岑
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See also: 岺
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Translingual
Han character
岑 (Kangxi radical 46, 山+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 山人戈弓 (UOIN), four-corner 22207, composition ⿱山今)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 308, character 27
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7937
- Dae Jaweon: page 608, character 6
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 763, character 23
- Unihan data for U+5C91
Chinese
| trad. | 岑 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. # | 岑 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 岑 | |
|---|---|
| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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| Old Chinese | |
|---|---|
| 貪 | *kʰl'uːm |
| 嗿 | *l̥ʰuːmʔ |
| 僋 | *l̥ʰuːms, *luːms |
| 酓 | *qʰɯːm, *qlamʔ, *qlɯːms |
| 馠 | *qʰɯːm |
| 谽 | *qʰɯːm |
| 唅 | *qʰɯːm, *ɡɯːms |
| 含 | *ɡɯːm |
| 肣 | *ɡɯːm, *ɡɯːmʔ |
| 頷 | *ɡɯːm, *ɡɯːmʔ |
| 筨 | *ɡɯːm |
| 梒 | *ɡɯːm |
| 鋡 | *ɡɯːm |
| 莟 | *ɡɯːmʔ, *ɡɯːms |
| 琀 | *ɡɯːms |
| 浛 | *ɡɯːms |
| 盦 | *qɯːm, *qaːb |
| 韽 | *qɯːm, *qrɯːms |
| 玪 | *krɯːm |
| 妗 | *qʰrɯːm, *kʰjam, *qʰlɯːm, *ɡrɯms |
| 欦 | *qʰrɯːmʔ, *qʰram, *kʰlam, *kʰlamʔ, *qʰlɯːm |
| 黔 | *ɡram, *ɡrɯm |
| 鈐 | *ɡram |
| 鳹 | *ɡram |
| 雂 | *ɡram, *ɡrɯm |
| 念 | *nɯːms |
| 梣 | *sɡɯm, *sɡrɯm |
| 枔 | *sɢrɯm |
| 岑 | *sɡrɯm |
| 笒 | *sɡrɯm, *ɡrɯms |
| 涔 | *sɡrɯm |
| 侺 | *ɡjɯms |
| 今 | *krɯm |
| 黅 | *krɯm |
| 衿 | *krɯm |
| 衾 | *kʰrɯm |
| 坅 | *kʰrɯmʔ |
| 搇 | *kʰrɯms |
| 琴 | *ɡrɯm |
| 禽 | *ɡrɯm |
| 芩 | *ɡrɯm |
| 庈 | *ɡrɯm |
| 耹 | *ɡrɯm |
| 靲 | *ɡrɯm |
| 擒 | *ɡrɯm |
| 檎 | *ɡrɯm |
| 紟 | *ɡrɯms |
| 吟 | *ŋɡrɯm, *ŋɡrɯms |
| 訡 | *ŋɡrɯm |
| 廞 | *qʰrɯm, *qʰrɯmʔ |
| 陰 | *qrɯm |
| 霠 | |
| 飲 | *qrɯmʔ, *qrɯms |
| 蔭 | *qrɯms |
| 廕 | *qrɯms |
| 矜 | *ɡrɯn, *ɡɯn, *kɯŋ |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhèm
- Eastern Min (BUC): kièng
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 6zen
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: cén
- Zhuyin: ㄘㄣˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: cén
- Wade–Giles: tsʻên2
- Yale: tsén
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsern
- Palladius: цэнь (cɛnʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰən³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: sam4
- Yale: sàhm
- Cantonese Pinyin: sam4
- Guangdong Romanization: sem4
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɐm²¹/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: sem3
- Sinological IPA (key): /sem²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhèm
- Hakka Romanization System: cemˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: cem2
- Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰem¹¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: kièng
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰieŋ⁵³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khîm
- Tâi-lô: khîm
- Phofsit Daibuun: qiim
- IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰim²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chîm
- Tâi-lô: tsîm
- Phofsit Daibuun: ciim
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sim¹³/
- IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /t͡sim²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhîm
- Tâi-lô: tshîm
- Phofsit Daibuun: chiim
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰim¹³/
- IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /t͡sʰim²⁴/
Note:
- gîm/khîm - vernacular;
- chîm/chhîm - literary.
- Dialectal data
- Middle Chinese: dzrim
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*sɡrɯm/
Definitions
岑
- (literary) small but tall hill
- (obsolete) high
- 不揣其本而齊其末，方寸之木可使高於岑樓。
- From: Mencius, c. 4th century BCE
- Bù chuǎi qí běn ér qí qí mò, fāng cùn zhī mù kě shǐ gāo yú cénlóu.
- If you do not adjust them at their lower extremities, but only put their tops on a level, a piece of wood an inch square may be made to be higher than the pointed peak of a high building.
不揣其本而齐其末，方寸之木可使高于岑楼。
- a surname
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
岑
- peak, mountaintop
- used in names
Readings
- On (unclassified): しん (shin)←しん (sin, historical)←しむ (simu, ancient)、じん (jin)←じん (zin, historical)←じむ (zimu, ancient)、ぎん (gin)
- Kun: みね (mine, 岑)
- Nanori: たかし (takashi)、たけし (takeshi)、みね (mine)
Korean
Hanja
岑 • (jam, eum) (hangeul 잠, 음, revised jam, eum, McCune–Reischauer cham, ŭm)
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