衖

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衖 U+8856, 衖
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8856
← 衕
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 街 →

Translingual

Han character

衖 (Kangxi radical 144, 行+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 竹人廿金弓 (HOTCN), four-corner 21221, composition ⿴行共 or ⿲彳共亍)

  1. lane
  2. alley

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1109, character 15
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34049
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1573, character 16
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 832, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+8856

Chinese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡroːŋs) : semantic 行 + phonetic 共 (OC *kloŋ, *ɡloŋs)

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.
 衖
Characters in the same phonetic series (共) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
港 *kroːŋʔ, *ɡloːŋs
巷 *ɡroːŋs
衖 *ɡroːŋs
鬨 *ɡroːŋs, *ɡloːŋs
烘 *qʰloːŋ, *qʰloːŋs, *ɡoːŋ, *ɡloːŋs
洪 *ɡloːŋ
鉷 *ɡloːŋ
谼 *ɡloːŋ
葓 *ɡoːŋ
哄 *ɡloːŋs
蕻 *ɡloːŋs
恭 *kloŋ
供 *kloŋ, *kloŋs
龔 *kloŋ
珙 *kloŋ, *kloŋʔ
共 *kloŋ, *ɡloŋs
髸 *kloŋ
拱 *kloŋʔ
拲 *kloŋʔ, *kloɡ
蛬 *kloŋʔ, *ɡloŋ
栱 *kloŋʔ
輁 *kloŋʔ, *ɡloŋ
舼 *ɡloŋ
輂 *kloɡ

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 衖
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 匣 (33)
Final (韻) 江 (9)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) II
Fanqie 胡絳切
Baxter haewngH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɦˠʌŋH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɦᵚɔŋH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ɣɔŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ɦaɨwŋH/
Li
Rong 		/ɣɔŋH/
Wang
Li 		/ɣɔŋH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ɣɔŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		xiàng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		hong6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 衖
Reading # 1/1
No. 4152
Phonetic
component 		共
Rime
group 		東
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		巷
Old
Chinese 		/*ɡroːŋs/

Definitions

衖

  1. Same as 巷.

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 衖 – see 弄 (“alley; lane”).
(This character is a variant form of 弄).

Japanese

Kanji

衖

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): こう (kō)
  • Kun: ちまた (chimata)

Vietnamese

Han character

衖: Hán Nôm readings: hạng, lộng

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