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龕
龕
See also: 龛
Translingual
Han character
龕 (radical 212 龍+6, 22 strokes, cangjie input 人口卜月心 (ORYBP), four-corner 80211, composition ⿱合龍)
References
- KangXi: page 1537, character 16
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48839
- Dae Jaweon: page 2078, character 12
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4805, character 16
- Unihan data for U+9F95
Chinese
| trad. | 龕 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 龛 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 龕
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|---|---|---|
| Bronze inscriptions | Large seal script | Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (合) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 龕 | *kʰuːm |
| 媕 | *quːm, *qromʔ, *qɯːm, *qramʔ, *qɯːb |
| 頜 | *ɡuːmʔ, *kuːb |
| 答 | *tkuːb |
| 畣 | *tkuːb |
| 荅 | *tkuːb |
| 嗒 | *tuːb, *tʰoːb |
| 褡 | *tuːb, *toːb |
| 撘 | *tuːb |
| 搭 | *tuːb, *tʰoːb |
| 榙 | *tkuːb, *ɡuːb |
| 佮 | *tkʰuːb, *kuːb, *quːb, *quːb |
| 蛤 | *kuːb |
| 鴿 | *kuːb |
| 合 | *kuːb, *ɡuːb |
| 郃 | *kuːb, *ɡuːb |
| 匌 | *kuːb, *kʰuːb |
| 鉿 | *kuːb |
| 閤 | *kuːb |
| 鞈 | *kuːb, *kruːb |
| 韐 | *kuːb, *kruːb |
| 鮯 | *kuːb |
| 哈 | *ŋɡuːb |
| 姶 | *quːb, *quːb |
| 欱 | *qʰuːb, *qʰruːb |
| 盒 | *ɡuːb |
| 耠 | *ɡuːb |
| 詥 | *ɡuːb |
| 塔 | *tʰuːb |
| 鞳 | *tʰoːb |
| 劄 | *rtuːb |
| 跲 | *kruːb, *kob, *ɡob |
| 袷 | *kruːb, *ŋkob |
| 餄 | *kruːb |
| 恰 | *kʰruːb |
| 帢 | *kʰruːb |
| 洽 | *ɡruːb |
| 祫 | *ɡruːb |
| 珨 | *ɡruːb |
| 烚 | *ɡruːb |
| 歙 | *qʰjob, *qʰrub |
| 湁 | *tkʰub |
| 拾 | *ɡjub |
| 給 | *krub |
| 翕 | *qʰrub |
| 噏 | *qʰrub |
| 潝 | *qʰrub |
| 熻 | *qʰrub |
| 嬆 | *qʰrub |
| 翖 | *qʰrub |
| 闟 | *qʰrub |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄎㄢ
- Wade-Giles: k'an1
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kan
- IPA (key): /kʰa̠n⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: ham1
- Yale: hām
- Cantonese Pinyin: ham1
- IPA (key): /hɐm⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khâm
- Hakka Romanization System: kam´
- Hagfa Pinyim: kam1
- IPA: /kʰam²⁴/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kham
- Tâi-lô: kham
- Phofsit Daibuun: qafm
- IPA (Xiamen): /kʰam⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰam³³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰam⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /kʰam⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰam⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien)
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 龕 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 溪 (29) |
| Final (韻) | 覃 (159) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 口含切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/kʰʌm/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/kʰəm/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/kʰɒm/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/kʰəm/ |
| Li Rong |
/kʰᴀm/ |
| Wang Li |
/kʰɒm/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/kʰăm/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
kān |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 龕 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 4940 |
| Phonetic component |
合 |
| Rime group |
侵 |
| Rime subdivision |
3 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
龕 |
| Old Chinese |
/*kʰuːm/ |
Definitions
龕
Japanese
Kanji
龕
Readings
Compounds
Compounds
Etymology
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 龕 |
|
がん Hyōgaiji |
| kan'yōon |
From Middle Chinese 龕.
Pronunciation
- Kan'yōyomi
- (Tokyo) がん [gáꜜǹ] (Atamadaka - [1])[1]
- IPA(key): [ɡã̠ɴ]
Noun
- alcove for an image
References
Korean
Hanja
龕 • (gam) (hangeul 감, revised gam, McCune-Reischauer kam, Yale kam)
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