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U+5997, 妗
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5997

[U+5996]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+5998]

Translingual[edit]

Han character[edit]

(Kangxi radical 38, +4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 女人戈弓 (VOIN), four-corner 48427, composition )

References[edit]

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 256, character 21
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6087
  • Dae Jaweon: page 521, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1032, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+5997

Chinese[edit]

Glyph origin[edit]

Historical forms of the character
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *qʰrɯːm, *kʰjam, *qʰlɯːm, *ɡrɯms) : semantic (woman) + phonetic (OC *krɯm).

Etymology 1[edit]

trad.
simp. #

Fusion of 舅母 (MC gjuwX muwX) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation[edit]



Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 4/4
No. 6617
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
𦧈
Old
Chinese
/*ɡrɯms/
Notes

Definitions[edit]

  1. (regional) wife of mother's brother
Synonyms[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

trad.
simp. #

Pronunciation[edit]



Rime
Character
Reading # 2/3 1/3
Initial () (32) (24)
Final () (157) (153)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () IV III
Fanqie
Baxter xem tsyhem
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/hem/ /t͡ɕʰiᴇm/
Pan
Wuyun
/hem/ /t͡ɕʰiɛm/
Shao
Rongfen
/xɛm/ /t͡ɕʰjæm/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/hɛm/ /cʰiam/
Li
Rong
/xem/ /t͡ɕʰiɛm/
Wang
Li
/xiem/ /t͡ɕʰĭɛm/
Bernard
Karlgren
/xiem/ /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛm/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
xiān chān
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
him1 cim1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 3/4 2/4
No. 6590 6579
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*qʰlɯːm/ /*kʰjam/

Definitions[edit]

  1. Used in 𡝫妗.
  2. beautiful

Etymology 3[edit]

trad.
simp. #

Pronunciation[edit]



Rime
Character
Reading # 3/3
Initial () (32)
Final () (151)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () II
Fanqie
Baxter xeam
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/hˠɛm/
Pan
Wuyun
/hᵚæm/
Shao
Rongfen
/xɐm/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/həɨm/
Li
Rong
/xɐm/
Wang
Li
/xɐm/
Bernard
Karlgren
/xăm/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
xiān
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
haam1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/4
No. 6576
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*qʰrɯːm/

Definitions[edit]

  1. joyous
  2. (of a woman) frivolous

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings[edit]

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

(geum) (hangeul )

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Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

: Hán Nôm readings: cấm

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References[edit]