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Translingual
Han character
歉 (Kangxi radical 76, 欠+10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 廿金弓人 (TCNO) or 難廿金弓人 (XTCNO), four-corner 87282, composition ⿰兼欠)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 570, character 30
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16159
- Dae Jaweon: page 958, character 30
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2148, character 11
- Unihan data for U+6B49
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 譧
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*r'eːms
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| 賺
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*r'eːms
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| 尲
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*kreːm
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| 鹻
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*kreːmʔ
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| 歉
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*kʰreːms, *kʰreːmʔ, *kʰeːmʔ, *kʰeːms
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| 槏
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*kʰreːmʔ
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| 鰜
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*ɡreːm, *keːm
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| 稴
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*ɡreːm, *ɡ·reːm, *ɡ·reːmʔ, *ɡ·reːms, *ɡeːm
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| 豏
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*ɡreːmʔ, *ɡreːms
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| 甉
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*ɡreːmʔ, *ɡraːm
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| 廉
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*ɡ·rem
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| 鎌
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*ɡ·rem
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| 鬑
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*ɡ·rem, *ɡ·reːm
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| 鐮
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*ɡ·rem
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| 簾
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*ɡ·rem
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| 薕
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*ɡ·rem, *ɡ·reːm
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| 蠊
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*ɡ·rem
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| 嬚
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*ɡ·remʔ
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| 溓
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*ɡ·remʔ, *ɡ·reːm, *ɡ·reːmʔ
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| 嵰
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*kʰremʔ
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| 隒
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*ŋɡremʔ
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| 熑
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*ɡ·reːm
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| 濂
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*ɡ·reːm
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| 燫
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*ɡ·reːm
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| 兼
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*keːm, *keːms
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| 縑
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*keːm
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| 鶼
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*keːm
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| 蒹
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*keːm
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| 搛
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*keːm
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| 謙
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*kʰeːm
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| 膁
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*kʰeːmʔ
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| 嗛
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*kʰeːmʔ
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| 慊
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*kʰeːmʔ, *kʰeːb
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| 傔
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*kʰeːms
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| 馦
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*qʰeːm
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| 嫌
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*ɡeːm
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| 鼸
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*ɡeːmʔ
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| 尷
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*kreːm
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kʰreːms, *kʰreːmʔ, *kʰeːmʔ, *kʰeːms) : phonetic 兼 (OC *keːm, *keːms) + semantic 欠 (“person with mouth open”) to convey the original meaning of feeling hunger after eating. The phonetic component 兼 could be a reference to food since it represents a hand holding two crop plants.
Pronunciation
| Rime
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| Character
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歉
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歉
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歉
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| Reading #
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1/3
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2/3
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3/3
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| Initial (聲)
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溪 (29)
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溪 (29)
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溪 (29)
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| Final (韻)
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添 (157)
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咸 (151)
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咸 (151)
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| Tone (調)
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Rising (X)
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Rising (X)
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Departing (H)
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| Openness (開合)
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Open
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Open
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Open
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| Division (等)
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IV
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II
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II
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| Fanqie
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苦簟切
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苦減切
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口陷切
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| Baxter
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khemX
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kheamX
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kheamH
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| Reconstructions
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Zhengzhang
Shangfang
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/kʰemX/
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/kʰˠɛmX/
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/kʰˠɛmH/
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Pan
Wuyun
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/kʰemX/
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/kʰᵚæmX/
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/kʰᵚæmH/
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Shao
Rongfen
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/kʰɛmX/
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/kʰɐmX/
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/kʰɐmH/
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Edwin
Pulleyblank
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/kʰɛmX/
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/kʰəɨmX/
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/kʰəɨmH/
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Li
Rong
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/kʰemX/
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/kʰɐmX/
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/kʰɐmH/
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Wang
Li
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/kʰiemX/
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/kʰɐmX/
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/kʰɐmH/
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Bernard
Karlgren
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/kʰiemX/
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/kʰămX/
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/kʰămH/
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Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
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qiǎn
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qiǎn
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qiàn
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Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
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him2
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haam2
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haam3
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| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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歉
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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qiàn
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ khɛmH ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*kʰˁremʔ-s/
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| English
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deficient, modest
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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.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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歉
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歉
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歉
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歉
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| Reading #
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1/4
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2/4
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3/4
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4/4
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| No.
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6033
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6034
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6071
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6075
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Phonetic
component
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兼
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兼
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兼
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兼
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Rime
group
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談
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談
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談
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談
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Rime
subdivision
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2
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2
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2
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2
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Corresponding
MC rime
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歉
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㦿
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嗛
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Old
Chinese
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/*kʰreːms/
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/*kʰreːmʔ/
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/*kʰeːmʔ/
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/*kʰeːms/
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| Notes
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校本右從攴
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Definitions
歉
- deficient; lacking; insufficient
- to apologize
- to regret; to be dissatisfied
- crop failure; poor harvest
- (obsolete) to not eat enough food
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
歉
(Hyōgai kanji)
- insufficiency
- lack
- shortage
Readings
Korean
Hanja
歉 • (gyeom) (hangeul 겸, revised gyeom, McCune–Reischauer kyŏm, Yale kyem)
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Vietnamese
Han character
歉: Hán Nôm readings: gồm, khiểm, khiễm, khiệm
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