齒
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	換牙
Huizhou	Jixi	換牙齒
Jin	Taiyuan	換牙
Southern Min	Xiamen	換齒, 蛻齒
	Quanzhou	換齒, 蛻齒
	Zhangzhou	換奶齒, 換齒
	Tainan	換齒, 褪齒
	Leizhou	換齒
Wu	Shanghai	換牙齒
	Jinhua	換牙齒

Compounds

• 悼齔 / 悼龀 (dàochèn)
• 既齔 / 既龀
• 未齔 / 未龀
• 沖齔 / 冲龀
• 童齔 / 童龀
• 髫齔 / 髫龀 (tiáochèn)
• 齔年 / 龀年
• 齔歲 / 龀岁
• 齔童 / 龀童
• 齔髫 / 龀髫
• 齔齒 / 龀齿
• 齠齔 / 龆龀 (tiáochèn)

References

• “齔”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “龀”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 29.

Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	𮮾
Kyūjitai	齔

Kanji

齔

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 𮮾)

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Readings

• Go-on: しん (shin)
• Kan-on: しん (shin)
• Kun: かけば (kakeba, 齔)、おさない (osanai, 齔い)

Korean

Hanja

齔 (eumhun 이 갈 친 (i gal chin))
齔 (eumhun 이 갈 츤 (i gal cheun))

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References

• Naver Hanja Dictionary: 齔

Vietnamese

Han character

齔: Hán Việt readings: sấn
齔: Nôm readings: sấn

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References

• Nom Foundation