憨

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憨 U+61A8, 憨
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-61A8
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Translingual

Han character

憨 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+12, 16 strokes, cangjie input 一大心 (MKP) or 弓大心 (NKP) or 難一大心 (XMKP) or 難弓大心 (XNKP), four-corner 18334, composition ⿱敢心)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 403, character 24
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11244
  • Dae Jaweon: page 743, character 26
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2343, character 14
  • Unihan data for U+61A8

Chinese

trad. 憨
simp. # 憨

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (敢) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
撖 *kʰɯːm, *kʰreːmʔ, *ɡraːmʔ
澉 *l̥ʰaːms, *klaːmʔ
噉 *l'aːmʔ
敢 *klaːmʔ
橄 *klaːmʔ
瞰 *kʰlaːms
闞 *kʰlaːms, *qʰreːmʔ, *hŋraːms
憨 *qʰaːm, *qʰlaːms
譀 *qʰlaːms, *qʰraːms, *qʰraːb
巖 *ŋraːm
礹 *ŋraːm, *ŋamʔ
豃 *qʰraːmʔ
讝 *kjam
玁 *hŋramʔ
嚴 *ŋam
儼 *ŋamʔ
曮 *ŋamʔ
釅 *ŋams

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 憨 憨
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 曉 (32) 匣 (33)
Final (韻) 談 (143) 談 (143)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) I I
Fanqie 呼談切 下瞰切
Baxter xam hamH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/hɑm/ /ɦɑmH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/hɑm/ /ɦɑmH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/xɑm/ /ɣɑmH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ham/ /ɦamH/
Li
Rong 		/xɑm/ /ɣɑmH/
Wang
Li 		/xɑm/ /ɣɑmH/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/xɑm/ /ɣɑmH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		hān hàn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		ham1 ham6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 憨 憨
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 3679 3680
Phonetic
component 		敢 敢
Rime
group 		談 談
Rime
subdivision 		1 1
Corresponding
MC rime 		蚶 憨
Old
Chinese 		/*qʰaːm/ /*qʰlaːms/

Definitions

憨

  1. foolish; stupid; silly
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) simple; naive; innocent
    憨厚  ―  hānhòu  ―  simple and honest; straightforward
  3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) coarse
  4. a surname

Compounds

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 憨 – see 戇 (“(Min Nan) stupid”).
(This character is a variant form of 戇).

Japanese

Kanji

憨

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. foolish
  2. silly
  3. coquettish

Readings

  • On (unclassified): かん (kan)、がん (gan)
  • Kun: おろか (oroka)

Korean

Hanja

憨 (eum 감 (gam))

  1. stupid
  2. silly

Vietnamese

Han character

憨: Hán Nôm readings: hám

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