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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
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 紺
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*kɯːms
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| 姏
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*mɡaːm
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| 嵌
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*sɡaːmʔ, *kʰraːm
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| 甘
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*kaːm
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| 柑
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*kaːm
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| 苷
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*kaːm
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| 泔
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*kaːm
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| 坩
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*kaːm, *kʰaːm
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| 蚶
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*ɢaːm, *ɢaːm
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| 酣
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*ɢaːm
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| 甝
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*ɢaːm
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| 魽
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*ɢaːm
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| 邯
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*ɡaːm, *ɡaːm
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| 鉗
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*ɡram
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| 箝
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*ɡram
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| 黚
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*ɡram, *ɡrɯm
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| 拑
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*ɡram
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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
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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酣
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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hān
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ ham ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ˁam/
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| English
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half-drunk
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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酣
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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3659
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Phonetic
component
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甘
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Rime
group
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談
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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酣
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Old
Chinese
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/*ɢaːm/
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Definitions
酣
- to drink alcohol to one's heart's content
- to enjoy drinking alcohol
- in a carefree manner; to the fullest and joyfully
- 酣飲／酣饮 ― hānyǐn ― to drink to one's heart's content
- 酣笑 ― hānxiào ― to laugh to the fullest
- (of a fight) intense; fierce
- 酣鬥／酣斗 ― hāndòu ― to fight intensely
Compounds
- 半酣 (bànhān)
- 酒酣 (jiǔhān)
- 酣戰 / 酣战 (hānzhàn)
- 酣暢 / 酣畅 (hānchàng)
- 酣睡 (hānshuì, “fast asleep”)
- 酣醉 (hānzuì)
- 酣鬥 / 酣斗 (hāndòu)
Japanese
Kanji
酣
(Hyōgai kanji)
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Readings
Etymology
| For pronunciation and definitions of 酣 – see the following entry.
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| (This term, 酣, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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Korean
Hanja
酣 • (geom) (hangeul 검, revised geom, McCune–Reischauer kŏm, Yale kem)
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Vietnamese
Han character
酣: Hán Nôm readings: hàm, ham
