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Translingual
Han character
嫌 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 女廿難金 (VTXC), four-corner 48437, composition ⿰女兼)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 269, character 9
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6618
- Dae Jaweon: page 536, character 20
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1073, character 8
- Unihan data for U+5ACC
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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譧
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*r'eːms
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賺
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*r'eːms
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尲
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*kreːm
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鹻
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*kreːmʔ
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歉
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*kʰreːms, *kʰreːmʔ, *kʰeːmʔ, *kʰeːms
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槏
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*kʰreːmʔ
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鰜
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*ɡreːm, *keːm
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稴
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*ɡreːm, *ɡ·reːm, *ɡ·reːmʔ, *ɡ·reːms, *ɡeːm
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豏
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*ɡreːmʔ, *ɡreːms
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甉
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*ɡreːmʔ, *ɡraːm
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廉
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*ɡ·rem
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鎌
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*ɡ·rem
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鬑
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*ɡ·rem, *ɡ·reːm
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鐮
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*ɡ·rem
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簾
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*ɡ·rem
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薕
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*ɡ·rem, *ɡ·reːm
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蠊
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*ɡ·rem
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嬚
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*ɡ·remʔ
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溓
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*ɡ·remʔ, *ɡ·reːm, *ɡ·reːmʔ
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嵰
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*kʰremʔ
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隒
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*ŋɡremʔ
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熑
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*ɡ·reːm
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濂
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*ɡ·reːm
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燫
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*ɡ·reːm
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兼
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*keːm, *keːms
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縑
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*keːm
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鶼
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*keːm
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蒹
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*keːm
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搛
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*keːm
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謙
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*kʰeːm
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膁
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*kʰeːmʔ
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嗛
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*kʰeːmʔ
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慊
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*kʰeːmʔ, *kʰeːb
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傔
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*kʰeːms
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馦
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*qʰeːm
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嫌
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*ɡeːm
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鼸
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*ɡeːmʔ
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尷
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*kreːm
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡeːm) : semantic 女 (“woman”) + phonetic 兼 (OC *keːm, *keːms).
Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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嫌
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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xián
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Middle Chinese
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‹ hem ›
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Old Chinese
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/*N-kˁem/
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English
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doubt, doubtful
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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
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嫌
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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6078
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Phonetic component
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兼
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Rime group
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談
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Rime subdivision
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2
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Corresponding MC rime
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嫌
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Old Chinese
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/*ɡeːm/
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Definitions
嫌
- to be sick of; to be tired of; to be fed up with
- (Cantonese, transitive) to mind; to dislike; to be dissatisfied of
後面個司機嫌我慢,就扒咗我頭。 [Cantonese, trad.]
后面个司机嫌我慢,就扒咗我头。 [Cantonese, simp.]- hau6 min6 go3 si1 gei1 jim4 ngo5 maan6, zau6 paa4 zo2 ngo5 tau4.
- The driver behind me is disatisfied of me being so slow, so they cut in front of me.
- (literary, or in compounds) hatred; enmity; resentment; grudge
- (literary, or in compounds) to doubt; to suspect
- (literary, or in compounds) suspicion (the state of being suspected)
- (literary, or in compounds) to be similar to; to be about the same as; to approximate
- (literary, or in compounds) to guess; to surmise; to conjecture
Synonyms
- (to be sick of): 膩煩/腻烦 (nìfán), 厭煩/厌烦 (yànfán)
- (hatred):
- 仇怨 (chóuyuàn)
- 仇恨 (chóuhèn)
- 冤 (yuān) (literary, or in compounds)
- 冤仇 (yuānchóu)
- 怨恨 (yuànhèn)
- 敵意 / 敌意 (díyì)
- 梁子 (niang2 zi3) (Sichuanese)
- 心存疑惑 (xīncún yíhuò)
- 思疑 (sīyí) (literary)
- 惑疑 (hueh4 i1) (Jin)
- 憢疑 / 𢙒疑 (Hokkien)
- 懷疑 / 怀疑 (huáiyí)
- 狐疑 (húyí)
- 猜疑 (cāiyí)
- 疑乎 (nyi2 fu2) (Sichuanese)
- 疑心 (yíxīn)
- 疑惑 (yíhuò)
- 疑騃 / 疑𫘤 (Hokkien)
- 臭疑 (Hokkien)
- 臭青疑 (Hokkien)
- 青疑 (Hokkien)
- 嫌疑 (xiányí)
- 惑志 (huòzhì) (literary)
- 狐疑 (húyí)
- 疑心 (yíxīn)
- 疑惑 (yíhuò)
- 疑義 / 疑义 (yíyì)
- 好像 (hǎoxiàng)
- 接近 (jiējìn)
- 相仿 (xiāngfǎng)
- 相似 (xiāngsì)
- 相像 (xiāngxiàng)
- 相若 (xiāngruò)
- 相近 (xiāngjìn)
- 相類 / 相类 (xiānglèi)
- 近似 (jìnsì)
- 逼肖 (bīxiào) (literary, to bear a close resemblance to)
- 隨 / 随 (suí) (Northern Mandarin, of a parent in appearance or disposition)
- 類似 / 类似 (lèisì)
- 估計 / 估计 (gūjì)
- 估量
- 假定 (jiǎdìng)
- 假想 (jiǎxiǎng)
- 假設 / 假设 (jiǎshè)
- 商量 (shāngliàng) (Classical Chinese)
- 忖度 (cǔnduó) (literary)
- 思裁 (sīcái) (literary)
- 想象 (xiǎngxiàng)
- 懸 / 悬 (xuán) (literary, or in compounds)
- 懸想 / 悬想 (xuánxiǎng)
- 懷疑 / 怀疑 (huáiyí)
- 打估 (Southern Pinghua)
- 推想 (tuīxiǎng)
- 推測 / 推测 (tuīcè)
- 掠算 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 揣度 (formal)
- 擬 / 拟 (nǐ)
- 母量 (mu3 liong) (Gan)
- 派胚 (Hokkien)
- 測 / 测 (cè) (literary, or in compounds)
- 測估 / 测估 (cègū)
- 測度 / 测度 (cèduó)
- 測算 / 测算 (cèsuàn)
- 猜 (cāi)
- 猜度 (cāiduó)
- 猜想 (cāixiǎng)
- 猜摸 (cāimo)
- 猜料 (cāiliào)
- 猜測 / 猜测 (cāicè)
- 猜詳 / 猜详 (cāixiáng)
- 算 (suàn)
- 算計 / 算计 (suànjì)
- 約摸 / 约摸 (yuēmo)
- 臭疑 (Hokkien)
- 臭青疑 (Hokkien)
- 虛擬 / 虚拟 (xūnǐ)
- 要約 / 要约 (iau3 ieh4) (Jin)
- 設 / 设 (shè)
- 設想 / 设想 (shèxiǎng)
- 跋胚 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 辦胚 / 办胚 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 阿合 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
- 青疑 (Hokkien)
- 預計 / 预计 (yùjì)
Compounds
References
Japanese
Shinjitai
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嫌
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Kyūjitai [1]
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嫌󠄁 嫌+󠄁 ? (Adobe-Japan1)
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嫌󠄃 嫌+󠄃 ? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji
嫌
(Jōyō kanji)
Readings
Etymology
For pronunciation and definitions of 嫌 – see the following entry.
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(This term, 嫌, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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References
Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 嫌 (MC hem).
Pronunciation
Hanja
Wikisource
嫌 (eumhun 싫어할 혐 (sireohal hyeom))
- hanja form? of 혐 (“to hate”)
- hanja form? of 혐 (“to suspect”)
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
嫌: Hán Nôm readings: hiềm, hem, hèm
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