酣
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Translingual
Han character
酣 (Kangxi radical 164, 酉+5, 12 strokes, cangjie input 一田廿一 (MWTM), four-corner 14670, composition ⿰酉甘)
- rapturous, rapturously, soundly and comfortably
- (in connection with the drinking of alcohol) intoxicated, tipsy, drunk
- enjoying intoxicants
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1282, character 2
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39825
- Dae Jaweon: page 1782, character 1
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3577, character 9
- Unihan data for U+9163
Chinese
| trad. | 酣 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. # | 酣 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 酣 | |
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| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɢaːm) and ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : semantic 酉 (“alcohol”) + phonetic 甘 (OC *kaːm).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): ham4
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hâm
- Northern Min (KCR): háng
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ham
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄢ
- Tongyong Pinyin: han
- Wade–Giles: han1
- Yale: hān
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: han
- Palladius: хань (xanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /xän⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: ham4
- Yale: hàhm
- Cantonese Pinyin: ham4
- Guangdong Romanization: hem4
- Sinological IPA (key): /hɐm²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hâm
- Hakka Romanization System: hamˊ
- Hagfa Pinyim: ham1
- Sinological IPA: /ham²⁴/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: háng
- Sinological IPA (key): /xaŋ⁵⁴/
- (Jian'ou)
- Southern Min
- Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | 酣 |
|---|---|---|
| Mandarin | Beijing | /xan⁵⁵/ |
| Harbin | /xan⁴⁴/ | |
| Tianjin | /xan²¹/ | |
| Jinan | /xã²¹³/ | |
| Qingdao | /xã⁴²/ | |
| Zhengzhou | /xan²⁴/ | |
| Xi'an | /xã²¹/ | |
| Xining | /xã⁴⁴/ | |
| Yinchuan | /xan⁴⁴/ | |
| Lanzhou | /xɛ̃n⁵³/ | |
| Ürümqi | /xan⁴⁴/ | |
| Wuhan | /xan⁵⁵/ | |
| Chengdu | /xan⁵⁵/ | |
| Guiyang | /xan⁵⁵/ | |
| Kunming | /xã̠⁴⁴/ | |
| Nanjing | /xaŋ³¹/ | |
| Hefei | /xæ̃²¹/ | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /xæ̃¹¹/ |
| Pingyao | /xɑŋ¹³/ | |
| Hohhot | /xæ̃³¹/ | |
| Wu | Shanghai | /hø⁵³/ |
| Suzhou | /hø⁵⁵/ | |
| Hangzhou | /hẽ̞³³/ | |
| Wenzhou | /hø³³/ | |
| Hui | Shexian | /xɛ⁴⁴/ |
| Tunxi | ||
| Xiang | Changsha | /xan³³/ |
| Xiangtan | /han³³/ | |
| Gan | Nanchang | |
| Hakka | Meixian | |
| Taoyuan | /t͡sʰiɑm⁵⁵/ | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /hɐm²¹/ |
| Nanning | /hɐm²¹/ | |
| Hong Kong | /hɐm²¹/ | |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /ham³⁵/ |
| Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /haŋ⁴⁴/ | |
| Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /xaŋ⁵⁴/ | |
| Shantou (Teochew) | /ham³³/ | |
| Haikou (Hainanese) | /kam²³/ |
- Middle Chinese: ham
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*ˤam/
- (Zhengzhang): /*ɢaːm/
Definitions
酣
- to drink alcohol to one's heart's content
- to enjoy drinking alcohol
- in a carefree manner; to the fullest and joyfully
- (of a fight) intense; fierce
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
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Readings
Etymology
| Kanji in this term |
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| 酣 |
| たけなわ Hyōgai |
| kun'yomi |
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| (This term, 酣, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) |
Korean
Hanja
酣 • (geom) (hangeul 검, revised geom, McCune–Reischauer kŏm, Yale kem)
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