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U+5481, 咁
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5481

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 30, +5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 口廿一 (RTM), four-corner 64070, composition )

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 184, character 4
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3477
  • Dae Jaweon: page 403, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 598, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+5481

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声): semantic (mouth) + phonetic (OC *kaːm).

Etymology 1

Uncertain. Some postulate that it is the fusion of (go3 mat6) (Cheung, 2013).

Pronunciation

Definitions

  1. (Cantonese) so, to such an extent
    做咩冇腦 [Guangzhou Cantonese, trad.]
    做咩冇脑 [Guangzhou Cantonese, simp.]
    zou6 me1 nei5 gam3 mou5 nou5 gaa3?
    Why are you so stupid?
Synonyms
See also

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Definitions

(Cantonese)

  1. Alternative form of
  2. Alternative form of

Etymology 3

Pronunciation


Definitions

  1. Alternative form of (question particle)

Etymology 4

Pronunciation


Definitions

  1. milk

Etymology 5

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“to hold in the mouth; to harbor; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of ).

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. so

Readings

  • On (unclassified): かん (kan); がん (gan)

Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Việt readings: hàm, cam, cám
: Nôm readings: cam, căm

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Verb

  1. chữ Hán form of căm (to bear resentment against).

References