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Translingual
Han character
巘 (Kangxi radical 46, 山+20, 23 strokes, cangjie input 山卜月大 (UYBK), four-corner 23734, composition ⿰山獻)
Further reading
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 323, character 9
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8651
- Dae Jaweon: page 623, character 17
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 809, character 2
- Unihan data for U+5DD8
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 獻
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*sŋaːl, *hŋans, *ŋrad
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| 甗
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*ŋan, *ŋranʔ, *ŋrans
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| 巘
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*ŋranʔ, *ŋanʔ
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| 讞
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*ŋranʔ, *ŋrans, *ŋrad
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| 鬳
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*ŋans
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| 瓛
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*ɦŋʷaːn
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| 囐
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*sɡaːd
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| 齾
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*ŋaːd, *ŋraːd
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| 钀
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*ŋrad, *ŋad
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ŋranʔ, *ŋanʔ) : semantic 山 (“mountain”) + phonetic 獻 (OC *sŋaːl, *hŋans, *ŋrad).
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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巘
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巘
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| Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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yǎn
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yǎn
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ ngjenX ›
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‹ ngjonX ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ŋ(r)ar(ʔ)/
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/*ŋ(r)ar(ʔ)/
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| English
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hill; hilltop
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hill; hilltop
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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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巘
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巘
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| Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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| No.
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14454
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14460
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Phonetic
component
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鬳
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鬳
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Rime
group
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元
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元
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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齴
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𧥜
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Old
Chinese
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/*ŋranʔ/
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/*ŋanʔ/
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Definitions
巘
- (literary) lower peak of a mountain; mountain appearing stacked or overlapping
- See also: 甗
- (literary) mountain peak; hilltop
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
巘
(Hyōgai kanji)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
巘 (eumhun 봉우리 헌 (bong'uri heon))
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References