噉

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噉 U+5649, 噉
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Translingual

Han character

噉 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 口一十大 (RMJK), four-corner 68040, composition ⿰口敢)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 208, character 19
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4299
  • Dae Jaweon: page 431, character 14
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 679, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+5649

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (敢) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
撖 *kʰɯːm, *kʰreːmʔ, *ɡraːmʔ
澉 *l̥ʰaːms, *klaːmʔ
噉 *l'aːmʔ
敢 *klaːmʔ
橄 *klaːmʔ
瞰 *kʰlaːms
闞 *kʰlaːms, *qʰreːmʔ, *hŋraːms
憨 *qʰaːm, *qʰlaːms
譀 *qʰlaːms, *qʰraːms, *qʰraːb
巖 *ŋraːm
礹 *ŋraːm, *ŋamʔ
豃 *qʰraːmʔ
讝 *kjam
玁 *hŋramʔ
嚴 *ŋam
儼 *ŋamʔ
曮 *ŋamʔ
釅 *ŋams

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 噉 – see 啖 (“to eat; to dine; to feed; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 啖).

Etymology 2

trad. 噉
simp. # 噉
alternative forms 咁

Originally written as 咁; the functions of the two words differentiated in late 19th century. Likely from the fusion of 嗰物 (go3 mat6) (Cheung, 2013).

Pronunciation

Definitions

噉 (Cantonese)

  1. attached to form adverbs
    佢慢慢噉行。 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]
    keoi5 maan6 maan6-2 gam2 haang4.
    He/she walks slowly.
    建設性噉／建设性噉 [Cantonese]  ―  gin3 cit3 sing3 gam2   ―  constructively
  2. this
    噉唔得㗎！ [Cantonese]  ―  gam2 m4 dak1 gaa3!   ―  This will not work! / This will not do!
  3. this; like this
    佢係一個噉嘅人。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    佢系一个噉嘅人。 [Cantonese, simp.]
    keoi5 hai6 jat1 go3 gam2 ge3 jan4.
    He/she is this kind of person. (lit."He/she is a this sort of person.")
    噉就完咗喇！ [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]
    gam2 zau6 jyun4 zo2 laa4!
    Is that all!? / It's over just like that? (lit. "It ends just like that!?")
  4. in such a way
    將朱古力當飯噉食 [Cantonese, trad.]
    将朱古力当饭噉食 [Cantonese, simp.]
    zoeng1 zyu1 gu2-1 lik6-1 dong3 faan6 gam2 sik6
    to eat chocolate as if it was a meal
    好似喺度催緊我噉 [Cantonese, trad.]
    好似喺度催紧我噉 [Cantonese, simp.]
    hou2 ci5 hai2 dou6 ceoi1 gan2 ngo5 gam2
    as if they were trying to hurry me
  5. in that case; then
    噉我返去先啦。 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]
    gam2 ngo5 faan1 heoi3 sin1 laa1.
    I'll be leaving first then.
Synonyms
  • (to form adverbs): (Mandarin) 地 (de)
  • (this, like this): (Mandarin) 那 (nà)
  • (in this case, then): (Mandarin) 那 (nà)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Definitions

噉

  1. Alternative form of 減 / 减

Japanese

Kanji

噉

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. bite
  2. chew

Readings

  • On (unclassified): たん (tan)、だん (dan)
  • Kun: くらう (kurau)、くらわす (kurawasu)

Korean

Hanja

噉 • (dam) (hangeul 담, revised dam, McCune–Reischauer tam)

  1. to eat
  2. to feed

Vietnamese

Han character

噉: Hán Nôm readings: đạm, dám, hám, ngoảm

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References

Zhuang

Noun

噉

  1. Sawndip form of gemj (“cheek (of face)”)
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