岑

岑 (Kangxi radical 46, 山+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 山人戈弓 (UOIN), four-corner 2220₇, composition ⿱山今)

• 侺, 㖗, 埁, 涔, 梣, 琌, 硶, 䤫, 䫈
• 𡷴, 𢙿, 𢭞, 𣇂, 𥆱, 𦨽, 𨁊, 𩷒, 𫊍, 𣢽, 𪁏
• 𬇁, 𬒻, 𫴚

• 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

Historical forms of the character 岑
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

岑

1. (literary) small but tall hill

   • 託九成之孤岑兮，臨萬仞之石磎。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     托九成之孤岑兮，临万仞之石磎。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: c. 2nd century CE, 馬融, 長笛賦

     Tuō jiǔ chéng zhī gū cén xī, lín wàn rèn zhī shí xī.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (obsolete) high

   • 不揣其本而齊其末，方寸之木可使高於岑樓。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     不揣其本而齐其末，方寸之木可使高于岑楼。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Mencius, c. 4^th 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.

3. a surname

   • 岑夫子，丹丘生，將進酒，杯莫停。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     岑夫子，丹丘生，将进酒，杯莫停。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 8th century, Li Bai, 將進酒

     Cén fūzǐ, Dānqiū shēng, jiāng jìn jiǔ, bēi mò tíng.

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. peak, mountaintop
2. used in names

• 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)

岑 • (jam, eum) (hangeul 잠, 음, revised jam, eum, McCune–Reischauer cham, ŭm)

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岑: Hán Nôm readings: sầm, sum, xờm

1. towering; mountainous.