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Translingual
Han character
巉 (Kangxi radical 46, 山+17, 20 strokes, cangjie input 山弓口戈 (UNRI), four-corner 27716, composition ⿰山毚)
- steep, rugged, jagged, precipitous
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 322, character 24
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8618
- Dae Jaweon: page 622, character 36
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 806, character 15
- Unihan data for U+5DC9
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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纔
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*zlɯː, *zlɯːs, *sraːm
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讒
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*zrɯːm, *zraːms
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饞
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*zrɯːm
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毚
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*zrɯːm, *zraːm
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欃
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*zrɯːm, *zraːms
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攙
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*zrɯːm, *sʰraːm
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儳
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*zrɯːm, *zrɯːms, *sʰraːms
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酁
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*zrɯːm
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瀺
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*zrɯːmʔ
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嚵
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*sʰraːms, *zraːm, *zlamʔ
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巉
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*zraːm, *zraːmʔ
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劖
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*zraːm
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艬
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*zraːm, *zraːms
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鑱
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*zraːm, *zraːms
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Pronunciation
Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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巉
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巉
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Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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No.
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1233
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1239
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Phonetic component
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毚
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毚
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Rime group
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談
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談
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Rime subdivision
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1
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1
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Corresponding MC rime
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巉
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巉
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Old Chinese
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/*zraːm/
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/*zraːmʔ/
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Definitions
巉
- precipitous; steep
- jagged; towering; overlapping
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
巉
(Hyōgai kanji)
- rugged, steep, jagged (as of a mountain range)
Readings
Etymology
Ultimately from Middle Chinese 巉 (MC dzraem|dzraemX).
Pronunciation
Affix
巉 • (zan)
- (rare) rugged, steep, jagged (as of a mountain range)
Derived terms
- 巉巌 (zangan, “jagged and steep”, said of a mountain)
- Listed as a -na adjective,[1] but only observed in use as an adverb using particle に (ni).
- 巉岸 (zangan, “a jagged and steep bank or shore”)
References
Korean
Hanja
巉 (eum 참 (cham))
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