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See also:
U+53B4, 厴
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53B4

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 27, +17, 19 strokes, cangjie input 一大田中 (MKWL), four-corner 71506, composition )

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 163, character 14
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3051
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 80, character 21
  • Unihan data for U+53B4

Chinese

trad.
simp.

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *qemʔ) : phonetic (OC *qemʔ, *qems, *qeb) + semantic (shell).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (34)
Final () (153)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter 'jiemX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʔiᴇmX/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʔiɛmX/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʔjæmX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʔiamX/
Li
Rong
/ʔiɛmX/
Wang
Li
/ĭɛmX/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ʔi̯ɛmX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yǎn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jim2
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 14424
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*qemʔ/

Definitions

  1. operculum

Japanese

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. shell

Readings

  • On (unclassified): えん (en)

Korean

Hanja

(yeom) (hangeul , revised yeom, McCune–Reischauer yŏm, Yale yem)

  1. shells