黯

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黯 U+9EEF, 黯
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9EEF
← 黮
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 黰 →

Translingual

Han character

黯 (Kangxi radical 203, 黑+9, 21 strokes, cangjie input 田火卜廿日 (WFYTA), four-corner 60361, composition ⿰黑音)

  1. dark, black
  2. sullen, dreary

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1521, character 23
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48159
  • Dae Jaweon: page 2056, character 17
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4753, character 16
  • Unihan data for U+9EEF

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 黯

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 黯
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

Pronunciation

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.
Rime
Character 黯 黯
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 影 (34) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 咸 (151) 咸 (151)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) II II
Fanqie 乙咸切 乙減切
Baxter 'eam 'eamX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ʔˠɛm/ /ʔˠɛmX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ʔᵚæm/ /ʔᵚæmX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ʔɐm/ /ʔɐmX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ʔəɨm/ /ʔəɨmX/
Li
Rong 		/ʔɐm/ /ʔɐmX/
Wang
Li 		/ɐm/ /ɐmX/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ʔăm/ /ʔămX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		yān yǎn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		aam1 aam2
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 黯 黯
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 15216 15217
Phonetic
component 		音 音
Rime
group 		侵 侵
Rime
subdivision 		1 1
Corresponding
MC rime 		𤟟 黯
Old
Chinese 		/*qrɯːm/ /*qrɯːmʔ/

Definitions

黯

  1. dim, dark

Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

黯

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. black
  2. dark

Readings

  • Go-on: えん (en)
  • Kan-on: あん (an)
  • Kun: くらい (kurai, 黯い)、くろい (kuroi)

Korean

Hanja

黯 • (am) (hangeul 암, revised am, McCune–Reischauer am, Yale am)

  1. dark, black
  2. sullen, dreary

Vietnamese

Han character

黯: Hán Nôm readings: ảm

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