芡

Translingual

Han character

芡 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 廿弓人 (TNO), four-corner 4480₂, composition ⿱艹欠)

Derived characters

• 𡞁, 𥟕

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1019, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30705
• Dae Jaweon: page 1477, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3183, character 9
• Unihan data for U+82A1

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Chinese

trad.		芡
simp. #		芡

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
坎	*kʰoːmʔ, *kʰoːms
扻	*kʰoːmʔ
砍	*kʰoːmʔ
芡	*ɡromʔ
欠	*kʰoms
杴	*qʰom
鍁	*qʰam

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiàn (qian⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): him³ / hin³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khiàm

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciàn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien⁴
    • Yale: chyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiann
    • Palladius: цянь (cjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: him³ / hin³
    • Yale: him / hin
    • Cantonese Pinyin: him³ / hin³
    • Guangdong Romanization: him³ / hin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiːm³³/, /hiːn³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khiàm
    • Tâi-lô: khiàm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qiaxm
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰiam²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰiam⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰiam²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰiam¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰiam²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: gjemX

Rime
Character	芡
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	鹽 (154)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	巨險切
Baxter	gjemX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡˠiᴇmX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡᵚiɛmX/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiæmX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/gjiamX/
Li Rong	/ɡjɛmX/
Wang Li	/ɡĭɛmX/
Bernard Karlgren	/gi̯ɛmX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gim6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡromʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	芡
Reading #	1/1
No.	10273
Phonetic component	欠
Rime group	談
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	儉
Old Chinese	/*ɡromʔ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 芡

1. , a plant allied to the water lily
2. cornstarch (with water)

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Japanese

Kanji

芡

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. prickly waterlily ()

Readings

• Go-on: げん (gen)^{←げん (gen, historical)←げむ (gemu, ancient)}
• Kan-on: けん (ken)^{←けん (ken, historical)←けむ (kemu, ancient)}

Etymology

Kanji in this term
芡
みずぶき Hyōgaiji
irregular

For pronunciation and definitions of 芡 – see the following entry: 水蕗

(The following entry is uncreated: 水蕗.)

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Korean

Hanja

芡 • (geom) (hangeul 검, revised geom, McCune–Reischauer kŏm, Yale kem)

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Vietnamese

Han character

芡 (khiếm)

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