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Translingual
Han character
銜 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+6, 14 strokes, cangjie input 竹人金一弓 (HOCMN), four-corner 21109, composition ⿲彳釒亍)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1305, character 12
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40390
- Dae Jaweon: page 1807, character 22
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 840, character 15
- Unihan data for U+929C
Chinese
Glyph origin
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡraːm) : semantic 行 + phonetic 金 (OC *krɯm).
Pronunciation
Note:
- hàng - vernacular;
- gàng - literary.
Note:
- khâⁿ/hâⁿ - vernacular;
- hâm - literary.
Note:
- gan5 - vernacular;
- ham5 - literary.
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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銜
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
|
xián
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Middle
Chinese
|
‹ hæm ›
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Old
Chinese
|
/*ˁrm/
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| English
|
a bit
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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
|
銜
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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13534
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Phonetic
component
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銜
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Rime
group
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談
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Rime
subdivision
|
1
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Corresponding
MC rime
|
銜
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Old
Chinese
|
/*ɡraːm/
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| Notes
|
當爲從金行聲
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Definitions
銜
- to hold in the mouth
- to harbor (hold in one's thoughts)
- to connect
- 銜接／衔接 ― xiánjiē ― to join together; to combine; to link up
- rank; title
- 軍銜／军衔 ― jūnxián ― military rank
- (literary, or in compounds) to accept
- (literary, or in compounds) bit (of a horse)
Synonyms
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
銜
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
銜 • (ham) (hangeul 함, revised ham, McCune–Reischauer ham, Yale ham)
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Vietnamese
Han character
銜: Hán Nôm readings: hàm
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