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Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*ɡ·raːm
*ɡ·raːm
*ɡ·raːm
*ɡ·raːm, *ɡ·raːms
*ɡ·raːm
*ɡ·raːm, *qʰlaːms
*ɡ·raːmʔ
*ɡ·raːmʔ
*ɡ·raːmʔ
*ɡ·raːmʔ, *ɡ·raːms, *ɡ·rams
*ɡ·raːmʔ
*ɡ·raːmʔ
*ɡ·raːms, *ɡraːmʔ
*ɡ·raːms, *kʰlaːms, *qʰlaːmʔ
*ɡ·raːms
*kraːm, *kraːms
*kraːm
*kraːm, *kraːms, *kraːms
*ɡraːmʔ
*ɡraːmʔ, *ɡraːms
*ɡraːmʔ
*ɡraːmʔ
*ɡ·lam, *ɡ·lams

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɡ·raːmʔ) : semantic  (hand) + phonetic  (OC *ɡ·raːmʔ) – to grasp with the hand.

Han character

(radical 64 +21, 24 strokes, cangjie input 手尸田山 (QSWU), four-corner 58016, composition)

Descendants

References

  • KangXi: page 465, character 6
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13046
  • Dae Jaweon: page 814, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1992, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+652C

Chinese

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Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (37)
Final () (143)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/lɑmX/
Pan
Wuyun
/lɑmX/
Shao
Rongfen
/lɑmX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/lamX/
Li
Rong
/lɑmX/
Wang
Li
/lɑmX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/lɑmX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
lǎn
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 6088
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɡ·raːmʔ/
Notes

Definitions

  1. grasp, take hold of
  2. monopolize

Quotations


Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings


Korean

Hanja

(ram>nam) (hangeul 람>, revised ram>nam, McCune-Reischauer ram>nam, Yale lam>nam)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(lãm)

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