黲

See also: 黪

Translingual

Han character

黲 (Kangxi radical 203, 黑+11, 23 strokes, cangjie input 田火戈戈竹 (WFIIH), four-corner 6332₂, composition ⿰黑參)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1521, character 39
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48189
• Dae Jaweon: page 2056, character 35
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4755, character 11
• Unihan data for U+9EF2

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Chinese

trad.		黲
simp.		黪

Glyph origin

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

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

	Old Chinese
篸	*ʔsluːm, *ʔsluːms
參	*sʰluːm, *sʰluːms, *sloːm, *sʰrum, *srum
驂	*sʰluːm
傪	*sʰluːm, *sʰluːmʔ
慘	*sʰluːmʔ
黲	*sʰluːmʔ, *sʰloːmʔ
謲	*sʰluːms
毿	*sluːm
蔘	*sluːm, *srum
犙	*sluːm, *sru, *srɯu
糝	*sluːmʔ
槮	*sluːmʔ, *sʰrum, *srum, *srumʔ
鬖	*sloːm
摻	*sruːm, *sruːmʔ
醦	*sruːmʔ, *sʰrumʔ
縿	*sroːm
穇	*sroːm
嵾	*sʰrum
磣	*sʰrumʔ
墋	*sʰrumʔ
曑	*srum
瘮	*srumʔ
滲	*srums

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cǎn (can³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caam²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǎn
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻan³
    • Yale: tsǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaan
    • Palladius: цань (canʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰän²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: caam²
    • Yale: cháam
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaam²
    • Guangdong Romanization: cam²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːm³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tshomX, tshamX

Rime
Character	黲	黲
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	清 (14)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	覃 (159)	談 (143)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	七感切	倉敢切
Baxter	tshomX	tshamX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰʌmX/	/t͡sʰɑmX/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰəmX/	/t͡sʰɑmX/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰɒmX/	/t͡sʰɑmX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰəmX/	/t͡sʰamX/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰᴀmX/	/t͡sʰɑmX/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰɒmX/	/t͡sʰɑmX/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sʰămX/	/t͡sʰɑmX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cǎn	cǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	caam2	caam2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sʰluːmʔ/, /*sʰloːmʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	黲	黲
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	1085	1096
Phonetic component	參	參
Rime group	侵	談
Rime subdivision	3	3
Corresponding MC rime	慘	黲
Old Chinese	/*sʰluːmʔ/	/*sʰloːmʔ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 黲

1. (literary) dark gray
2. (literary) dark; dim

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Japanese

Kanji

黲

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): さん (san)
• Kun: うすあおぐろい (usuaoguroi)

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Korean

Hanja

黲 • (cham) (hangeul 참, revised cham, McCune–Reischauer ch'am, Yale cham)

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