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紺
紺
See also: 绀
Translingual
Han character
紺 (radical 120 糸+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 女火廿一 (VFTM), four-corner 24970, composition ⿰糸甘)
- dark blue or reddish color
References
- KangXi: page 920, character 18
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27362
- Dae Jaweon: page 1352, character 14
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3378, character 12
- Unihan data for U+7D3A
Chinese
| trad. | 紺 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 绀 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 紺
| |
|---|---|
| Large seal script | Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (甘) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 紺 | *kɯːms |
| 姏 | *mɡaːm |
| 嵌 | *sɡaːmʔ, *kʰraːm |
| 甘 | *kaːm |
| 柑 | *kaːm |
| 苷 | *kaːm |
| 泔 | *kaːm |
| 坩 | *kaːm, *kʰaːm |
| 蚶 | *ɢaːm, *ɢaːm |
| 酣 | *ɢaːm |
| 甝 | *ɢaːm |
| 魽 | *ɢaːm |
| 邯 | *ɡaːm, *ɡaːm |
| 鉗 | *ɡram |
| 箝 | *ɡram |
| 黚 | *ɡram, *ɡrɯm |
| 拑 | *ɡram |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄍㄢˋ
- Wade-Giles: kan4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gann
- IPA (key): /ka̠n⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: gam3
- Yale: gam
- Cantonese Pinyin: gam3
- IPA (key): /kɐm³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khóng
- Tâi-lô: khóng
- Phofsit Daibuun: qorng
- IPA (Xiamen): /kʰɔŋ⁵³/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰɔŋ⁵³/
- IPA (Taipei): /kʰɔŋ⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɔŋ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien)
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 紺 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 覃 (159) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 古暗切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/kʌmH/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/kəmH/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/kɒmH/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/kəmH/ |
| Li Rong |
/kᴀmH/ |
| Wang Li |
/kɒmH/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/kămH/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
gàn |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 紺 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 3649 |
| Phonetic component |
甘 |
| Rime group |
侵 |
| Rime subdivision |
1 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
紺 |
| Old Chinese |
/*kɯːms/ |
Noun
紺
Synonyms
Japanese
Kanji
紺
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Readings
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 紺 |
|
こん Grade: S |
| on'yomi |
Pronunciation
Noun
References
Korean
Hanja
紺 • (gam) (hangeul 감, revised gam, McCune-Reischauer kam, Yale kam)
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