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險
險
Translingual
Traditional | 險 |
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Shinjitai | 険 |
Simplified | 险 |
Han character
險 (radical 170 阜+13, 16 strokes, cangjie input 弓中人一人 (NLOMO), four-corner 78286, composition ⿰阝僉)
Descendants
References
- KangXi: page 1361, character 10
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41874
- Dae Jaweon: page 1865, character 3
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4160, character 8
- Unihan data for U+96AA
Chinese
trad. | 險 | |
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simp. | 险 |
Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 險
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Large seal script | Small seal script |
Characters in the same phonetic series (僉) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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Old Chinese | |
厱 | *raːm, *kʰreːm, *kʰlam |
歛 | *qʰlaːm |
臉 | *ɡr·reːmʔ, *skʰlam, *kramʔ |
醶 | *ɡr·reːmʔ, *skʰraːmʔ |
鹼 | *kreːmʔ, *skʰlam |
薟 | *ɡ·ram, *ɡ·ramʔ, *qʰram |
匳 | *ɡ·ram |
獫 | *ɡ·ram, *ɡ·ramʔ, *ɡ·rams, *qʰramʔ |
蘞 | *ɡ·ram, *ɡ·ramʔ, *qʰlam |
籢 | *ɡ·ram |
斂 | *ɡ·ramʔ, *ɡ·rams |
瀲 | *ɡ·ramʔ, *ɡ·rams |
撿 | *ɡ·ramʔ, *kramʔ |
羷 | *ɡ·ramʔ |
殮 | *ɡ·rams |
簽 | *skʰlam |
僉 | *skʰlam |
憸 | *skʰlam, *skʰlamʔ, *sqʰlam, *qʰramʔ |
譣 | *skʰlam, *qʰramʔ |
檢 | *kramʔ |
瞼 | *kramʔ |
儉 | *ɡramʔ |
顩 | *ŋramʔ, *rlɯmʔ, *kʰrɯmʔ |
嬐 | *ŋramʔ |
嶮 | *ŋramʔ, *hŋramʔ |
噞 | *ŋramʔ, *ŋrams |
驗 | *ŋrams |
險 | *qʰramʔ |
劒 | *kams |
劍 | *kams |
𩏩 | *qʰam |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *qʰramʔ) : semantic 阝 + phonetic 僉 (OC *skʰlam).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): him2
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hiám
- Min Dong (BUC): hiēng
- Min Nan (POJ): hiám / hiáⁿ
- Wu (Wiktionary): xi (T2)
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˇ
- Wade-Giles: hsien3
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shean
- IPA (key): /ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: him2
- Yale: hím
- Cantonese Pinyin: him2
- IPA (key): /hiːm³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hiám
- Hakka Romanization System: hiam`
- Hagfa Pinyim: hiam3
- IPA: /hi̯am³¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: hiēng
- IPA (key): /hieŋ³³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiám
- Tâi-lô: hiám
- Phofsit Daibuun: hiarm
- IPA (Xiamen): /hiam⁵³/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /hiam⁵⁵⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiam⁵³/
- IPA (Taipei): /hiam⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiam⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiáⁿ
- Tâi-lô: hiánn
- Phofsit Daibuun: hviar
- IPA (Quanzhou): /hiã⁵⁵⁴/
- IPA (Xiamen): /hiã⁵³/
- Note: hiám - literary; hiáⁿ - vernacular.
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: xi (T2)
- IPA (key): /ɕi³⁴/
- (Shanghainese)
- Dialectal data▼
Variety | Location | 險 |
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Mandarin | Beijing | /ɕian²¹⁴/ |
Harbin | /ɕian²¹³/ | |
Tianjin | /ɕian¹³/ | |
Jinan | /ɕiã⁵⁵/ | |
Qingdao | /ɕiã⁵⁵/ | |
Zhengzhou | /ɕian⁵³/ | |
Xi'an | /ɕiã⁵³/ | |
Xining | /ɕiã⁵³/ | |
Yinchuan | /ɕian⁵³/ | |
Lanzhou | /ɕiɛ̃n⁴⁴²/ | |
Ürümqi | /ɕian⁵¹/ | |
Wuhan | /ɕiɛn⁴²/ | |
Chengdu | /ɕian⁵³/ | |
Guiyang | /ɕian⁴²/ | |
Kunming | /ɕiɛ̃⁵³/ | |
Nanjing | /ɕien²¹²/ | |
Hefei | /ɕiĩ²⁴/ | |
Jin | Taiyuan | /ɕie¹¹/ |
Pingyao | /ɕie̞⁵³/ | |
Hohhot | /ɕie⁵³/ | |
Wu | Shanghai | /ɕi³⁵/ |
Suzhou | /ɕiɪ⁵¹/ | |
Hangzhou | /ɕiẽ̞⁵³/ | |
Wenzhou | /ɕi³⁵/ | |
Hui | Shexian | /ɕie³⁵/ |
Tunxi | /ɕiɛ³¹/ | |
Xiang | Changsha | /ɕiẽ⁴¹/ |
Xiangtan | /ɕiẽ²¹/ | |
Gan | Nanchang | /ɕiɛn²¹³/ |
Hakka | Meixian | /hiam³¹/ |
Taoyuan | /hiɑm³¹/ | |
Cantonese | Guangzhou | /him³⁵/ |
Nanning | /him³⁵/ | |
Hong Kong | /him³⁵/ | |
Min | Xiamen (Min Nan) | /hiam⁵³/ |
Fuzhou (Min Dong) | /hieŋ³²/ | |
Jian'ou (Min Bei) | /xiŋ²¹/ | |
Shantou (Min Nan) | /hiam⁵³/ | |
Haikou (Min Nan) | /hiam²¹³/ |
Rime | |
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Character | 險 |
Reading # | 1/1 |
Initial (聲) | 曉 (32) |
Final (韻) | 鹽 (154) |
Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
Openness (開合) | Open |
Division (等) | Chongniu III |
Fanqie | 虚檢切 |
Reconstructions | |
Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/hˠiᴇmX/ |
Pan Wuyun |
/hᵚiɛmX/ |
Shao Rongfen |
/xiæmX/ |
Edwin Pulleyblank |
/hjiamX/ |
Li Rong |
/xjɛmX/ |
Wang Li |
/xĭɛmX/ |
Bernard Karlgren |
/xi̯ɛmX/ |
Expected Mandarin Reflex |
xiǎn |
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | ||
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Character | 險 | 險 |
Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
xiǎn | xiǎn |
Middle Chinese |
‹ xjæmX › | ‹ xjemX › |
Old Chinese |
/*qʰr[a]mʔ/ | /*qʰr[a]mʔ/ |
English | precipitous, dangerous | precipitous, dangerous |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; |
Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
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Character | 險 |
Reading # | 1/1 |
No. | 10221 |
Phonetic component |
僉 |
Rime group |
談 |
Rime subdivision |
1 |
Corresponding MC rime |
險 |
Old Chinese |
/*qʰramʔ/ |
Definitions
險
- perilous; treacherous
- dangerous; hazardous
- danger; hazard; peril; risk
- narrow pass; treacherous place; strategic point
- steep; rugged
- almost; narrowly; nearly
- 險些 / 险些 ― xiǎnxiē ― nearly
- Short for 保險/保险 (bǎoxiǎn, “insurance”).
Compounds
Derived terms from 險
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Japanese
Kanji
險
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 険)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
險 • (heom) (hangeul 험, revised heom, McCune-Reischauer hŏm, Yale hem)
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Vietnamese
Han character
險 (hiểm, hẻm, hiếm, hĩm)
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