泔

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泔 U+6CD4, 泔
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Translingual

Han character

泔 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 水廿一 (ETM), four-corner 34170, composition ⿰氵甘)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 616, character 10
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17289
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1010, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1580, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+6CD4

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 泔

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 泔
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
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 *kaːm) : semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 甘 (OC *kaːm).

Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

Rime
Character 泔
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 談 (143)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 古三切
Baxter kam
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kɑm/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kɑm/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kɑm/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kam/
Li
Rong 		/kɑm/
Wang
Li 		/kɑm/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/kɑm/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		gān
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		gam1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 泔
Reading # 1/1
No. 3655
Phonetic
component 		甘
Rime
group 		談
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		甘
Old
Chinese 		/*kaːm/

Definitions

泔

  1. water from washing rice; kitchen slops

Compounds

Descendants

  • → Proto-Vietic: *kəːm (“cooked rice”)

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.
 泔

Pronunciation

Definitions

泔

  1. (Eastern Min, Hokkien) Alternative form of 飲／饮 (“rice water”)
  2. (Hokkien) Alternative form of 飲／饮 (“sticky and watery”)

Etymology 3

simp. and trad.
 泔

Pronunciation

Definitions

泔

  1. Only used in 泔淡.

Japanese

Kanji

泔

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): かん (kan)、ごん (gon)

Korean

Hanja

泔 (eum 검 (geom))

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Vietnamese

Han character

泔: Hán Nôm readings: cam

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References

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