椷

椷 U+6937, 椷 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6937 ← 椶 [U+6936] CJK Unified Ideographs 椸 → [U+6938]

Translingual

Han character

椷 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 木戈竹口 (DIHR), four-corner 4395₀, composition ⿰木咸)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 537, character 27
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15079
• Dae Jaweon: page 925, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1246, character 3
• Unihan data for U+6937

Chinese

simp. and trad.		椷

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
感	*kɯːmʔ
鱤	*kɯːmʔ
顑	*kʰɯːmʔ, *ŋɡrɯːms
轗	*kʰɯːmʔ, *kʰɯːms
撼	*ɡɯːmʔ
憾	*ɡɯːms
喊	*qʰaːmʔ, *qʰrɯːmʔ, *ɡrɯːmʔ
緘	*krɯːm
瑊	*krɯːm, *kjum
黬	*krɯːm, *ŋɡrɯːm
減	*krɯːmʔ, *ɡrɯːmʔ
羬	*ŋɡrɯːm, *ɡram
麙	*ŋɡrɯːm
咸	*ɡrɯːm
鹹	*ɡrɯːm
醎	*ɡrɯːm
諴	*ɡrɯːm
椷	*ɡrɯːm
輱	*ɡrɯːm
鍼	*ɡam, *ɡram, *kjɯm
箴	*kjɯm
葴	*kjɯm
鱵	*kjum

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiān (jian¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaam¹
• Eastern Min (BUC): àng / hàng

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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/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaam¹
    • Yale: gāam
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gam¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːm⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: àng / hàng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aŋ⁵³/, /haŋ⁵³/

Note:

• àng - vernacular - "coffin";
• hàng - literary.

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• Middle Chinese: heam

Rime
Character	椷
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	咸 (151)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	胡讒切
Baxter	heam
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦˠɛm/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦᵚæm/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣɐm/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦəɨm/
Li Rong	/ɣɐm/
Wang Li	/ɣɐm/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣăm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xián
Expected Cantonese Reflex	haam4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡrɯːm/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	椷
Reading #	1/1
No.	13519
Phonetic component	咸
Rime group	侵
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	咸
Old Chinese	/*ɡrɯːm/

Definitions

椷

1. box
2. casket

Derived terms

• 椷囝
• 椷囝子
• 椷囝蒂
• 椷囝鬼

 

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 椷 – see 緘 (“seal”). (This character is a variant form of 緘).

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 椷 – see 含 (“to hold or keep in the mouth; to contain inside; to comprise; to include; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 含).