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U+6FEB, 濫
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6FEB

CJK Unified Ideographs
U+F922, 濫
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F922

CJK Compatibility Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 85, +14 in Chinese, 水+15 in Japanese, 17 strokes in Chinese, 18 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 水尸戈廿 (ESIT) or 水尸一廿 (ESMT), four-corner 38117, composition )

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 657, character 3
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18521
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1067, character 8
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1766, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+6FEB

Chinese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *ɡ·raːms, *ɡraːmʔ) : semantic (water) + phonetic (OC *kraːm, *kraːms).

Pronunciation 1

trad.
simp.
2nd round simp.

Note: laam5 - colloquial variant (“excessive”).

Rime
Character
Reading # 2/2
Initial () (37)
Final () (143)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie 𣊟
Baxter lamH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/lɑmH/
Pan
Wuyun
/lɑmH/
Shao
Rongfen
/lɑmH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/lamH/
Li
Rong
/lɑmH/
Wang
Li
/lɑmH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/lɑmH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
làn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
laam6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2
No. 6094
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɡ·raːms/

Definitions

  1. to overflow; to flood
  2. excessive; indiscriminate
  3. (Eastern Min) wet
Synonyms

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

trad.
simp.


Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2
Initial () (33)
Final () (149)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () II
Fanqie
Baxter haemX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦˠamX/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦᵚamX/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣamX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦaɨmX/
Li
Rong
/ɣamX/
Wang
Li
/ɣamX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ɣamX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
xiàn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
haam6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 2/2
No. 6112
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɡraːmʔ/

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of (eunuch, supervisor)

Japanese

Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)

Readings

Etymology

Kanji in this term
らん
Grade: S
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese (MC lamH).

Pronunciation

Affix

(らん) (ran

  1. to overflow
  2. excessive; superfluous

Usage notes

In modern Japanese, is mostly replaced by , due to the deprecation of non-tōyō kanji caused by the Japanese script reform.

Derived terms

(Replaced by in modern orthography):

(Not replaced by in modern orthography):

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese (MC lamH).

Historical Readings
Dongguk Jeongun Reading
Dongguk Jeongun, 1448 Recorded as Middle Korean 람〮 (Yale: lám) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.
Middle Korean
Text Eumhun
Gloss (hun) Reading
Hunmong Jahoe, 1527 넘〯ᄯᅵᆯ 람〮 Recorded as Middle Korean 람〮 (lám) (Yale: lám) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Pronunciation

  • (initial position)
    • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key):
    • Phonetic hangul:
      • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
  • (non-initial position)

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

(eumhun 넘칠 (neomchil ram), word-initial (South Korea) 넘칠 (neomchil nam))

  1. hanja form? of / (to overflow)
  2. hanja form? of / (excessive; superfluous)

Compounds

References

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: lạm, giậm, làm, lặm, lòm, lộm, lợm, lụm, luộm, trộm

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