蜬

蜬 U+872C, 蜬 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-872C ← 蜫 [U+872B] CJK Unified Ideographs 蜭 → [U+872D]

Translingual

Han character

蜬 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 中戈山弓水 (LIUNE), four-corner 5717₂, composition ⿰虫函)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1087, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33173
• Dae Jaweon: page 1554, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2867, character 1
• Unihan data for U+872C

Chinese

simp. and trad.		蜬

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
蜬	*kuːm, *ɡuːm
函	*ɡuːm, *ɡruːm
涵	*ɡuːm, *ɡuːmʔ
顄	*ɡuːm, *ɡuːmʔ
圅	*ɡuːm
菡	*ɡuːmʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gān (gan¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ham⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gān
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gan
    • Wade–Giles: kan¹
    • Yale: gān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gan
    • Palladius: гань (ganʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ham⁴
    • Yale: hàhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ham⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hem⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐm²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: hom, kom

Rime
Character	蜬	蜬
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	覃 (159)	覃 (159)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	胡男切	古南切
Baxter	hom	kom
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦʌm/	/kʌm/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦəm/	/kəm/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣɒm/	/kɒm/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦəm/	/kəm/
Li Rong	/ɣᴀm/	/kᴀm/
Wang Li	/ɣɒm/	/kɒm/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣăm/	/kăm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hán	gān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ham4	gam1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kuːm/, /*ɡuːm/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蜬	蜬
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	4860	4864
Phonetic component	函	函
Rime group	侵	侵
Rime subdivision	3	3
Corresponding MC rime	弇	含
Old Chinese	/*kuːm/	/*ɡuːm/
Notes	見爾雅

Definitions

蜬

1. ^† small aquatic snail