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Definition 2024


Translingual

Han character

(radical 64 +5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 手廿一 (QTM), four-corner 54070, composition)

  1. to clamp, tie down or pin down

References

  • KangXi: page 425, character 11
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11956
  • Dae Jaweon: page 773, character 16
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1848, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+62D1

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*kɯːms
*mɡaːm
*sɡaːmʔ, *kʰraːm
*kaːm
*kaːm
*kaːm
*kaːm
*kaːm, *kʰaːm
*ɢaːm, *ɢaːm
*ɢaːm
*ɢaːm
*ɢaːm
*ɡaːm, *ɡaːm
*ɡram
*ɡram
*ɡram, *ɡrɯm
*ɡram

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (30)
Final () (154)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () Chongniu III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɡˠiᴇm/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɡᵚiɛm/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɡiæm/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/gjiam/
Li
Rong
/ɡjɛm/
Wang
Li
/ɡĭɛm/
Bernard
Karlgren
/gi̯ɛm/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
qián
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 3668
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɡram/

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings


Korean

Hanja

(gyeom) (hangeul , revised gyeom, McCune-Reischauer kyŏm, Yale kyem)

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Vietnamese

Han character

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