咸

咸 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 戈竹一口 (IHMR), four-corner 5320₀, composition ⿵戌口 or ⿵戊𠮛)

• 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

• 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

Historical forms of the character 咸
Shang		Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 戌 (“ax”) + 口 — to terminate. The 口 is a distinguishing mark. Later borrowed to mean "all".

Other explanations include shouting together with a spear in front of the battlefield, implying everyone; alternatively, 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).

Compare Khmer ព្រម (prɔɔm, “to agree; to go along with; together”) (Schuessler, 2007).

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咸

1. (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。
     首出庶物，万国咸宁。

     From: I Ching, 11^th – 8^th 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。
     于诸侯之约，大王当王关中，关中民咸知之。

     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.

2. (obsolete) together
3. (literary) united; in harmony

   alt. forms: 諴 / 𫍯

4. (literary) common; widespread
5. (obsolete) to finish; to terminate
6. 31st hexagram of the I Ching
7. a surname

Often used in place of 鹹 (“salty”) in Hong Kong, even though 鹹 is the traditional Chinese character.

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. all

• Go-on: げん (gen)^{←げむ (gemu, historical)}
• Kan-on: かん (kan)^{←かむ (kamu, historical)}
• Kun: みな (mina, 咸)
• Nanori: たける (takeru)、はやし (hayashi)、みな (mina)

咸 (eum 함 (ham))

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咸: Hán Nôm readings: hàm

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