瞰

瞰 U+77B0, 瞰 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-77B0 ← 瞯 [U+77AF] CJK Unified Ideographs 瞱 → [U+77B1]

Translingual

Han character

瞰 (Kangxi radical 109, 目+12, 17 strokes, cangjie input 月山一十大 (BUMJK) or 月山弓十大 (BUNJK), four-corner 6804₀, composition ⿰目敢)

1. watch, spy
2. overlook
3. look down

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 818, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23704
• Dae Jaweon: page 1230, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2512, character 1
• Unihan data for U+77B0

Chinese

trad.		瞰
simp. #		瞰

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
撖	*kʰɯːm, *kʰreːmʔ, *ɡraːmʔ
澉	*l̥ʰaːms, *klaːmʔ
噉	*l'aːmʔ
敢	*klaːmʔ
橄	*klaːmʔ
瞰	*kʰlaːms
闞	*kʰlaːms, *qʰreːmʔ, *hŋraːms
憨	*qʰaːm, *qʰlaːms
譀	*qʰlaːms, *qʰraːms, *qʰraːb
巖	*ŋraːm
礹	*ŋraːm, *ŋamʔ
豃	*qʰraːmʔ
讝	*kjam
玁	*hŋramʔ
嚴	*ŋam
儼	*ŋamʔ
曮	*ŋamʔ
釅	*ŋams

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kàn (kan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ham³, ham⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khàm

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kàn
    • Wade–Giles: kʻan⁴
    • Yale: kàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kann
    • Palladius: кань (kanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ham³, ham⁶
    • Yale: ham, hahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ham³, ham⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: hem³, hem⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐm³³/, /hɐm²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khàm
    • Tâi-lô: khàm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qaxm
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰam²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰam⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: khamH

Rime
Character	瞰
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	談 (143)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	苦濫切
Baxter	khamH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰɑmH/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰɑmH/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰɑmH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰamH/
Li Rong	/kʰɑmH/
Wang Li	/kʰɑmH/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰɑmH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ham3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰlaːms/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	瞰
Reading #	1/1
No.	3677
Phonetic component	敢
Rime group	談
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	闞
Old Chinese	/*kʰlaːms/
Notes	見楚辭

Definitions

瞰

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Compounds

• 俯瞰 (fǔkàn)
• 瞰亡
• 瞰視／瞰视
• 鬼瞰其室
• 鳥瞰／鸟瞰 (niǎokàn)

 

References

• “瞰”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

瞰

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: かん (kan)
• Kan-on: かん (kan)
• Kun: みる (miru, 瞰る)

Korean

Hanja

瞰 • (gam) (hangeul 감, revised gam, McCune–Reischauer kam, Yale kam)

1. to watch
2. to overlook, look down

Compounds

• 조감(鳥瞰) (jogam, “bird's-eye view”)