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Translingual
Han character
婪 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 木木女 (DDV), four-corner 44404, composition ⿱林女)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 265, character 19
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6436
- Dae Jaweon: page 532, character 17
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1056, character 8
- Unihan data for U+5A6A
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 婪
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*ɡ·ruːm
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| 惏
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*ɡ·ruːm
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| 啉
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*ɡ·ruːm
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| 漤
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*ɡ·ruːmʔ
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| 醂
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*ɡ·ruːmʔ
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| 林
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*ɡ·rɯm
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| 琳
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*ɡ·rɯm
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| 淋
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*ɡ·rɯm, *ɡ·rɯms
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| 痳
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*ɡ·rɯm
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| 箖
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*ɡ·rɯm
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| 霖
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*ɡ·rɯm
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| 菻
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*ɡ·rɯmʔ, *ɡ·rɯms
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| 罧
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*slɯmʔ, *srɯms
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| 棽
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*r̥ʰɯm, *srɯm
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| 綝
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*r̥ʰɯm
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| 郴
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*r̥ʰɯm
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| 禁
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*krɯm, *krɯms
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| 襟
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*krɯm
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| 僸
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*krɯms, *ŋɡrɯmʔ
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| 澿
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*ɡrɯm
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| 噤
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*ɡrɯmʔ, *ɡrɯms
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| 凚
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*ɡrɯmʔ, *ɡrɯms
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| 齽
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*ɡrɯms
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡ·ruːm) : phonetic 林 (OC *ɡ·rɯm) + semantic 女 (“woman”).
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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婪
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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lán
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ lom ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ˁm/
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| English
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to covet
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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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婪
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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8160
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Phonetic
component
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林
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Rime
group
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侵
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Rime
subdivision
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3
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Corresponding
MC rime
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婪
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Old
Chinese
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/*ɡ·ruːm/
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Definitions
婪
- to covet; to be avaricious; to be greedy
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
婪
(Hyōgai kanji)
- covetous
- ravenous
Readings
Korean
Hanja
婪 • (ram) (hangeul 람, revised ram, McCune–Reischauer ram)
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Vietnamese
Han character
婪: Hán Nôm readings: lam
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