䶢

䶢 U+4DA2, 䶢 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4DA2 ← 䶡 [U+4DA1] CJK Unified Ideographs Extension A 䶣 → [U+4DA3]

Translingual

Han character

䶢 (Kangxi radical 211, 齒+9, 24 strokes, cangjie input 卜山戈竹口 (YUIHR), composition ⿰齒咸)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1535, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4797, character 11
• Unihan data for U+4DA2

Chinese

trad.		䶢
simp.		𬺍

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiān, xián (jian¹, xian²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢ, ㄒㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaam¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jian
    • Wade–Giles: chien¹
    • Yale: jyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jian
    • Palladius: цзянь (czjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xián
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sián
    • Wade–Giles: hsien²
    • Yale: syán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyan
    • Palladius: сянь (sjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaam¹
    • Yale: gāam
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gam¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːm⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: kheap, keap

Rime
Character	䶢	䶢
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	咸 (152)	咸 (152)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	II
Fanqie	苦洽切	古洽切
Baxter	kheap	keap
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰˠɛp̚/	/kˠɛp̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰᵚæp̚/	/kᵚæp̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰɐp̚/	/kɐp̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰəɨp̚/	/kəɨp̚/
Li Rong	/kʰɐp̚/	/kɐp̚/
Wang Li	/kʰɐp̚/	/kɐp̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰăp̚/	/kăp̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qia	jia
Expected Cantonese Reflex	haap3	gaap3

Definitions

䶢

1. to gnaw, to bite
2. to hold in the mouth