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See also:
U+859F, 薟
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-859F

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 140, +13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 廿人一人 (TOMO), four-corner 44886, composition )

  1. vine

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1061, character 30
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32131
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1525, character 25
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3303, character 15
  • Unihan data for U+859F

Chinese

Wikipedia has articles on:
  • Hiam (Southern Min)
  • (Written Standard Chinese?)

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *ɡ·ram, *ɡ·ramʔ, *qʰram) : semantic (grass) + phonetic (OC *skʰlam)

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of – see .
(This character is a variant form of ).

Etymology 2

trad.
simp.
alternative forms

Pronunciation


Note:
  • hiam1 - Chaozhou, Shantou, Chaoyang, Jieyang, Raoping, Pontianak;
  • hiang1 - Chenghai.

    Definitions

    1. (Taiwanese, Malaysian and Singapore Hokkien; Teochew; Zhao'an Hakka) spicy
    2. (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) pungent
    Synonyms

    Compounds

    Descendants

    • English: hiam

    References

    Japanese

    Kanji

    (uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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    Readings