眈

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眈 U+7708, 眈
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7708
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Translingual

Han character

眈 (Kangxi radical 109, 目+4, 9 strokes, cangjie input 月山中月山 (BULBU), four-corner 64012, composition ⿰目冘)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 802, character 18
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23189
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1218, character 19
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2477, character 13
  • Unihan data for U+7708

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 眈

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 眈
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (冘) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
冘 *lu, *lum
抌 *lu, *ʔl'uːmʔ, *loʔ
狖 *lus
貁 *lus
耽 *ʔl'uːm
眈 *ʔl'uːm, *ʔl'uːmʔ, *l'uːm
酖 *ʔl'uːm
妉 *ʔl'uːm
黕 *ʔl'uːmʔ
衴 *ʔl'uːmʔ
瓭 *ʔl'uːmʔ
馾 *ʔl'uːms
髧 *l'uːmʔ
紞 *ʔl'oːmʔ
鈂 *zlum, *l'um
沈 *l'um, *l'ums, *hljumʔ
沉 *l'um
枕 *l'um, *ʔljumʔ, *ʔljums
莐 *l'um
霃 *l'um
鴆 *l'ums
訦 *ɦljum, *ɦljumʔ
忱 *ɦljum
邥 *hljumʔ
魫 *hljumʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ʔl'uːm, *ʔl'uːmʔ, *l'uːm) : semantic 目 (“eye”) + phonetic 冘 (OC *lu, *lum).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 眈 眈
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 定 (7) 端 (5)
Final (韻) 覃 (159) 覃 (159)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) I I
Fanqie 徒含切 丁含切
Baxter dom tom
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/dʌm/ /tʌm/
Pan
Wuyun 		/dəm/ /təm/
Shao
Rongfen 		/dɒm/ /tɒm/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/dəm/ /təm/
Li
Rong 		/dᴀm/ /tᴀm/
Wang
Li 		/dɒm/ /tɒm/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/dʱăm/ /tăm/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		tán dān
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		taam4 daam1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 眈 眈 眈
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
No. 15242 15246 15250
Phonetic
component 		冘 冘 冘
Rime
group 		侵 侵 侵
Rime
subdivision 		3 3 3
Corresponding
MC rime 		耽 黕 覃
Old
Chinese 		/*ʔl'uːm/ /*ʔl'uːmʔ/ /*l'uːm/
Notes 由耽依集韻校改

Definitions

眈

  1. Used in 眈眈 (dāndān).
  2. to stare at

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

眈

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

眈 (eumhun 노려볼 탐 (noryeobol tam))

  1. Hanja form? of 탐 (“to stare at”).

Compounds

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