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Translingual
Han character
咸 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 戈竹一口 (IHMR), four-corner 53200, composition ⿵戌口 or ⿵戊𠮛)
Derived characters
- 减, 喊, 堿, 㛾, 㨔, 減, 㺂, 椷, 煘, 瑊, 䁍, 碱, 緘(缄), 羬, 諴(𫍯), 輱, 醎, 鍼, 𠁝, 鰔, 鹹, 黬, 䶢, 㰹, 顑, 感, 觱, 䶠, 嵅, 葴, 箴, 䖗, 麙
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 187, character 19
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3563
- Dae Jaweon: page 406, character 19
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1404, character 2
- Unihan data for U+54B8
Chinese
simp. and trad.
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咸
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| alternative forms
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冚 Cantonese “all; entire”
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Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 感
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*kɯːmʔ
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| 鱤
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*kɯːmʔ
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| 顑
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*kʰɯːmʔ, *ŋɡrɯːms
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| 轗
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*kʰɯːmʔ, *kʰɯːms
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| 撼
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*ɡɯːmʔ
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| 憾
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*ɡɯːms
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| 喊
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*qʰaːmʔ, *qʰrɯːmʔ, *ɡrɯːmʔ
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| 緘
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*krɯːm
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| 瑊
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*krɯːm, *kjum
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| 黬
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*krɯːm, *ŋɡrɯːm
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| 減
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*krɯːmʔ, *ɡrɯːmʔ
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| 羬
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*ŋɡrɯːm, *ɡram
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| 麙
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*ŋɡrɯːm
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| 咸
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*ɡrɯːm
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| 鹹
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*ɡrɯːm
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| 醎
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*ɡrɯːm
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| 諴
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*ɡrɯːm
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| 椷
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*ɡrɯːm
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| 輱
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*ɡrɯːm
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| 鍼
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*ɡam, *ɡram, *kjɯm
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| 箴
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*kjɯm
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| 葴
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*kjɯm
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| 鱵
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*kjum
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Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 戌 (“axe”) + 口 (“mouth (person) or clay pot”). A pictogram of soldiers shouting together with a spear in front of the battlefield, implying everyone, without exception. Also see 喊, which means to 'shout'. The alternative interpretation is to cut off one's head with an ax, depriving them of all they have; alternatively, to break a pot with an ax.
For etymology 2, simplified from 鹹 (elimination of 鹵).
Etymology 1
Compare Khmer ព្រម (prɔɔm, “to agree; to go along with; together”) (Schuessler, 2007).
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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咸
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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xián
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ hɛm ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ˁrm/
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| English
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all; everywhere
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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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咸
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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13515
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Phonetic
component
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咸
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Rime
group
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侵
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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咸
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Old
Chinese
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/*ɡrɯːm/
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| Notes
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從口從戌會刺口之意，
鹹初文
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Definitions
咸
- (literary) all; completely
- 老少咸宜 ― lǎoshàoxiányí ― to be suitable for both the old and the young
首出庶物，萬國咸寧。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
首出庶物，万国咸宁。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: I Ching, 11th – 8th century BCE
- Shǒu chū shùwù, wànguó xiánníng.
- (The sage) appears aloft, high above all things, and the myriad states all enjoy repose.
於諸侯之約，大王當王關中，關中民咸知之。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
于诸侯之约，大王当王关中，关中民咸知之。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
- Yú zhūhóu zhī yuē, dàwáng dāng wàng Guānzhōng, Guānzhōng mín xián zhī zhī.
- By the covenant made with vassals, you should be the king in Guanzhong; all people of Guanzhong knew this.
- (obsolete) together
- (literary) united; in harmony
- alt. forms: 諴／𫍯
- (literary) common; widespread
- (obsolete) to finish; to terminate
- 31st hexagram of the I Ching
- a surname
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
整 (“whole; entire”)
Compounds
Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 咸 – see 鹹 (“salty; briny; stingy; miserly; etc.”).
(This character is the simplified form of 鹹). |
| Notes: |
Usage notes
Often used in place of 鹹 (“salty”) in Hong Kong, even though 鹹 is the traditional Chinese character.
Etymology 3
For pronunciation and definitions of 咸 – see 冚 (“(Cantonese) entire”).
(This character is a variant form of 冚). |
Japanese
Kanji
咸
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)
- all
Readings
Korean
Hanja
咸 (eum 함 (ham))
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Vietnamese
Han character
咸: Hán Nôm readings: hàm
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