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Translingual

Han character

(radical 195 +10, 21 strokes, cangjie input 弓火廿X金 (NFTXC), four-corner 28337)

  1. big-mouthed flounder

References

  • KangXi: page 1475, character 17
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46359
  • Dae Jaweon: page 2007, character 8
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4708, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+9C1C

Chinese

trad.
simp.

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*r'eːms
*r'eːms
*kreːm
*kreːmʔ
*kʰreːms, *kʰreːmʔ, *kʰeːmʔ, *kʰeːms
*kʰreːmʔ
*ɡreːm, *keːm
*ɡreːm, *ɡ·reːm, *ɡ·reːmʔ, *ɡ·reːms, *ɡeːm
*ɡreːmʔ, *ɡreːms
*ɡreːmʔ, *ɡraːm
*ɡ·rem
*ɡ·rem
*ɡ·rem, *ɡ·reːm
*ɡ·rem
*ɡ·rem
*ɡ·rem, *ɡ·reːm
*ɡ·rem
*ɡ·remʔ
*ɡ·remʔ, *ɡ·reːm, *ɡ·reːmʔ
*kʰremʔ
*ŋɡremʔ
*ɡ·reːm
*ɡ·reːm
*ɡ·reːm
*keːm, *keːms
*keːm
*keːm
*keːm
*keːm
*kʰeːm
*kʰeːmʔ
*kʰeːmʔ
*kʰeːmʔ, *kʰeːb
*kʰeːms
*qʰeːm
*ɡeːm
*ɡeːmʔ
*kreːm

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (28) (33)
Final () (157) (151)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () IV II
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kem/ /ɦˠɛm/
Pan
Wuyun
/kem/ /ɦᵚæm/
Shao
Rongfen
/kɛm/ /ɣɐm/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kɛm/ /ɦəɨm/
Li
Rong
/kem/ /ɣɐm/
Wang
Li
/kiem/ /ɣɐm/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kiem/ /ɣăm/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jiān xián
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 6036 6067
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɡreːm/ /*keːm/

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Japanese

Kanji

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Readings