嶜

Translingual

Etymology

From lofty mountains.

Han character

嶜 (Kangxi radical 46, 山+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 山一山日 (UMUA), four-corner 2260₁, composition ⿱山朁)

1. dangerously steep, precipitous

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 320, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8481
• Dae Jaweon: page 620, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 797, character 8
• Unihan data for U+5D9C

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Chinese

trad.		嶜
simp. #		嶜

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
簪	*ʔsɯːm, *ʔsrɯm
撍	*ʔsluːm, *ʔsluːmʔ, *ʔsluːms, *ʔsrum
鐕	*ʔsluːm
憯	*sʰluːmʔ, *sʰlɯːmʔ
噆	*sʰluːmʔ, *ʔsluːb
朁	*sʰlɯːmʔ, *zlam
蠶	*zluːm
蚕	*zluːm, *hl'iːnʔ
糣	*sluːmʔ
熸	*ʔslom
鬵	*zlam, *zɯm, *ljɯm
灊	*zlam, *zɯm, *ljɯm
潛	*zlom, *zloms
僭	*ʔslɯːms
兓	*sl'ɯm
嶜	*zlum
兂	*ʔsrɯm
譖	*ʔsrums

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīn, qín (jin¹, qin²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣ, ㄑㄧㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zam¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jin
    • Wade–Giles: chin¹
    • Yale: jīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jin
    • Palladius: цзинь (czinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qín
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cín
    • Wade–Giles: chʻin²
    • Yale: chín
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyn
    • Palladius: цинь (cinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰin³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zam¹
    • Yale: jām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐm⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: dzim

Rime
Character	嶜
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	侵 (139)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	昨淫切
Baxter	dzim
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ziɪm/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡zim/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡zjem/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡zim/
Li Rong	/d͡ziəm/
Wang Li	/d͡zĭĕm/
Bernard Karlgren	/d͡zʱi̯əm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qín
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cam4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*zlum/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嶜
Reading #	1/1
No.	6715
Phonetic component	兓
Rime group	侵
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	𩷒
Old Chinese	/*zlum/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 嶜

1. Only used in 嶜崟 (jīnyín).