熑

熑 U+7191, 熑 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7191 ← 熐 [U+7190] CJK Unified Ideographs 熒 → [U+7192]

Translingual

Han character

熑 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 火廿難金 (FTXC), composition ⿰火兼)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 679, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19303
• Dae Jaweon: page 1091, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2223, character 16
• Unihan data for U+7191

Chinese

trad.		熑
simp. #		熑

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (兼) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
譧	*r'eːms
賺	*r'eːms
尲	*kreːm
鹻	*kreːmʔ
歉	*kʰreːms, *kʰreːmʔ, *kʰeːmʔ, *kʰeːms
槏	*kʰreːmʔ
鰜	*ɡreːm, *keːm
稴	*ɡreːm, *ɡ·reːm, *ɡ·reːmʔ, *ɡ·reːms, *ɡeːm
豏	*ɡreːmʔ, *ɡreːms
甉	*ɡreːmʔ, *ɡraːm
廉	*ɡ·rem
鎌	*ɡ·rem
鬑	*ɡ·rem, *ɡ·reːm
鐮	*ɡ·rem
簾	*ɡ·rem
薕	*ɡ·rem, *ɡ·reːm
蠊	*ɡ·rem
嬚	*ɡ·remʔ
溓	*ɡ·remʔ, *ɡ·reːm, *ɡ·reːmʔ
嵰	*kʰremʔ
隒	*ŋɡremʔ
熑	*ɡ·reːm
濂	*ɡ·reːm
燫	*ɡ·reːm
兼	*keːm, *keːms
縑	*keːm
鶼	*keːm
蒹	*keːm
搛	*keːm
謙	*kʰeːm
膁	*kʰeːmʔ
嗛	*kʰeːmʔ
慊	*kʰeːmʔ, *kʰeːb
傔	*kʰeːms
馦	*qʰeːm
嫌	*ɡeːm
鼸	*ɡeːmʔ
尷	*kreːm

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lián, qiān (lian², qian¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄢˊ, ㄑㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lim⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lián
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lián
    • Wade–Giles: lien²
    • Yale: lyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lian
    • Palladius: лянь (ljanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɛn³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cian
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien¹
    • Yale: chyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chian
    • Palladius: цянь (cjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lim⁴
    • Yale: lìhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lim⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lim⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːm²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: lem

Rime
Character	熑
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	添 (157)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	勒兼切
Baxter	lem
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lem/
Pan Wuyun	/lem/
Shao Rongfen	/lɛm/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɛm/
Li Rong	/lem/
Wang Li	/liem/
Bernard Karlgren	/liem/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lián
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lim4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡ·reːm/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	熑
Reading #	1/1
No.	6054
Phonetic component	兼
Rime group	談
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	鬑
Old Chinese	/*ɡ·reːm/

Definitions

熑

1. to exhaust
2. an undying flame

Vietnamese

Han character

Readings

熑: Hán Việt readings: liêm (勒(lặc)兼(kiêm)切(thiết)), khiêm (苦(khổ)兼(kiêm)切(thiết))
熑: Nôm readings: rim

References

• Thiều Chửu (1942), Hán Việt Tự Điển, Hà Nội
• Trần Văn Chánh (1999), Từ Điển Hán Việt, Ho Chi Minh City: Youth Publishing House (Hán Việt fanqie)
• Vũ Văn Kính (1999), Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm, Ho Chi Minh City: Arts Publishing House
• Lê Sơn Thanh, "Nom-Viet.dat", WinVNKey (details)