巉嶮

Chinese

		cliff	precipitous; rugged
trad. (巉嶮)		巉	嶮
simp. (巉崄)		巉	崄

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chányǎn, chányán

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄢˊ ㄧㄢˇ, ㄔㄢˊ ㄧㄢˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chányǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄢˊ ㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chányǎn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻan²-yen³
    • Yale: chán-yǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: charnyean
    • Palladius: чаньянь (čanʹjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰän³⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chányán
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄢˊ ㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chányán
    • Wade–Giles: chʻan²-yen²
    • Yale: chán-yán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: charnyan
    • Palladius: чаньянь (čanʹjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰän³⁵ jɛn³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Middle Chinese: dzraemX ngjemX

Rime
Character	巉	嶮
Reading #	2/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	崇 (20)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	銜 (149)	鹽 (154)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	III
Fanqie	仕檻切	魚檢切
Baxter	dzraemX	ngjemX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʒˠamX/	/ŋˠiᴇmX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖ͡ʐᵚamX/	/ŋᵚiɛmX/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʒamX/	/ŋiæmX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖ͡ʐaɨmX/	/ŋjiamX/
Li Rong	/d͡ʒamX/	/ŋjɛmX/
Wang Li	/d͡ʒamX/	/ŋĭɛmX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɖ͡ʐʱamX/	/ŋi̯ɛmX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhàn	yǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zaam6	jim5

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*zraːmʔ  ŋramʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	巉	嶮
Reading #	2/2	1/2
No.	1239	10216
Phonetic component	毚	僉
Rime group	談	談
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	巉	顩
Old Chinese	/*zraːmʔ/	/*ŋramʔ/
Notes		見漢賦

Adjective

巉嶮

1. (obsolete) precipitous; steep

Synonyms

• 巉岩 (chányán)
• 巉巖／巉岩 (chányán)