險

See also 险, and 険

Translingual

shinjitai	険
simplified	险
traditional	險

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 阝 + phonetic 僉.

Han character

險 (radical 170 阜+13, 16 strokes, cangjie input 弓中人一人 (NLOMO), four-corner 7828₆, composition ⿰阝僉)

1. narrow pass, strategic point, dangerous

Descendants

• 険 险

References

• KangXi: page 1361, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41874
• Dae Jaweon: page 1865, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4160, character 8
• Unihan data for U+96AA

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Cantonese

Hanzi

險 (simplified 险, Yale him2)

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Japanese

Kanji

險

Readings

• On: けん (ken)
• Kun: けわしい (kewashii)

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Korean

Hanja

險 (hangeul 험, revised heom, McCune-Reischauer hŏm, Yale hem)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

險 (simplified 险, pinyin jiǎn (jian3), xiǎn (xian3), yán (yan2), Wade-Giles chien³, hsien³, yen²)

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Vietnamese

Han character

險 (hiểm, hẻm, hiếm, hĩm)