龕
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See also: 龛
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Translingual
Han character
龕 (Kangxi radical 212, 龍+6, 22 strokes, cangjie input 人口卜月心 (ORYBP), four-corner 80211, composition ⿱合龍)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1537, character 16
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48839
- Dae Jaweon: page 2078, character 12
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4805, character 16
- Unihan data for U+9F95
Chinese
| trad. | 龕 | |
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| simp. | 龛 | |
| alternative forms | 𪚕 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 龕 | ||
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| Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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| Old Chinese | |
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| 龕 | *kʰuːm |
| 媕 | *quːm, *qromʔ, *qɯːm, *qramʔ, *qɯːb |
| 頜 | *ɡuːmʔ, *kuːb |
| 答 | *tkuːb |
| 畣 | *tkuːb |
| 荅 | *tkuːb |
| 嗒 | *tuːb, *tʰoːb |
| 褡 | *tuːb, *toːb |
| 撘 | *tuːb |
| 搭 | *tuːb, *tʰoːb |
| 榙 | *tkuːb, *ɡuːb |
| 佮 | *tkʰuːb, *kuːb, *quːb, *quːb |
| 蛤 | *kuːb |
| 鴿 | *kuːb |
| 合 | *kuːb, *ɡuːb |
| 郃 | *kuːb, *ɡuːb |
| 匌 | *kuːb, *kʰuːb |
| 鉿 | *kuːb |
| 閤 | *kuːb |
| 鞈 | *kuːb, *kruːb |
| 韐 | *kuːb, *kruːb |
| 鮯 | *kuːb |
| 哈 | *ŋɡuːb |
| 姶 | *quːb, *quːb |
| 欱 | *qʰuːb, *qʰruːb |
| 盒 | *ɡuːb |
| 耠 | *ɡuːb |
| 詥 | *ɡuːb |
| 塔 | *tʰuːb |
| 鞳 | *tʰoːb |
| 劄 | *rtuːb |
| 跲 | *kruːb, *kob, *ɡob |
| 袷 | *kruːb, *ŋkob |
| 餄 | *kruːb |
| 恰 | *kʰruːb |
| 帢 | *kʰruːb |
| 洽 | *ɡruːb |
| 祫 | *ɡruːb |
| 珨 | *ɡruːb |
| 烚 | *ɡruːb |
| 歙 | *qʰjob, *qʰrub |
| 湁 | *tkʰub |
| 拾 | *ɡjub |
| 給 | *krub |
| 翕 | *qʰrub |
| 噏 | *qʰrub |
| 潝 | *qʰrub |
| 熻 | *qʰrub |
| 嬆 | *qʰrub |
| 翖 | *qʰrub |
| 闟 | *qʰrub |
Shuowen: Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kʰuːm) : phonetic 合 (OC *kuːb, *ɡuːb) + semantic 龍.
Duan Yucai consider it a corrupted form of 𪚕: Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kʰuːm) : phonetic 今 (OC *krɯm) + semantic 龍.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): ham1 / am1
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khâm
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kham
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄎㄢ
- Tongyong Pinyin: kan
- Wade–Giles: kʻan1
- Yale: kān
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kan
- Palladius: кань (kanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰän⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: ham1 / am1
- Yale: hām / ām
- Cantonese Pinyin: ham1 / am1
- Guangdong Romanization: hem1 / em1
- Sinological IPA (key): /hɐm⁵⁵/, /ɐm⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khâm
- Hakka Romanization System: kamˊ
- Hagfa Pinyim: kam1
- Sinological IPA: /kʰam²⁴/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Southern Min
- Middle Chinese: khom
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*kʰuːm/
Definitions
龕
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
龕
Readings
Compounds
Compounds
Etymology
| Kanji in this term |
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| 龕 |
| がん Hyōgai |
| kan'yōon |
From Middle Chinese 龕 (MC khom), later corrupted with voicing.
Pronunciation
Noun
- alcove for an image
References
Korean
Hanja
龕 • (gam) (hangeul 감, revised gam, McCune–Reischauer kam, Yale kam)