僭

Information about character(s)

Radical: 人
Radical Strokes: 2
Additional Strokes: 12
Total Strokes: 14
Variants: 僣

Pronunciation

Pinyin: jiàn, zèn
Cantonese: cim3 cim5 zim3
JapaneseKun: OGORU
JapaneseOn: SEN SHIN
Korean: CHAM
Vietnamese: tiếm

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: assume, usurp

CE-Dict: to usurp

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.[Formal] to usurp; to overstep one's authority

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: overstep one's authority

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: overstep one's authority

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《人部》僭假也。从人朁聲。

康熙字典文字版 【子集中】【人字部】僭
【韻會】【正韻】𠀤子念切，尖去聲。【說文】假也。【廣韻】儗也。又差也。【書·湯誥】天命弗僭。【詩·大雅】不僭不賊。　又側禁切，音譖。【詩·小雅】亂之初生，僭始旣涵。【註】僭始，不信之端也。由讒人以不信之言始入，王涵容不察眞僞也。　又七林切，音侵。亂也。【詩·小雅】以雅以南，以籥不僭。
考證：〔【書·大浩】天命弗僭。〕　謹照原書誥改湯誥。【王宏源註】僭原字作亻㬱。

CF-Dict: dépasser/usurper

Han-De-Dict: aneignen (u.E.)