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Translingual
Han character
臽 (Kangxi radical 134, 臼+2, 8 strokes, cangjie input 弓竹難 (NHX), composition ⿱⺈臼(G) or ⿱勹臼(TJK))
- pit, hole
Derived characters
- 啗, 埳, 𭒃, 𡸞, 㡊, 惂, 掐, 淊, 𤟅, 陷, 焰, 䐄, 𥇌, 𥓒, 𭧁, 𧚧, 𦁵, 𦜿, 蜭, 䘓, 𦥿, 諂(谄), 𧯰, 𮛫, 輡(𰺐), 𭕳, 錎, 𠮌, 𤏭, 𤎡, 餡(馅), 𩤂, 䱤(𱇻), 𪉦, 䶟
- 𠜼, 𢽣, 𢽶, 欿, 𤿷, 𥦶, 𦥵, 燄, 𩓟, 鵮(鹐), 萏, 𠕣, 窞, 𥮛, 𩭥, 閻(阎), 𠻍
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1003, character 4
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30177
- Dae Jaweon: page 1459, character 14
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3037, character 6
- Unihan data for U+81FD
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 萏
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*l'oːmʔ
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| 窞
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*l'oːmʔ
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| 惂
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*kʰloːmʔ
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| 輡
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*kʰloːmʔ
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| 錎
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*kʰloːmʔ, *ɡroːms
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| 埳
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*kʰloːmʔ
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| 臽
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*kʰloːmʔ, *ɡroːms
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| 淊
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*ɡloːmʔ, *qroːm, *qroːms, *lomʔ
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| 欿
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*ɡloːmʔ
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| 蜭
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*ɡloːmʔ, *ɡluːms
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| 啗
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*l'aːmʔ, *l'aːms
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| 鵮
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*ʔr'oːm, *kʰroːm, *kʰroːms
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| 餡
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*ɡroːms
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| 陷
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*ɡroːms
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| 爓
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*ljom, *loms
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| 諂
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*l̥ʰomʔ
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| 讇
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*l̥ʰomʔ
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| 閻
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*lom
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| 焰
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*loms
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| 壛
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*lom
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| 櫩
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*lom
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| 燄
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*lomʔ
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| 掐
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*kʰroːb
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In the oracle bone script, an ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) : 鹿 (“deer”) + 凵 (“pit”) – a deer falling into a trap.
From the bronze inscriptions, now an ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) : 人 (“person”) + 臼 (“trap”) – a person falling into a trap.
Original form of 陷.
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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臽
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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xiàn
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ hɛmH ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ˁromʔ-s/
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| English
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small pit
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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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臽
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臽
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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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13545
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13557
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Phonetic
component
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臽
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臽
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Rime
group
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談
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談
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Rime
subdivision
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3
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3
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Corresponding
MC rime
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坎
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陷
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Old
Chinese
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/*kʰloːmʔ/
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/*ɡroːms/
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Definitions
臽
- (obsolete) pit; hole
Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 臽 – see 陷 (“to submerge; to sink; to plunge; to be captured; etc.”).
(This character is an ancient form of 陷). |
References
Japanese
Kanji
臽
(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form ⿱⺈旧)
- pit
- hole
Readings
Korean
Hanja
臽 • (ham) (hangeul 함, revised ham, McCune–Reischauer ham)
- pit
- hollow, hole
