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Translingual
Han character
儼 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+20, 22 strokes, cangjie input 人口口大 (ORRK), four-corner 26248, composition ⿰亻嚴)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 122, character 5
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1324
- Dae Jaweon: page 257, character 11
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 240, character 2
- Unihan data for U+513C
Chinese
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 儼
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Transcribed ancient scripts
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References:
Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:
- Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
- Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
- Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
- Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
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Old Chinese
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| 撖
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*kʰɯːm, *kʰreːmʔ, *ɡraːmʔ
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| 澉
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*l̥ʰaːms, *klaːmʔ
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| 噉
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*l'aːmʔ
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| 敢
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*klaːmʔ
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| 橄
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*klaːmʔ
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| 瞰
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*kʰlaːms
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| 闞
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*kʰlaːms, *qʰreːmʔ, *hŋraːms
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| 憨
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*qʰaːm, *qʰlaːms
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| 譀
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*qʰlaːms, *qʰraːms, *qʰraːb
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| 巖
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*ŋraːm
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| 礹
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*ŋraːm, *ŋamʔ
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| 豃
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*qʰraːmʔ
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| 讝
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*kjam
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| 玁
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*hŋramʔ
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| 嚴
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*ŋam
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| 儼
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*ŋamʔ
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| 曮
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*ŋamʔ
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| 釅
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*ŋams
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Pronunciation
Note:
- ngiêm2 - Chaozhou;
- ngiam2 - Shantou;
- ngiang2 - Chenghai.
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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儼
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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yǎn
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ ngjæmX ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ŋ(r)mʔ/
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| English
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dignified
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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儼
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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3693
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Phonetic
component
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敢
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Rime
group
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談
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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Old
Chinese
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/*ŋamʔ/
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| Notes
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原誤魯掩切依王韻校正，
巾箱本魚不誤
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Definitions
儼
- (literary) grave, respectful, majestic
- (literary) as if, seemingly, like
- † to raise one's head
- † neatly arranged
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
儼
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 𠑊)
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Readings
Compounds
Korean
Hanja
儼 (eum 엄 (eom))
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Vietnamese
Han character
儼: Hán Nôm readings: nghiễm
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