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Definition 2024


Translingual

Han character

(radical 81 +13, 17 strokes, cangjie input 弓口心心戈 (NRPPI), four-corner 27213, composition ⿱⿳)

  1. cunning
  2. greedy
  3. crafty

References

  • KangXi: page 591, character 18
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16767
  • Dae Jaweon: page 983, character 22
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 361, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+6BDA

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*zlɯː, *zlɯːs, *sraːm
*zrɯːm, *zraːms
*zrɯːm
*zrɯːm, *zraːm
*zrɯːm, *zraːms
*zrɯːm, *sʰraːm
*zrɯːm, *zrɯːms, *sʰraːms
*zrɯːm
*zrɯːmʔ
*sʰraːms, *zraːm, *zlamʔ
*zraːm, *zraːmʔ
*zraːm
*zraːm, *zraːms
*zraːm, *zraːms

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (20) (20)
Final () (151) (149)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () II II
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/d͡ʒˠɛm/ /d͡ʒˠam/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɖ͡ʐᵚæm/ /ɖ͡ʐᵚam/
Shao
Rongfen
/d͡ʒɐm/ /d͡ʒam/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɖ͡ʐəɨm/ /ɖ͡ʐaɨm/
Li
Rong
/d͡ʒɐm/ /d͡ʒam/
Wang
Li
/d͡ʒɐm/ /d͡ʒam/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ɖ͡ʐʱăm/ /ɖ͡ʐʱam/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
chán chán
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 1223 1237
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*zrɯːm/ /*zraːm/

Definitions

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Compounds

  • 毚兔
  • 毚微
  • 毚檀
  • 毚欲

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. cunning
  2. greedy
  3. crafty

Readings


Korean

Hanja

(cham) (hangeul , revised cham, McCune-Reischauer ch'am, Yale cham)

  1. cunning
  2. greedy
  3. crafty