簪

簪 · zān

hairpin, clasp; wear in hair

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
zān
Cantonese
zaam1
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

hairpin, clasp; wear in hair

Dictionary definitions & readings

簪 zān · hairpin

簪 zān · old variant of 簪 zān

CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · 2026-10-13 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
53014.070:zān,zǎn Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
1439.020:zān Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
457.070:zān Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
zān粵zaam1 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
シン サン ザン かんざし Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
잠:0N Source property ↗
Vietnamese · Quốc ngữ
trâm Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
側吟 作含 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
HMUA Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
8860.1 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0900.280 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
220.37 222.39 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0660g Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+7C2A
Radical
竹 · 118
Strokes
18
Residual strokes
12
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6349

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

18 strokes
簪
Strokes
18
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

18 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
tsrim · 側吟 · 深開三平侵莊 · #1069
Middle Chinese
tsom · 作含 · 咸開一平覃精 · #1079

PHONO-ML, source line 8412; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
1021.601
kCowles
4468
kDaeJaweon
1326.140
kFennIndex
541.08
kGSR
0660g
kHanYu
53014.070
kIRGDaeJaweon
1326.140
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
53014.070
kIRGKangXi
0900.280
kKangXi
0900.280
kMatthews
6679
kMeyerWempe
3224
kMorohashi
26558:E0103
kNelson
3451
kSBGY
220.37 222.39
kSMSZD2003Index
507.07
kAlternateTotalStrokes
20:J
kCangjie
HMUA
kFenn
801G
kFourCornerCode
8860.1
kHKGlyph
3014
kMojiJoho
MJ019700 MJ019700:E0101 MJ019699:E0102 MJ019698:E0103 MJ019701:E0104
kPhonetic
25
kUnihanCore2020
GHJKMPT
kIICore
AGTHKMP
kIRG_GSource
G0-7422
kIRG_HSource
HB1-C2AF
kIRG_JSource
J0-6451
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-E6DA
kIRG_KSource
K0-6D58
kIRG_TSource
T1-7679
kIRG_VSource
V1-6232
kRSUnicode
118.12
kTotalStrokes
18
kBigFive
C2AF
kCCCII
215043
kCNS1986
1-7679
kCNS1992
1-7679
kEACC
215043
kGB0
8402
kGB1
8402
kJis0
6849
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
4681
kTGH
2013:6349
kTaiwanTelegraph
4681
kXerox
270:152
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+6018+118.6.14
kCantonese
zaam1
kDefinition
hairpin, clasp; wear in hair
kFanqie
側吟 作含
kHangul
잠:0N
kHanyuPinyin
53014.070:zān,zǎn
kJapanese
シン サン ザン かんざし
kJapaneseKun
KANZASHI
kJapaneseOn
SHIN SAN
kKorean
CAM
kMandarin
zān
kSMSZD2003Readings
zān粵zaam1
kTGHZ2013
457.070:zān
kTang
*jrim
kVietnamese
trâm
kXHC1983
1439.020:zān

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Structure & connections

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3dictionary records using 簪0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below

Shape description
𥫗 above 朁 · the same shape in all seven regional standards (China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Vietnam)
Source notation ^⿱𥫗朁$(GHTJKPV)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱𥫗朁$(GHTJKPV)

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