嬗

嬗 · shàn

succession to the throne

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
shàn
Cantonese
sin6
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

succession to the throne

Dictionary definitions & readings

嬗 shàn · (literary) to go through successive changes; to evolve

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
21085.010:shàn,chán Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0999.010:shàn Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
325.140:shàn Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
shàn粵sin6 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ゼン セン タン Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
他干 多旱 時戰 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
VYWM Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
4041.6 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0272.080 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
122.08 283.45 409.25 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+5B17
Radical
女 · 38
Strokes
16
Residual strokes
13
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6190

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

16 strokes
嬗
Strokes
16
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

16 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
than · 他干 · 山開一平寒透 · #513
Middle Chinese
tanX · 多旱 · 山開一上寒端 · #1551
Middle Chinese
dzyenH · 時戰 · 山開三去仙常 · #2715

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Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
392.101
kDaeJaweon
0540.080
kHanYu
21085.010
kIRGDaeJaweon
0540.080
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
21085.010
kIRGKangXi
0272.080
kKangXi
0272.080
kMatthews
5652
kMorohashi
06771
kSBGY
122.08 283.45 409.25
kSMSZD2003Index
161.17
kCangjie
VYWM
kFourCornerCode
4041.6
kMojiJoho
MJ009988
kPhonetic
1298
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIICore
BGT
kIRG_GSource
G0-6653
kIRG_HSource
HB2-E951
kIRG_JSource
J14-2573
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-3DE9
kIRG_KSource
K2-2D46
kIRG_TSource
T2-565B
kRSUnicode
38.13
kTotalStrokes
16
kBigFive
E951
kCCCII
217D3D
kCNS1986
2-565B
kCNS1992
2-565B
kEACC
217D3D
kGB0
7051
kGB1
7051
kJIS0213
2,05,83
kJis1
2617
kMainlandTelegraph
1296
kTGH
2013:6190
kTaiwanTelegraph
1296
kXerox
302:310
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+17517+38.3.13
kCantonese
sin6
kDefinition
succession to the throne
kFanqie
他干 多旱 時戰
kHanyuPinyin
21085.010:shàn,chán
kJapanese
ゼン セン タン
kJapaneseKun
YURUI
kJapaneseOn
SEN ZEN TAN
kMandarin
shàn
kSMSZD2003Readings
shàn粵sin6
kTGHZ2013
325.140:shàn
kXHC1983
0999.010:shàn

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
3dictionary records using 嬗0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right

Shape description
女 beside 亶 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿰女亶$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰女亶$(GHTJKP)

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