尲

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尲 U+5C32, 尲
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5C32
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Translingual

Han character

尲 (Kangxi radical 43, 尢+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 大山廿難金 (KUTXC), composition ⿺尢兼)

  1. limp
  2. be embarrassed

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 299, character 7
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7604
  • Dae Jaweon: page 594, character 22
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 556, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+5C32

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 尲
alternative forms 魐
𡰉
凲

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (兼) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
譧 *r'eːms
賺 *r'eːms
尲 *kreːm
鹻 *kreːmʔ
歉 *kʰreːms, *kʰreːmʔ, *kʰeːmʔ, *kʰeːms
槏 *kʰreːmʔ
鰜 *ɡreːm, *keːm
稴 *ɡreːm, *ɡ·reːm, *ɡ·reːmʔ, *ɡ·reːms, *ɡeːm
豏 *ɡreːmʔ, *ɡreːms
甉 *ɡreːmʔ, *ɡraːm
廉 *ɡ·rem
鎌 *ɡ·rem
鬑 *ɡ·rem, *ɡ·reːm
鐮 *ɡ·rem
簾 *ɡ·rem
薕 *ɡ·rem, *ɡ·reːm
蠊 *ɡ·rem
嬚 *ɡ·remʔ
溓 *ɡ·remʔ, *ɡ·reːm, *ɡ·reːmʔ
嵰 *kʰremʔ
隒 *ŋɡremʔ
熑 *ɡ·reːm
濂 *ɡ·reːm
燫 *ɡ·reːm
兼 *keːm, *keːms
縑 *keːm
鶼 *keːm
蒹 *keːm
搛 *keːm
謙 *kʰeːm
膁 *kʰeːmʔ
嗛 *kʰeːmʔ
慊 *kʰeːmʔ, *kʰeːb
傔 *kʰeːms
馦 *qʰeːm
嫌 *ɡeːm
鼸 *ɡeːmʔ
尷 *kreːm

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 尲
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 咸 (151)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) II
Fanqie 古咸切
Baxter keam
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kˠɛm/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kᵚæm/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kɐm/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kəɨm/
Li
Rong 		/kɐm/
Wang
Li 		/kɐm/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/kăm/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		jiān
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		gaam1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 尲
Reading # 1/1
No. 6031
Phonetic
component 		兼
Rime
group 		談
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		緘
Old
Chinese 		/*kreːm/

Definitions

尲

  1. Original form of 尷／尴 (gān); only used in 尲尬 (jiānjiè).

Japanese

Kanji

尲

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): かん (kan)、けん (ken)

Vietnamese

Han character

尲: Hán Nôm readings: giám

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References

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