覽

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See also: 覧 and 览
覽 U+89BD, 覽
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Translingual

Traditional 覽
Shinjitai 覧
Simplified 览

Han character

覽 (Kangxi radical 147, 見+14, 21 strokes, cangjie input 尸田月山山 (SWBUU), four-corner 78216, composition ⿱𰯲見)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1138, character 3
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34977
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1605, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3676, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+89BD

Chinese

trad. 覽
simp. 览
alternative forms 覧

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (監) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
藍 *ɡ·raːm
襤 *ɡ·raːm
籃 *ɡ·raːm
懢 *ɡ·raːm, *ɡ·raːms
儖 *ɡ·raːm
蘫 *ɡ·raːm, *qʰlaːms
攬 *ɡ·raːmʔ
欖 *ɡ·raːmʔ
覽 *ɡ·raːmʔ
爁 *ɡ·raːmʔ, *ɡ·raːms, *ɡ·rams
擥 *ɡ·raːmʔ
灠 *ɡ·raːmʔ
濫 *ɡ·raːms, *ɡraːmʔ
嚂 *ɡ·raːms, *kʰlaːms, *qʰlaːmʔ
纜 *ɡ·raːms
監 *kraːm, *kraːms
礛 *kraːm
鑑 *kraːm, *kraːms, *kraːms
艦 *ɡraːmʔ
檻 *ɡraːmʔ, *ɡraːms
壏 *ɡraːmʔ
轞 *ɡraːmʔ
鹽 *ɡ·lam, *ɡ·lams

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡ·raːmʔ) : phonetic 監 (OC *kraːm, *kraːms) + semantic 見 (“see”).

Pronunciation

Note:
  • lam2 - Chaozhou;
  • nam2 - Shantou.
    Rime
    Character 覽
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (聲) 來 (37)
    Final (韻) 談 (143)
    Tone (調) Rising (X)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division (等) I
    Fanqie 盧敢切
    Baxter lamX
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/lɑmX/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/lɑmX/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/lɑmX/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/lamX/
    Li
    Rong         		/lɑmX/
    Wang
    Li         		/lɑmX/
    Bernard
    Karlgren         		/lɑmX/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		lǎn
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		laam5
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 覽
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 6090
    Phonetic
    component         		監
    Rime
    group         		談
    Rime
    subdivision         		1
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		覽
    Old
    Chinese         		/*ɡ·raːmʔ/

    Definitions

    覽

    1. to look at; to view; to inspect; to perceive
    2. to read
    3. Alternative form of 攬／揽 (lǎn, “to take on; to adopt”)

    Compounds

    Japanese

    Shinjitai

    		覧

    Kyūjitai

    		覽

    Kanji

    覽

    (“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 覧)

    1. look at, inspect
    2. perceive

    Readings

    Korean

    Alternative forms

    Yakja (略字, simplified form) of 覽.

    Etymology

    From Middle Chinese 覽 (MC lamX). Recorded as Middle Korean 람〯 (lǎm) (Yale: lam) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

    Hanja

    覽 (eumhun 볼 람 (bol ram), South Korea 볼 남 (bol nam))

    1. Hanja form? of 람 (“look at, inspect”).

    Compounds

    Compounds

    References

    • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

    Vietnamese

    Han character

    覽: Hán Nôm readings: lãm

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