𠪚

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𠪚 U+20A9A, 𠪚
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-20A9A
𠪙
CJK Unified Ideographs Extension B 𠪛

Translingual

Han character

𠪚 (Kangxi radical 27, +12, 14 strokes, composition)

  1. cliff, precipice
  2. rocky or dangerous mountain

Derived characters

References

Chinese

trad. 𠪚
simp. # 𠪚
2nd round simp. ⿸厂攼

Etymology

According to STEDT, related to (OC *kʰuːms, “embankment”); see there for more.

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 𠪚 𠪚 𠪚
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
Initial () (31) (6) (29)
Final () (140) (143) (143)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division () III I I
Fanqie
Baxter ngim thamX khamX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ŋˠiɪm/ /tʰɑmX/ /kʰɑmX/
Pan
Wuyun
/ŋᵚim/ /tʰɑmX/ /kʰɑmX/
Shao
Rongfen
/ŋiem/ /tʰɑmX/ /kʰɑmX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ŋjim/ /tʰamX/ /kʰamX/
Li
Rong
/ŋjəm/ /tʰɑmX/ /kʰɑmX/
Wang
Li
/ŋĭĕm/ /tʰɑmX/ /kʰɑmX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ŋi̯əm/ /tʰɑmX/ /kʰɑmX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yín tǎn kǎn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ngam4 taam2 ham2
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 𠪚
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
kǎn
Middle
Chinese
‹ ngim ›
Old
Chinese
/*N-qʰˁm/
English precipitous

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.

Definitions

𠪚

  1. cliff, precipice
  2. rocky or dangerous mountain