檐

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See also: 簷
檐 U+6A90, 檐
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Translingual

Han character

檐 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+13, 17 strokes, cangjie input 木弓金口 (DNCR), four-corner 47961, composition ⿰木詹)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 556, character 27
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15659
  • Dae Jaweon: page 946, character 3
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1304, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+6A90

Chinese

trad. 檐/簷
simp. 檐
2nd round simp. 沿

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (詹) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
甔 *toːm, *taːm, *taːms
擔 *taːm, *taːms
儋 *ʔl'aːm
聸 *taːm
膽 *taːmʔ
黵 *taːmʔ, *tjamʔ
澹 *daːm, *daːmʔ, *daːms
憺 *daːmʔ, *daːms
瞻 *tjam
詹 *tjam
蟾 *tjam, *djam
噡 *tjam
譫 *tjam, *daːb, *tjaːb
幨 *tʰjam, *tʰjams
襜 *tʰjam, *tʰjams
韂 *tʰjams
贍 *djams
檐 *lam
簷 *lam
舚 *tʰeːm, *tʰeːms

Pronunciation

Note:
  • iâm - literary;
  • chîⁿ - vernacular.
Note:
  • siam5 - literary;
  • zin5 - vernacular.
    Rime
    Character 檐
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (聲) 以 (36)
    Final (韻) 鹽 (153)
    Tone (調) Level (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division (等) III
    Fanqie 余廉切
    Baxter yem
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/jiᴇm/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/jiɛm/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/jæm/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/jiam/
    Li
    Rong         		/iɛm/
    Wang
    Li         		/jĭɛm/
    Bernhard
    Karlgren         		/i̯ɛm/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		yán
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		jim4
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 檐 檐
    Reading # 1/2 2/2
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		yán yán
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ yem › ‹ yem ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*Cə.am/ /*m/
    English eaves temple gate

    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.
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 檐
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 16773
    Phonetic
    component         		詹
    Rime
    group         		談
    Rime
    subdivision         		1
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		鹽
    Old
    Chinese         		/*lam/

    Definitions

    檐

    1. eaves of a house
    2. brim; rim; edge

    Compounds

    References

    Japanese

    Kanji

    檐

    (Hyōgai kanji)

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    Readings

    • On (unclassified): えん (en)、たん (tan)
    • Kun: ひさし (hisashi)

    Korean

    Hanja

    檐 (eum 첨 (cheom))

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    Vietnamese

    Han character

    檐: Hán Nôm readings: diêm, diềm, thềm, thiềm

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