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Definition 2024


Translingual

Han character

(radical 32 +14, 17 strokes, cangjie input 水中土 (ELG) or X水中土 (XELG), composition)

  1. moat around a city
  2. a channel (waterway)

References

  • KangXi: page 240, character 31
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5542
  • Dae Jaweon: page 480, character 19
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 497, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+58CD

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*zaːm
*zaːm
*zaːm, *zaːmʔ, *zaːms, *zeːm, *zamʔ
*zaːmʔ, *sʰam, *sʰams, *zamʔ
*zaːms
*zaːms
*ʔsreːmʔ
*zeːm, *zaːm
*zreːmʔ, *zaːm
*ʔsraːms
*sʰraːms
*ʔsam, *zamʔ
*sʰams
*sʰams
*sʰams
*zam, *zamʔ
*zamʔ

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (14)
Final () (153)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡sʰiᴇmH/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡sʰiɛmH/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡sʰjæmH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/t͡sʰiamH/
Li
Rong
/t͡sʰiɛmH/
Wang
Li
/t͡sʰĭɛmH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/t͡sʰi̯ɛmH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
qiàn
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 16808
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*sʰams/
Notes

Definitions

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Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings