揇

揇 U+63C7, 揇 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-63C7 ← 揆 [U+63C6] CJK Unified Ideographs 揈 → [U+63C8]

Translingual

Han character

揇 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 手十月十 (QJBJ), four-corner 5402₇, composition ⿰扌南)

1. (Cantonese) to measure a distance with the extended thumb and forefinger or middle finger

References

• KangXi: page 441, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12327
• Dae Jaweon: page 792, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1913, character 1
• Unihan data for U+63C7

Chinese

simp. and trad.		揇

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
南	*nuːm
楠	*nuːm
腩	*nuːmʔ
湳	*nuːmʔ
揇	*nuːmʔ
萳	*nuːmʔ
罱	*ruːmʔ
喃	*rnuːm
諵	*rnuːm, *rnuːms

Etymology

Earliest known attestation is in Tangyun (dated [732 CE]) (according to Kangxi dictionary).

Schuessler (2007) suggests possible relation to Proto-Vietic *-namʔ (> Vietnamese nắm (“to grip, to grasp, to hold; > a handful, a fistful”)) and possible cognation to 深 (shēn) (see there for more).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nǎn (nan³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): naam⁵
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): nám

  (Meixian, Guangdong): nam³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nǎn
    • Wade–Giles: nan³
    • Yale: nǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: naan
    • Palladius: нань (nanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nän²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: naam⁵
    • Yale: náahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: naam⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: nam⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naːm¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: nám
    • Hakka Romanization System: nam`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: nam³
    • Sinological IPA: /nam³¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: nam³
    • Sinological IPA: /nam³¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /nʌm^X/

Rime
Character	揇
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	泥 (8)
Final (韻)	覃 (159)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	奴感切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/nʌmX/
Pan Wuyun	/nəmX/
Shao Rongfen	/nɒmX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/nəmX/
Li Rong	/nᴀmX/
Wang Li	/nɒmX/
Bernard Karlgren	/nămX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	nǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	naam5

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*nuːmʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	揇
Reading #	1/1
No.	9359
Phonetic component	南
Rime group	侵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	腩
Old Chinese	/*nuːmʔ/

Definitions

揇

1. (obsolete) to hold in one hand
2. (Hakka) to hug; to embrace

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 摟 (“to hug; to embrace”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		擁, 摟
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		摟抱, 擁抱
Mandarin	Beijing	摟
	Taiwan	摟, 抱
	Jinan	摟
	Xi'an	摟
	Wuhan	箍, 摟
	Chengdu	抱, 摟
	Yangzhou	摟, 抱
	Hefei	摟, 抱
	Singapore	擁抱, 抱
Cantonese	Guangzhou	攬
	Hong Kong	攬
	Taishan	攬
	Singapore (Guangfu)	攬
Gan	Nanchang	攬, 箍
Hakka	Meixian	揇
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	揇
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	揇
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	揇
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	揇
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	揇
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	攬
Jin	Taiyuan	摟
Min Bei	Jian'ou	抱
Min Dong	Fuzhou	兜, 攬
	Matsu	攬
Min Nan	Xiamen	攬
	Quanzhou	攬
	Zhangzhou	攬
	Taipei	攬
	Kaohsiung	攬
	Penang (Hokkien)	攬
	Singapore (Hokkien)	攬
	Manila (Hokkien)	攬
	Chaozhou	攬
Wu	Shanghai	搿
	Suzhou	搿
	Wenzhou	搩
Xiang	Changsha	箍, 摟
	Shuangfeng	傘, 箍

Pronunciation 2

• Cantonese (Jyutping): naam³

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: naam³
    • Yale: naam
    • Cantonese Pinyin: naam³
    • Guangdong Romanization: nam³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naːm³³/

Definitions

揇

1. (Cantonese) to measure a short distance by spreading one's fingers
2. (Cantonese) handspan; distance from the tip of one's thumb to the tip of one's little finger on an outstretched hand

References

• “揇”, 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–
• 揇 in 康熙字典網上版 Kangxi Dictionary Type-set Online Version.

Vietnamese

Han character

揇: Hán Nôm readings: nêm, nắm, nen, nên

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References

• Nom Foundation