鼸

Translingual

Han character

鼸 (Kangxi radical 208, 鼠+10, 23 strokes, cangjie input 竹女廿難金 (HVTXC), four-corner 7471₃, composition ⿰鼠兼)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1529, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48478
• Dae Jaweon: page 2065, character 38
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4777, character 7
• Unihan data for U+9F38

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Chinese

trad.		鼸
simp. #		鼸

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 鼸
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): xiàn (xian⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jim⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàn
    • Wade–Giles: hsien⁴
    • Yale: syàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiann
    • Palladius: сянь (sjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jim⁶
    • Yale: yihm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jim⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yim⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːm²²/

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• Middle Chinese: hemX

Rime
Character	鼸
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	添 (157)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	胡忝切
Baxter	hemX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦemX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦemX/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣɛmX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦɛmX/
Li Rong	/ɣemX/
Wang Li	/ɣiemX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣiemX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jim6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡeːmʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鼸
Reading #	1/1
No.	6080
Phonetic component	兼
Rime group	談
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	鼸
Old Chinese	/*ɡeːmʔ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 鼸

1. field mouse

References

• (Cantonese) Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 3), p. 254

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Korean

Hanja

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

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