涵

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涵 U+6DB5, 涵
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6DB5
← 涴
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 涶 →

Translingual

Han character

涵 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 水弓山水 (ENUE), four-corner 31172, composition ⿰氵函)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 628, character 13
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17595
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1030, character 5
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1665, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+6DB5

Chinese

trad. 涵
simp. # 涵

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 涵
Shang Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (函) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
蜬 *kuːm, *ɡuːm
函 *ɡuːm, *ɡruːm
涵 *ɡuːm, *ɡuːmʔ
顄 *ɡuːm, *ɡuːmʔ
圅 *ɡuːm
菡 *ɡuːmʔ

Pronunciation

Note:
  • âm/âⁿ - vernacular;
  • hâm - literary.
Rime
Character 涵 涵
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 匣 (33) 匣 (33)
Final (韻) 覃 (159) 覃 (159)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) I I
Fanqie 胡男切 胡感切
Baxter hom homX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɦʌm/ /ɦʌmX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɦəm/ /ɦəmX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ɣɒm/ /ɣɒmX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ɦəm/ /ɦəmX/
Li
Rong 		/ɣᴀm/ /ɣᴀmX/
Wang
Li 		/ɣɒm/ /ɣɒmX/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ɣăm/ /ɣămX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		hán hàn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		ham4 ham6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 涵
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		hán
Middle
Chinese 		‹ hom ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ˁm/
English soak, overflow

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 涵 涵
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 4862 4867
Phonetic
component 		函 函
Rime
group 		侵 侵
Rime
subdivision 		3 3
Corresponding
MC rime 		含 頷
Old
Chinese 		/*ɡuːm/ /*ɡuːmʔ/

Definitions

涵

  1. to soak; to wet
  2. to tolerate; to forgive; to be lenient
  3. to immerse
  4. a culvert
  5. Alternative form of 含 (“to contain, to bear”)

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

涵

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

涵 (eum 함 (ham))

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Vietnamese

Han character

涵: Hán Nôm readings: hàm

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References

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