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巖
巖
Translingual
Han character
巖 (radical 46 山+20, 23 strokes, cangjie input 山口口大 (URRK), four-corner 22248, composition ⿱山嚴)
References
- KangXi: page 323, character 7
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8649
- Dae Jaweon: page 623, character 15
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 808, character 7
- Unihan data for U+5DD6
Chinese
|
simp. and trad. |
巖 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (敢) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 撖 | *kʰɯːm, *kʰreːmʔ, *ɡraːmʔ |
| 澉 | *l̥ʰaːms, *klaːmʔ |
| 噉 | *l'aːmʔ |
| 敢 | *klaːmʔ |
| 橄 | *klaːmʔ |
| 瞰 | *kʰlaːms |
| 闞 | *kʰlaːms, *qʰreːmʔ, *hŋraːms |
| 憨 | *qʰaːm, *qʰlaːms |
| 譀 | *qʰlaːms, *qʰraːms, *qʰraːb |
| 巖 | *ŋraːm |
| 礹 | *ŋraːm, *ŋamʔ |
| 豃 | *qʰraːmʔ |
| 讝 | *kjam |
| 玁 | *hŋramʔ |
| 嚴 | *ŋam |
| 儼 | *ŋamʔ |
| 曮 | *ŋamʔ |
| 釅 | *ŋams |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ
- Wade-Giles: yen2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yan
- IPA (key): /i̯ɛn³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: ngaam4
- Yale: ngàahm
- Cantonese Pinyin: ngaam4
- IPA (key): /ŋɑːm²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 巖 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 疑 (31) |
| Final (韻) | 銜 (149) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 五銜切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ŋˠam/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ŋᵚam/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ŋam/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ŋaɨm/ |
| Li Rong |
/ŋam/ |
| Wang Li |
/ŋam/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ŋam/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
yán |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 巖 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
yán |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ ngæm › |
| Old Chinese |
/*[ŋ]ˤr[a]m/ (< uvular?) |
| English | rocky, lofty |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 巖 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 3684 |
| Phonetic component |
敢 |
| Rime group |
談 |
| Rime subdivision |
1 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
巖 |
| Old Chinese |
/*ŋraːm/ |
Definitions
巖
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Japanese
Kanji
巖
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
巖 • (am, eom) (hangeul 암, 엄, revised am, eom, McCune-Reischauer am, ŏm)
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