諳

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See also: 谙
諳 U+8AF3, 諳
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8AF3
← 諲
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 諴 →

Translingual

Han character

諳 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+9, 16 strokes, cangjie input 卜口卜廿日 (YRYTA), four-corner 00661, composition ⿰訁音)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1171, character 12
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35736
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1636, character 19
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4000, character 19
  • Unihan data for U+8AF3

Chinese

trad. 諳
simp. 谙
alternative forms 闇／暗

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 諳
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (音) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
諳 *qɯːm
腤 *qɯːm
嬜 *qɯːm, *qʰaːm, *qʰrɯm
喑 *qɯːm, *qrɯm, *qrɯms
揞 *qɯːmʔ, *qrɯːms
隌 *qɯːmʔ, *qrɯm
罯 *qɯːmʔ, *qɯːb
暗 *qɯːms
闇 *qɯːms
黯 *qrɯːm, *qrɯːmʔ
歆 *qʰrɯm
愔 *qɯm
韾 *qɯm
音 *qrɯm
瘖 *qrɯm
窨 *qrɯms
湆 *kʰrɯb

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qɯːm) : semantic 言 (“speech”) + phonetic 音 (OC *qrɯm).

Pronunciation

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.
Rime
Character 諳
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 覃 (159)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 烏含切
Baxter 'om
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ʔʌm/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ʔəm/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ʔɒm/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ʔəm/
Li
Rong 		/ʔᴀm/
Wang
Li 		/ɒm/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ʔăm/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		ān
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		am1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 諳
Reading # 1/1
No. 15206
Phonetic
component 		音
Rime
group 		侵
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		諳
Old
Chinese 		/*qɯːm/

Definitions

諳

  1. to learn by heart
  2. to be well versed in, to know well; to be familiar with; to be fully acquainted with
    他深諳著我們國家的底層社會。 [MSC, trad.]
    他深谙着我们国家的底层社会。 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā shēn ān zhe wǒmen guójiā de dǐcéng shèhuì.
    He has a deep understanding of the underclass of our country.
  3. (Sichuanese) to think, to believe

Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

諳

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • Go-on: おん (on)
  • Kan-on: あん (an)
  • Kun: そらんじる (soranjiru, 諳んじる)

Korean

Hanja

諳 • (am) (hangeul 암)

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Vietnamese

Han character

諳: Hán Nôm readings: am

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