弇

弇 U+5F07, 弇 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F07 ← 弆 [U+5F06] CJK Unified Ideographs 弈 → [U+5F08]

Translingual

Han character

弇 (Kangxi radical 55, 廾+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 人口廿 (ORT), four-corner 8044₆, composition ⿱合廾)

1. cover over, hide
2. narrow-necked

Derived characters

• 啽 媕 揜 渰 鞥 黭 葊 𡹮 𢜰 𣉂 𦝡 𧍬 𥚫 𧩸 𠝢 𩀂 𪂻 𭫃 𮅫 𮪓

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 354, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9610
• Dae Jaweon: page 669, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 516, character 16
• Unihan data for U+5F07

Chinese

simp. and trad.		弇

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 弇
Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

	Old Chinese
弇	*kɯːm, *qramʔ
媕	*quːm, *qromʔ, *qɯːm, *qramʔ, *qɯːb
黭	*qɯːmʔ
揜	*qaːmʔ, *qramʔ
渰	*qramʔ
鞥	*qɯːŋ, *qɯːb

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

Pronunciation

Rime
Character	弇	弇
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	覃 (159)	鹽 (154)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	古南切	衣儉切
Baxter	kom	'jemX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʌm/	/ʔˠiᴇmX/
Pan Wuyun	/kəm/	/ʔᵚiɛmX/
Shao Rongfen	/kɒm/	/ʔiæmX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kəm/	/ʔjiamX/
Li Rong	/kᴀm/	/ʔjɛmX/
Wang Li	/kɒm/	/ĭɛmX/
Bernard Karlgren	/kăm/	/ʔi̯ɛmX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gān	yǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gam1	jim2

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	弇	弇
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	14364	14371
Phonetic component	弇	弇
Rime group	侵	談
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	弇	奄
Old Chinese	/*kɯːm/	/*qramʔ/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǎn, yān (yan³, yan¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˇ, ㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jim²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǎn
    • Wade–Giles: yen³
    • Yale: yǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yean
    • Palladius: янь (janʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn²¹⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yān
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yan
    • Wade–Giles: yen¹
    • Yale: yān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ian
    • Palladius: янь (janʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jim²
    • Yale: yím
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jim²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yim²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːm³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: kom, 'jemX

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kɯːm/, /*qramʔ/

Definitions

弇

1. (literary) to cover over; to hide
2. (literary) to adopt; to follow
3. (literary) narrow-necked
4. (literary) deep

Compounds

• 侈弇
• 弇中
• 弇山
• 弇茲／弇兹
• 弇陋

 

Japanese

Kanji

弇

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. cover over
2. hide
3. narrow-necked

Readings

• On (unclassified): えん (en)、かん (kan)、こん (kon)、だん (dan)、なん (nan)
• Kun: おおう (ōu)

Korean

Hanja

弇 (eum 감 (gam))

1. cover over, hide
2. narrow-necked

Vietnamese

Han character

弇: Hán Nôm readings: yểm

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References

• Nom Foundation