嵌

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

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Translingual

Han character

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

References

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

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		嵌

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

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiàn, qiān (qian⁴, qian¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˋ, ㄑㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ham⁶, ham², ham³, haam¹
• Min Nan (POJ): kham

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Pinyin: qiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˋ
    • Wade–Giles: ch'ien⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiann
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciàn
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰjɛn⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Pinyin: qiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢ
    • Wade–Giles: ch'ien¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chian
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cian
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰjɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ham⁶, ham², ham³, haam¹
    • Yale: hahm, hám, ham, hāam
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ham⁶, ham², ham³, haam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hem⁶, hem², hem³, ham¹
    • IPA ^(key): /hɐm²²/, /hɐm³⁵/, /hɐm³³/, /häːm⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kham
    • Tâi-lô: kham
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qafm
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰam⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰam³³/

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• Middle Chinese: /kʰˠam/, /d͡zɑm^X/▼

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
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/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰam/	/d͡zʱɑmX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qiān	zàn

• 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. (of a valley) deep
2. grotto
3. to inlay

   • 殿堂中嵌幾樣明珠 [MSC, trad.]
     殿堂中嵌几样明珠 [MSC, simp.]

     diàntáng zhōng qiàn jǐ yàng míngzhū [Pinyin]

     The temple hall is embedded with pearls

4. to embed; to imbed; to fix deeply and firmly
5. to fall into; to sink
6. precipitous; rugged

Compounds

• 偏嵌 (Piānqiàn)
• 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
• 嵌窞
• 嵌造 (qiànzào)
• 嵌金
• 嵌鑲磚／嵌镶砖
• 嵌飾／嵌饰 (qiànshì)
• 撇嵌

• 百寶嵌／百宝嵌
• 眼嵌縮腮／眼嵌缩腮
• 赤嵌樓／赤嵌楼
• 金鑲玉嵌／金镶玉嵌
• 鑲嵌／镶嵌 (xiāngqiàn)
• 鑲嵌工藝／镶嵌工艺
• 鑲嵌畫／镶嵌画

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 嵌 – see 崁 (“a cover, to cover.”). (This character, 嵌, is a variant form of 崁.)

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Japanese

Kanji

嵌

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): かん (kan)
• Kun: はまる (hamaru, 嵌まる); はめる (hameru, 嵌める); あな (ana, 嵌)

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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