壁龕

See also: 壁龛

Chinese

		wall; rampart	niche; shrine
trad. (壁龕)		壁	龕
simp. (壁龛)		壁	龛

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bìkān

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄎㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bik¹ ham¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): piah-kham

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bìkān
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄎㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bìkan
    • Wade–Giles: pi⁴-kʻan¹
    • Yale: bì-kān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihkan
    • Palladius: бикань (bikanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹ kʰän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bik¹ ham¹
    • Yale: bīk hām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bik⁷ ham¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: big¹ hem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɪk̚⁵ hɐm⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piah-kham
    • Tâi-lô: piah-kham
    • Phofsit Daibuun: piahqafm
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pia(ʔ)⁵ kʰam³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ kʰam⁴⁴/

Noun

壁龕

1. niche or alcove in the wall (mostly semi-circular or rectangular in shape, used to displays statues of deities, Buddha carvings, or other artifacts)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
壁	龕
へき Grade: S	がん Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Noun

壁(へき)龕(がん) • (hekigan) 

1. niche, alcove (in Western architecture)