攙

攙 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+17, 20 strokes, cangjie input 手弓口戈 (QNRI), four-corner 5701₃, composition ⿰扌毚)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 463, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12991
• Dae Jaweon: page 812, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1984, character 16
• Unihan data for U+6519

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *zrɯːm, *sʰraːm) : semantic 手 + phonetic 毚 (OC *zrɯːm, *zraːm).

攙

1. ^† to stab; to insert
2. ^† sharp
3. to mix; to blend; to adulterate

   alt. forms: 摻／掺

4. to support by the arm

   alt. forms: 摻／掺, 儳

5. ^† to take by force; to seize

In Mainland China, use of the character 摻／掺 (chān) to mean "to mix" (instead of 攙) is recommended by the The First Series of Standardized Forms of Words with Non-standardized Variant Forms (《第一批异形词整理表》) and Xiandai Hanyu Guifan Cidian (《现代汉语规范词典》).

• “攙”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. give helping hand

• Go-on: せん (sen)
• Kan-on: さん (san); しん (shin)
• Kan’yō-on: ざん (zan)
• Kun: さす (sasu, 攙す)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʰa̠m]
• Phonetic hangul: [참]

Wikisource 攙 (eum 참 (cham))

1. to give a helping hand
2. to support, hold up

攙: Hán Nôm readings: sọm

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