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Translingual

Traditional
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Simplified

Alternative forms

Glyph origin

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) : phonetic  (OC *kraːm, *kraːms) + semantic  (see).

Han character

(radical 147 +14, 21 strokes, cangjie input 尸田月山山 (SWBUU), four-corner 78216, composition ⿱⿰𠂉)

Derived characters

References

  • KangXi: page 1138, character 3
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34977
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1605, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3676, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+89BD

Chinese

trad.
simp.

Alternative forms

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. 6090
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɡ·raːmʔ/

Definitions

  1. look at, inspect
  2. perceive

Japanese

Kanji

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings


Korean

Hanja

(ram>nam)
Eumhun:

  • Sound (hangeul): 람> (revised: ram>nam, McCune-Reischauer: ram>nam, Yale: lam>nam)
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Vietnamese

Han character

(lãm)

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