檢

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See also: 检 and 検
檢 U+6AA2, 檢
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6AA2
← 檡
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 檣 →

Translingual

Traditional 檢
Shinjitai 検
Simplified 检

Han character

檢 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+13, 17 strokes, cangjie input 木人一人 (DOMO), four-corner 48986, composition ⿰木僉)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 557, character 19
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15684
  • Dae Jaweon: page 946, character 25
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1303, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+6AA2

Chinese

trad. 檢
simp. 检
alternative forms 撿／捡

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 檢
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (僉) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
厱 *raːm, *kʰreːm, *kʰlam
歛 *qʰlaːm
臉 *ɡ·reːmʔ, *skʰlam, *kramʔ
醶 *ɡr·reːmʔ, *skʰraːmʔ
鹼 *kreːmʔ, *skʰlam
薟 *ɡ·ram, *ɡ·ramʔ, *qʰram
匳 *ɡ·ram
獫 *ɡ·ram, *ɡ·ramʔ, *ɡ·rams, *qʰramʔ
蘞 *ɡ·ram, *ɡ·ramʔ, *qʰlam
籢 *ɡ·ram
斂 *ɡ·ramʔ, *ɡ·rams
瀲 *ɡ·ramʔ, *ɡ·rams
撿 *ɡ·ramʔ, *kramʔ
羷 *ɡ·ramʔ
殮 *ɡ·rams
簽 *skʰlam
僉 *skʰlam
憸 *skʰlam, *skʰlamʔ, *sqʰlam, *qʰramʔ
譣 *skʰlam, *qʰramʔ
檢 *kramʔ
瞼 *kramʔ
儉 *ɡramʔ
顩 *ŋramʔ, *rlɯmʔ, *kʰrɯmʔ
嬐 *ŋramʔ
嶮 *ŋramʔ, *hŋramʔ
噞 *ŋramʔ, *ŋrams
驗 *ŋrams
險 *qʰramʔ
劒 *kams
劍 *kams
𩏩 *qʰam

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kramʔ) : semantic 木 + phonetic 僉 (OC *skʰlam). Perhaps, it originally indicates the blade on the top of a wooden spear. Partly related to 鐱 > 劍, which indicates a sword (hence a blade).

Pronunciation

Note:
  • giam2 - Chaozhou, Shantou, Jieyang, Bangkok;
  • giang2 - Chenghai.
Rime
Character 檢
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 鹽 (154)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 居奄切
Baxter kjemX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kˠiᴇmX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kᵚiɛmX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kiæmX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kjiamX/
Li
Rong 		/kjɛmX/
Wang
Li 		/kĭɛmX/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ki̯ɛmX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		jiǎn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		gim2
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 檢
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		jiǎn
Middle
Chinese 		‹ kjemX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*rmʔ/
English measure (n.)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 檢
Reading # 1/1
No. 10209
Phonetic
component 		僉
Rime
group 		談
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		檢
Old
Chinese 		/*kramʔ/

Definitions

檢

  1. † measure; standard
  2. to restrain (especially oneself); to keep oneself in check
  3. to check; to examine; to inspect
  4. Alternative form of 撿 / 捡
  5. † book label
  6. a surname

Compounds

Japanese

Shinjitai

検

Kyūjitai

檢

Kanji

檢

(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 検)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): けん (ken)
  • Kun: しらべる (shiraberu, 檢べる)

Korean

Hanja

檢 (eumhun 검사할 검 (geomsahal geom))

  1. hanja form? of 검 (“check; examination; inspection”)

Compounds

Vietnamese

Han character

檢: Hán Nôm readings: ghém, kiểm

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