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吮	U+542E, 吮 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-542E

Translingual

Han character

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References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 178, character 20
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3356
Dae Jaweon: page 396, character 6
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 597, character 4
Unihan data for U+542E

Chinese

simp. and trad.		吮
alternative forms		損／损 Cantonese, nonstandard

Glyph origin

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

Characters in the same phonetic series (允) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
唆	*sloːl
梭	*sloːl
葰	sloːlʔ, sroːlʔ, *slul
誜	*sroːls
朘	*ʔslon
捘	ʔsluːls, ʔsluːns, *sʰlun
荾	*slul
酸	*sloːn
狻	*sloːn
痠	*sloːn
鋑	*ʔslon
脧	*ʔsluːl
悛	*sʰlon
吮	zlonʔ, ɦljunʔ
萒	ɡronʔ, lonʔ
沇	*lonʔ
抁	*lonʔ
馻	lonʔ, lunʔ
兖	*lonʔ
渷	*lonʔ
兗	*lonʔ
焌	ʔsluːns, ʔsluns, *sʰlud
允	*lunʔ
狁	*lunʔ
玧	*lunʔ
俊	*ʔsluns
晙	ʔsluns, sluns
餕	*ʔsluns
畯	*ʔsluns
駿	*ʔsluns
竣	*sʰlun
皴	*sʰlun
逡	*sʰlun
踆	*sʰlun
夋	*sʰlun
埈	*sluns
陖	*sluns
鵕	*sluns
浚	*sluns
峻	*sluns

Etymology 1

Probably from an extension of a Proto-Sino-Tibetan Category:Chinese terms inherited from Proto-Sino-Tibetan#口04 Category:Chinese terms derived from Proto-Sino-Tibetan#口04 *mljəw (“to swallow, suck”); compare Burmese မျို (myui, “to swallow”) (STEDT; Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shǔn (shun³Category:Mandarin links with redundant target parameters#吮)

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄣˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): syun⁵ / seon⁵ / cyun⁵
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhiôn
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chn̄g / chňg / chūiⁿ / sūn / sǔn / ún

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shǔn
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄣˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shǔn
  - Wade–Giles: shun³
  - Yale: shwǔn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoen
  - Palladius: шунь (šunʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯ən²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: syun⁵ / seon⁵ / cyun⁵
  - Yale: syúhn / séuhn / chyúhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: syn⁵ / soen⁵ / tsyn⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: xun⁵ / sên⁵ / qun⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /syːn¹³/, /sɵn¹³/, /t͡sʰyːn¹³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhiôn
  - Hakka Romanization System: qion^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: qion¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi̯on²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chn̄g
  - Tâi-lô: tsn̄g
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zng
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sŋ̍³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sŋ̍²²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chňg
  - Tâi-lô: tsňg
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sŋ̍²²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Zhangzhou-like accent in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chūiⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: tsuīnn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zvui
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡suĩ²²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sūn
  - Tâi-lô: sūn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sun
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /sun²²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sǔn
  - Tâi-lô: sǔn
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /sun²²/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ún
  - Tâi-lô: ún
  - Phofsit Daibuun: uon
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /un⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /un⁴¹/

Note:

chn̄g/chňg/chūiⁿ - vernacular (“to lick; to land on food and feed”);
sūn/sǔn - literary.

Middle Chinese: zywinX, dzjwenX

Rime
Character	吮	吮
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	船 (27)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	諄 (47)	仙 (78)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	食尹切	徂兖切
Baxter	zywinX	dzjwenX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʑiuɪn^X/	/d͡ziuᴇn^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ʑʷin^X/	/d͡zʷiɛn^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ʑjuen^X/	/d͡zjuæn^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʑwin^X/	/d͡zwian^X/
Li Rong	/d͡ʑiuĕn^X/	/d͡ziuɛn^X/
Wang Li	/d͡ʑĭuĕn^X/	/d͡zĭwɛn^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/d͡ʑʰi̯uĕn^X/	/d͡zʱi̯wɛn^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shùn	juàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	seon⁶	zyun⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*zlonʔ/, /*ɦljunʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	吮	吮
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	16440	16451
Phonetic component	允	允
Rime group	元	文
Rime subdivision	3	2
Corresponding MC rime	雋	盾
Old Chinese	/*zlonʔ/	/*ɦljunʔ/