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U+5DC9, 巉
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5DC9

[U+5DC8]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+5DCA]

Translingual[edit]

Han character[edit]

(Kangxi radical 46, +17, 20 strokes, cangjie input 山弓口戈 (UNRI), four-corner 27716, composition )

  1. steep, rugged, jagged, precipitous

References[edit]

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 322, character 24
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8618
  • Dae Jaweon: page 622, character 36
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 806, character 15
  • Unihan data for U+5DC9

Chinese[edit]

trad.
simp. #

Glyph origin[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (20) (20)
Final () (149) (149)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () II II
Fanqie
Baxter dzraem dzraemX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/d͡ʒˠam/ /d͡ʒˠamX/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɖ͡ʐᵚam/ /ɖ͡ʐᵚamX/
Shao
Rongfen
/d͡ʒam/ /d͡ʒamX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɖ͡ʐaɨm/ /ɖ͡ʐaɨmX/
Li
Rong
/d͡ʒam/ /d͡ʒamX/
Wang
Li
/d͡ʒam/ /d͡ʒamX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ɖ͡ʐʱam/ /ɖ͡ʐʱamX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
chán zhàn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
caam4 zaam6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 1233 1239
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*zraːm/ /*zraːmʔ/

Definitions[edit]

  1. precipitous; steep
  2. jagged; towering; overlapping

Compounds[edit]

References[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. rugged, steep, jagged (as of a mountain range)

Readings[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Kanji in this term
ざん
Hyōgaiji
kan’yōon

Ultimately from Middle Chinese (MC dzraem|dzraemX).

Pronunciation[edit]

Affix[edit]

(ざん) (zan

  1. (rare) rugged, steep, jagged (as of a mountain range)

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ 巉巖”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten)[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

(eum (cham))

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