含

Translingual

Han character

含 (radical 30 口+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 人戈弓口 (OINR), four-corner 8060₂, composition ⿱今口)

1. hold in mouth
2. cherish
3. contain

References

• KangXi: page 178, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3350
• Dae Jaweon: page 395, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 592, character 1
• Unihan data for U+542B

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		含

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hán (han²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ham⁴
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): hàm
• Min Nan (POJ): hâm / kâm / kâⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: hán
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄢˊ
    • Wade-Giles: han²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hanr
    • IPA ^(key): /xa̠n³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ham⁴
    • Yale: hàhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ham⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /hɐm²¹/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hàm
    • IPA (Siyen, incl. Miaoli): /ham¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hâm / kâm / kâⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: hâm / kâm / kânn
    • IPA (Taipei): /ham²³/, /kam²³/, /kã²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ham¹³/, /kam¹³/, /kã¹³/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (含, reconstructed)
Character (含), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 匣 (33) Final: 覃 Division: I			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 胡男切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ɦʌm/	/ɣăm/	/ɣᴀm/	/ɦəm/	/ɦəm/	/ɣɒm/	/ɣɒm/

Old Chinese pronunciation (含, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
含								hán								‹ hom ›								/*Cə-m-kˤ[ə]m/								hold in the mouth
含								hán								‹ homH ›								/*Cə-m-[k]ˤ[ə]m-s/								to put in the mouth
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
含					6560					今					侵					1					含					/*ɡɯːm/

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Japanese

Kanji

含

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

• Goon: ごん (gon)
• Kan’on: かん (kan)
• Kan’yōon: がん (gan)
• Kun: ふくむ (fukumu), ふくめる (fukumeru)

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Korean

Hanja

含 (ham) (hangeul 함, revised ham, McCune-Reischauer ham)

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Vietnamese

Han character

含 (hàm)

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