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銜
銜
See also: 衔
Translingual
Han character
銜 (radical 167 金+6, 14 strokes, cangjie input 竹人金一弓 (HOCMN), four-corner 21109, composition ⿴行金)
References
- KangXi: page 1305, character 12
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40390
- Dae Jaweon: page 1807, character 22
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 840, character 15
- Unihan data for U+929C
Chinese
| trad. | 銜 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 衔 | |
Glyph origin
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɡraːm) : semantic 行 + phonetic 金 (OC *krɯm).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˊ
- Wade-Giles: hsien2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyan
- IPA (key): /ɕi̯ɛn³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: haam4, ham4
- Yale: hàahm, hàhm
- Cantonese Pinyin: haam4, ham4
- IPA (key): /hɑːm²¹/, /hɐm²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hâm
- Tâi-lô: hâm
- Phofsit Daibuun: haam
- IPA (Xiamen): /ham²⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /ham²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /ham¹³/
- IPA (Taipei): /ham²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /ham²³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khâⁿ
- Tâi-lô: khânn
- Phofsit Daibuun: qvaa
- IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰã²⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /kʰã²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰã²³/
- IPA (Xiamen): /kʰã²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hâⁿ
- Tâi-lô: hânn
- Phofsit Daibuun: hvaa
- IPA (Quanzhou): /hã²⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /hã²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /hã²³/
- IPA (Xiamen): /hã²⁴/
- Note: hâm - literary; khâⁿ/hâⁿ - vernacular.
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 銜 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 匣 (33) |
| Final (韻) | 銜 (149) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 戸監切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ɦˠam/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ɦᵚam/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ɣam/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ɦaɨm/ |
| Li Rong |
/ɣam/ |
| Wang Li |
/ɣam/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ɣam/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
xián |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 銜 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
xián |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ hæm › |
| Old Chinese |
/*[ɡ]ˤr[a]m/ |
| English | a bit |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 銜 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 13534 |
| Phonetic component |
銜 |
| Rime group |
談 |
| Rime subdivision |
1 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
銜 |
| Old Chinese |
/*ɡraːm/ |
| Notes | 當爲從金行聲 |
Definitions
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Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
銜
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
銜 • (ham) (hangeul 함, revised ham, McCune-Reischauer ham, Yale ham)
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Vietnamese
Han character
銜 (hàm)
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