縑

See also: 缣

Translingual

Han character

縑 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 女火廿難金 (VFTXC), four-corner 2893₇, composition ⿰糹兼)

1. fine silk

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 933, character 26
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27750
• Dae Jaweon: page 1372, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3439, character 10
• Unihan data for U+7E11

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Chinese

trad.		縑
simp.		缣

Glyph origin

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

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

	Old Chinese
譧	*r'eːms
賺	*r'eːms
尲	*kreːm
鹻	*kreːmʔ
歉	*kʰreːms, *kʰreːmʔ, *kʰeːmʔ, *kʰeːms
槏	*kʰreːmʔ
鰜	*ɡreːm, *keːm
稴	*ɡreːm, *ɡ·reːm, *ɡ·reːmʔ, *ɡ·reːms, *ɡeːm
豏	*ɡreːmʔ, *ɡreːms
甉	*ɡreːmʔ, *ɡraːm
廉	*ɡ·rem
鎌	*ɡ·rem
鬑	*ɡ·rem, *ɡ·reːm
鐮	*ɡ·rem
簾	*ɡ·rem
薕	*ɡ·rem, *ɡ·reːm
蠊	*ɡ·rem
嬚	*ɡ·remʔ
溓	*ɡ·remʔ, *ɡ·reːm, *ɡ·reːmʔ
嵰	*kʰremʔ
隒	*ŋɡremʔ
熑	*ɡ·reːm
濂	*ɡ·reːm
燫	*ɡ·reːm
兼	*keːm, *keːms
縑	*keːm
鶼	*keːm
蒹	*keːm
搛	*keːm
謙	*kʰeːm
膁	*kʰeːmʔ
嗛	*kʰeːmʔ
慊	*kʰeːmʔ, *kʰeːb
傔	*kʰeːms
馦	*qʰeːm
嫌	*ɡeːm
鼸	*ɡeːmʔ
尷	*kreːm

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiān (jian¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gim¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jian
    • Wade–Giles: chien¹
    • Yale: jyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jian
    • Palladius: цзянь (czjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gim¹
    • Yale: gīm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gim¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gim¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiːm⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: kem

Rime
Character	縑
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	添 (157)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	古甜切
Baxter	kem
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kem/
Pan Wuyun	/kem/
Shao Rongfen	/kɛm/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɛm/
Li Rong	/kem/
Wang Li	/kiem/
Bernard Karlgren	/kiem/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gim1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*keːm/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	縑
Reading #	1/1
No.	6064
Phonetic component	兼
Rime group	談
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	兼
Old Chinese	/*keːm/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 縑

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Kanji

縑

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): けん (ken)
• Kun: きぬ (kinu)

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Korean

Hanja

縑 • (gyeom) (hangeul 겸, revised gyeom, McCune–Reischauer kyŏm, Yale kyem)

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