嵌

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嵌 U+5D4C, 嵌
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5D4C
← 嵋
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 嵍 →

Translingual

Han character

嵌 (Kangxi radical 46, 山+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 山廿一人 (UTMO), four-corner 22782, composition ⿱山𣢟)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 316, character 17
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8279
  • Dae Jaweon: page 616, character 38
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 784, character 17
  • Unihan data for U+5D4C

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 嵌
alternative forms 篏
廞／𫷷

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (甘) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
紺 *kɯːms
姏 *mɡaːm
嵌 *sɡaːmʔ, *kʰraːm
甘 *kaːm
柑 *kaːm
苷 *kaːm
泔 *kaːm
坩 *kaːm, *kʰaːm
蚶 *ɢaːm, *ɢaːm
酣 *ɢaːm
甝 *ɢaːm
魽 *ɢaːm
邯 *ɡaːm, *ɡaːm
鉗 *ɡram
箝 *ɡram
黚 *ɡram, *ɡrɯm
拑 *ɡram

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *sɡaːmʔ, *kʰraːm): phonetic 𣢟 (hán) + semantic 山 (“mountain”).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Note: kang2 - Chenghai.
Rime
Character 嵌 嵌
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 溪 (29) 從 (15)
Final (韻) 銜 (149) 談 (143)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) II I
Fanqie 口銜切 才敢切
Baxter khaem dzamX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kʰˠam/ /d͡zɑmX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kʰᵚam/ /d͡zɑmX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kʰam/ /d͡zɑmX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kʰaɨm/ /d͡zamX/
Li
Rong 		/kʰam/ /d͡zɑmX/
Wang
Li 		/kʰam/ /d͡zɑmX/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/kʰam/ /d͡zʱɑmX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		qiān zàn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		haam1 zaam6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 嵌 嵌
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 3651 3664
Phonetic
component 		甘 甘
Rime
group 		談 談
Rime
subdivision 		1 1
Corresponding
MC rime 		槧 嵌
Old
Chinese 		/*sɡaːmʔ/ /*kʰraːm/
Notes 出蒼頡篇 依韻部當從嶔甘聲，
非歁聲

Definitions

嵌

  1. to inlay; to embed; to imbed; to fix deeply and firmly
  2. (literary, of a valley) deep
  3. (literary) grotto; cave
  4. (literary) to fall into; to sink
  5. (literary) precipitous; rugged; cratered

Compounds

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Tōdō, Akiyasu, Matsumoto, Akira, Takeda, Akira, Kanō, Yoshimitsu, editors (2018), 漢字源 (in Japanese), Revised sixth edition, Gakken, →ISBN

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 嵌 – see 崁.
(This character is a variant form of 崁).

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

嵌

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • Kan-on: かん (kan)
  • Kun: はまる (hamaru, 嵌まる)、はめる (hameru, 嵌める)、あな (ana, 嵌)

Korean

Hanja

嵌 (eum 감 (gam))

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Vietnamese

Han character

嵌: Hán Nôm readings: khảm

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References

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