嵌

嵌 U+5D4C, 嵌 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5D4C ← 嵋 [U+5D4B] CJK Unified Ideographs 嵍 → [U+5D4D]

Translingual

Han character

嵌 (Kangxi radical 46, 山+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 山廿一人 (UTMO), four-corner 2278₂, composition ⿱山𣢟)

Derived characters

• 𠾨

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 316, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8279
• Dae Jaweon: page 616, character 38
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 784, character 17
• Unihan data for U+5D4C

Chinese

simp. and trad.		嵌
alternative forms		篏 廞／𫷷

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
紺	*kɯːms
姏	*mɡaːm
嵌	*sɡaːmʔ, *kʰraːm
甘	*kaːm
柑	*kaːm
苷	*kaːm
泔	*kaːm
坩	*kaːm, *kʰaːm
蚶	*ɢaːm, *ɢaːm
酣	*ɢaːm
甝	*ɢaːm
魽	*ɢaːm
邯	*ɡaːm, *ɡaːm
鉗	*ɡram
箝	*ɡram
黚	*ɡram, *ɡrɯm
拑	*ɡram

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *sɡaːmʔ, *kʰraːm): phonetic 𣢟 (hán) + semantic 山 (“mountain”).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiàn, qiān (qian⁴, qian¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˋ, ㄑㄧㄢ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ham⁶ / ham² / ham³ / haam¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): ham⁵

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khâm
• Jin (Wiktionary): qie¹
• Eastern Min (BUC): káng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kham

  (Teochew, Peng'im): kam² / kang²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciàn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien⁴
    • Yale: chyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiann
    • Palladius: цянь (cjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cian
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien¹
    • Yale: chyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chian
    • Palladius: цянь (cjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ham⁶ / ham² / ham³ / haam¹
    • Yale: hahm / hám / ham / hāam
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ham⁶ / ham² / ham³ / haam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hem⁶ / hem² / hem³ / ham¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐm²²/, /hɐm³⁵/, /hɐm³³/, /haːm⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: ham⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ham³²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khâm
    • Hakka Romanization System: kam^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kam¹
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰam²⁴/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: qie¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕʰie¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: káng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɑŋ²¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kham
    • Tâi-lô: kham
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qafm
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰam⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰam³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: kam² / kang²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khám / kháng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰam⁵²/, /kʰaŋ⁵²/

Note: kang2 - Chenghai.

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• Middle Chinese: khaem, dzamX

Rime
Character	嵌	嵌
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	銜 (149)	談 (143)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	I
Fanqie	口銜切	才敢切
Baxter	khaem	dzamX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰˠam/	/d͡zɑmX/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰᵚam/	/d͡zɑmX/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰam/	/d͡zɑmX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰaɨm/	/d͡zamX/
Li Rong	/kʰam/	/d͡zɑmX/
Wang Li	/kʰam/	/d͡zɑmX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kʰam/	/d͡zʱɑmX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qiān	zàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	haam1	zaam6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sɡaːmʔ/, /*kʰraːm/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嵌	嵌
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	3651	3664
Phonetic component	甘	甘
Rime group	談	談
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	槧	嵌
Old Chinese	/*sɡaːmʔ/	/*kʰraːm/
Notes	出蒼頡篇	依韻部當從嶔甘聲， 非歁聲

Definitions

嵌

1. to inlay; to embed; to imbed; to fix deeply and firmly
2. (literary, of a valley) deep
3. (literary) grotto; cave
4. (literary) to fall into; to sink
5. (literary) precipitous; rugged; cratered

Compounds

• 偏嵌 (Piānqiàn)
• 嵌入 (qiànrù)
• 嵌埋法
• 嵌巉
• 嵌巖 / 嵌岩
• 嵌版構造 / 嵌版构造
• 嵌玻璃
• 嵌瓷畫 / 嵌瓷画
• 嵌畫 / 嵌画
• 嵌石
• 嵌空
• 嵌窞
• 嵌竇 / 嵌窦
• 嵌造 (qiànzào)
• 嵌金
• 嵌鑲磚 / 嵌镶砖
• 嵌飾 / 嵌饰 (qiànshì)
• 撇嵌
• 湖嵌
• 百寶嵌 / 百宝嵌
• 眼嵌縮腮 / 眼嵌缩腮
• 穹嵌
• 金鑲玉嵌 / 金镶玉嵌
• 鑲嵌 / 镶嵌 (xiāngqiàn)

Synonyms

• 㘛

References

• “嵌”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 嵌 – see 崁. (This character is a variant form of 崁).

Compounds

• 赤嵌 (Chìkàn)
• 赤嵌樓 / 赤嵌楼

Japanese

Kanji

嵌

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Kan-on: かん (kan)
• Kun: はまる (hamaru, 嵌まる)、はめる (hameru, 嵌める)、あな (ana, 嵌)

Korean

Hanja

嵌 (eum 감 (gam))

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Vietnamese

Han character

嵌: Hán Nôm readings: khảm

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References

• Nom Foundation