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Definition 2024


Translingual

Han character

(radical 149 +6, 13 strokes, cangjie input 弓金卜一口 (NCYMR), four-corner 27261, composition)

  1. used as a surname
  2. talk too much, verbose

Derived characters

References

  • KangXi: page 1159, character 13
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35458
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1625, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3967, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+8A79

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*toːm, *taːm, *taːms
*taːm, *taːms
*ʔl'aːm
*taːm
*taːmʔ
*taːmʔ, *tjamʔ
*daːm, *daːmʔ, *daːms
*daːmʔ, *daːms
*tjam
*tjam
*tjam, *djam
*tjam
*tjam, *daːb, *tjaːb
*tʰjam, *tʰjams
*tʰjam, *tʰjams
*tʰjams
*djams
*lam
*lam
*tʰeːm, *tʰeːms

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (23)
Final () (153)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡ɕiᴇm/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡ɕiɛm/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡ɕjæm/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ciam/
Li
Rong
/t͡ɕiɛm/
Wang
Li
/t͡ɕĭɛm/
Bernard
Karlgren
/t͡ɕi̯ɛm/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
zhān
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 16761
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*tjam/
Notes

Definitions

  1. talk too much, verbose
  2. (regional) a funny face
  3. A surname.

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. talk too much
  2. verbose

Readings


Korean

Hanja

(cheom) (hangeul , revised cheom, McCune-Reischauer ch'ŏm, Yale chem)

  1. arrive
  2. verbose

Vietnamese

Han character

(chiêm)

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References