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Translingual
Han character
磡 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+11, 16 strokes, cangjie input 一口廿女尸 (MRTVS), four-corner 14627, composition ⿰石勘)
- cliff, ledge, bank
- step
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 835, character 25
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24436
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2451, character 3
- Unihan data for U+78E1
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 湛
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*ʔl'uːm, *r'uːmʔ, *l'um
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| 媅
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*ʔl'uːm
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| 黮
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*l̥ʰuːmʔ, *l'uːmʔ
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| 糂
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*sluːmʔ
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| 堪
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*kʰluːm
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| 戡
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*kʰluːm, *ʔl'umʔ
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| 嵁
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*kʰluːm, *ŋɡluːm, *ŋɡluːmʔ, *sɡruːmʔ, *kʰruːm
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| 歁
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*kʰluːmʔ, *kʰluːb
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| 勘
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*kʰluːms
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| 磡
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*kʰuːms
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| 墈
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*kʰuːms
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| 偡
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*r'uːmʔ
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| 碪
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*ʔl'um
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| 椹
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*ʔl'um
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| 揕
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*ʔl'ums
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| 踸
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*l̥ʰumʔ
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| 鍖
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*l̥ʰumʔ
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| 斟
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*kljum
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| 諶
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*ɡljum
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| 愖
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*ɡljum
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| 瘎
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*ɡljum
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| 煁
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*ɡljum
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| 甚
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*ɡljumʔ, *ɡljums
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| 葚
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*ɦljumʔ
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Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-ka(ː)m (“lip; mouth; edge; bank”) (STEDT, Schuessler, 2007), whence Burmese ကမ်း (kam:, “bank of a river”), Mizo khâm (“precipice”). Cognate with 坎 (kǎn, “bank; ridge”), 嶔 (OC *kʰrɯm, “precipitous”) (Schuessler, 2007). See also 𠪚 (“precipitous; bank along fields”), 嵁 (OC *kʰluːm, *ŋɡluːm, *ŋɡluːmʔ, *sɡruːmʔ, *kʰruːm, “cliff, bank, step”).
Pronunciation
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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磡
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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11276
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Phonetic
component
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甚
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Rime
group
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侵
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Rime
subdivision
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3
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Corresponding
MC rime
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勘
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Old
Chinese
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/*kʰuːms/
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| Notes
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嵁分化字
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Definitions
磡 (chiefly in toponyms)
- below a rocky cliff
- precipitous mountain
- embankment
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
磡
(Hyōgai kanji)
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