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Translingual
Han character
塹 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 十中土 (JLG), four-corner 52104, composition ⿱斬土)
- moat, trench, pit, cavity
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 237, character 3
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5394
- Dae Jaweon: page 475, character 9
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 478, character 8
- Unihan data for U+5879
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 慚
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*zaːm
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| 慙
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*zaːm
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| 鏨
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*zaːm, *zaːmʔ, *zaːms, *zeːm, *zamʔ
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| 槧
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*zaːmʔ, *sʰam, *sʰams, *zamʔ
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| 暫
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*zaːms
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| 蹔
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*zaːms
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| 斬
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*ʔsreːmʔ
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| 獑
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*zeːm, *zaːm
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| 嶃
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*zreːmʔ, *zaːm
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| 覱
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*ʔsraːms
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| 摲
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*sʰraːms
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| 漸
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*ʔsam, *zamʔ
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| 塹
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*sʰams
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| 壍
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*sʰams
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| 嬱
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*sʰams
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| 螹
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*zam, *zamʔ
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| 蔪
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*zamʔ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sʰams) : phonetic 斬 (OC *ʔsreːmʔ) + semantic 土 (“earth”).
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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塹
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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qiàn
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ tshjemH ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*am-s/
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| English
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moat; dig out
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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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塹
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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16806
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Phonetic
component
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斬
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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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壍
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Old
Chinese
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/*sʰams/
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| Notes
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同壍出説文
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Definitions
塹
- A deep pit or trench, especially a city moat
- A natural barrier
- A rift valley
Compounds
References
- "塹" at 《教育百科》, ROC Ministry of Education
Japanese
Kanji
塹
(Hyōgai kanji)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
塹 • (cham) (hangeul 참, revised cham, McCune–Reischauer ch'am)
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Vietnamese
Han character
塹: Hán Nôm readings: khiếm
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References