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岑

岑

Translingual

Han character

岑 (radical 46 山+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 山人戈弓 (UOIN), four-corner 22207, composition ⿱山今)

  1. steep, precipitous
  2. peak

Derived characters

References

  • KangXi: page 308, character 27
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7937
  • Dae Jaweon: page 608, character 6
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 763, character 23
  • Unihan data for U+5C91

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 岑

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 岑
Large seal script Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (今) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
貪 *kʰluːm'
嗿 *l̥ʰuːmʔ
僋 *l̥ʰuːms, *luːms
酓 *qʰɯːm, *qlamʔ, *qlɯːms
馠 *qʰɯːm
谽 *qʰɯːm
唅 *qʰɯːm, *ɡɯːms
含 *ɡɯːm
肣 *ɡɯːm, *ɡɯːmʔ
頷 *ɡɯːm, *ɡɯːmʔ
筨 *ɡɯːm
梒 *ɡɯːm
鋡 *ɡɯːm
莟 *ɡɯːmʔ, *ɡɯːms
琀 *ɡɯːms
浛 *ɡɯːms
盦 *qɯːm, *qaːb
韽 *qɯːm, *qrɯːms
玪 *krɯːm
妗 *qʰrɯːm, *kʰjam, *qʰlɯːm, *ɡrɯms
欦 *qʰrɯːmʔ, *qʰram, *kʰlam, *kʰlamʔ, *qʰlɯːm
黔 *ɡram, *ɡrɯm
鈐 *ɡram
鳹 *ɡram
雂 *ɡram, *ɡrɯm
念 *nɯːms
梣 *sɡɯm, *sɡrɯm
枔 *sɢrɯm
岑 *sɡrɯm
笒 *sɡrɯm, *ɡrɯms
涔 *sɡrɯm
侺 *ɡjɯms
今 *krɯm
黅 *krɯm
衿 *krɯm
衾 *kʰrɯm
坅 *kʰrɯmʔ
搇 *kʰrɯms
琴 *ɡrɯm
禽 *ɡrɯm
芩 *ɡrɯm
庈 *ɡrɯm
耹 *ɡrɯm
靲 *ɡrɯm
擒 *ɡrɯm
檎 *ɡrɯm
紟 *ɡrɯms
吟 *ŋɡrɯm, *ŋɡrɯms
訡 *ŋɡrɯm
廞 *qʰrɯm, *qʰrɯmʔ
陰 *qrɯm
霠 *qrɯm
飲 *qrɯmʔ, *qrɯms
蔭 *qrɯms
廕 *qrɯms
矜 *ɡrɯn, *ɡɯn, *kɯŋ

Pronunciation

  • Dialectal data▼
Variety Location 岑
Mandarin Beijing /t͡sʰən³⁵/
Harbin /t͡sʰən²⁴/
Tianjin /t͡sʰən⁴⁵/
Jinan /ʈ͡ʂʰẽ⁴²/
Qingdao /t͡sʰə̃⁴²/
Zhengzhou /ʈ͡ʂʰən⁴²/
Xi'an /t͡sʰẽ²⁴/
Xining /t͡sʰə̃²⁴/
Yinchuan /t͡sʰəŋ⁴⁴/
Lanzhou /ʈ͡ʂʰə̃n⁵³/
Ürümqi /t͡sʰɤŋ⁵¹/
Wuhan /t͡sʰən²¹³/
Chengdu /t͡sʰən³¹/
Guiyang /t͡sʰen²¹/
Kunming /t͡sʰə̃³¹/
Nanjing /t͡sʰən²⁴/
Hefei /t͡sʰən⁵⁵/
Jin Taiyuan /t͡sʰəŋ¹¹/
Pingyao /t͡sʰəŋ¹³/
Hohhot /t͡sʰə̃ŋ³¹/
Wu Shanghai /zəŋ²³/
Suzhou /zən¹³/
Hangzhou /d͡zen²¹³/
Wenzhou /zaŋ³¹/
Hui Shexian /t͡ɕʰiʌ̃⁴⁴/
Tunxi
Xiang Changsha /t͡sən¹³/
Xiangtan /d͡zən¹²/
Gan Nanchang
Hakka Meixian /t͡sʰəm¹¹/
Taoyuan
Cantonese Guangzhou /sɐm²¹/
Nanning /t͡sʰɐm²¹/
Hong Kong /sɐm²¹/
Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /t͡sʰim³⁵/
/gim³⁵/ 俗
Fuzhou (Min Dong) /t͡sɛiŋ⁵³/
Jian'ou (Min Bei) /keiŋ⁵⁴/
Shantou (Min Nan) /ŋim⁵⁵/
Haikou (Min Nan) /ŋim³¹/
Rime
Character 岑
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 崇 (20)
Final (韻) 侵 (140)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) Chongniu III
Fanqie 鋤針切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /d͡ʒˠiɪm/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɖ͡ʐᵚim/
Shao
Rongfen		 /d͡ʒiem/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ɖ͡ʐjim/
Li
Rong		 /d͡ʒjəm/
Wang
Li		 /d͡ʒĭĕm/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ɖ͡ʐʱi̯əm/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 chén
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 岑
Reading # 1/1
No. 6594
Phonetic
component		 今
Rime
group		 侵
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 岑
Old
Chinese		 /*sɡrɯm/

Definitions

岑

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Compounds

  • 寸木岑樓／寸木岑楼
  • 岑寂
  • 岑岑
  • 岑峨
  • 岑崟
  • 岑嶺／岑岭
  • 岑樓／岑楼
  • 岑樓齊末／岑楼齐末
  • 岑牟
  • 岑翳
  • 岑蔚
  • 岡岑／冈岑
  • 嶔岑
  • 森岑
  • 異苔同岑／异苔同岑
  • 苔岑

Japanese

Kanji

岑

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

岑 • ‎(jam, eum) (hangeul 잠, 음, revised jam, eum, McCune-Reischauer cham, ŭm)

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Vietnamese

Han character

岑 (sầm, sum, xờm)

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