See also:
U+67D1, 柑
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-67D1

[U+67D0]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+67D2]

Translingual

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Han character

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(Kangxi radical 75, +5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 木廿一 (DTM), four-corner 44970, composition )

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 519, character 2
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14619
  • Dae Jaweon: page 907, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1177, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+67D1

Chinese

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simp. and trad.
alternative forms

Glyph origin

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Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *kaːm) : semantic (wood; tree) + phonetic (OC *kaːm).

Etymology 1

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Either the same etymon as (OC *kaːm, “sweet”) (Wang, 1982), or, in light of the citrus fruit's southern origin, possibly connected with Austroasiatic; compare Proto-Austroasiatic *ŋaːm (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

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Note:
  • kam - literary;
  • kaⁿ - vernacular.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (28)
Final () (143)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
Baxter kam
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kɑm/
Pan
Wuyun
/kɑm/
Shao
Rongfen
/kɑm/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kam/
Li
Rong
/kɑm/
Wang
Li
/kɑm/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kɑm/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
gān
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gam1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 3653
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kaːm/
Notes

Definitions

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  1. mandarin orange
  2. tangerine
  3. (dialectal Hakka, Mingxi Min, Waxiang) pomelo
Synonyms
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Compounds
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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic ():
  • Japanese: (かん) (kan)
  • Vietnamese: cam ()

Etymology 2

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For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“to grab; to pinch; to cling; to grip tightly”).
(This character is an obsolete form of ).

Japanese

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Kanji

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(Jinmeiyō kanji)

Readings

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Etymology

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Kanji in this term
かん
Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese (MC kam).

Pronunciation

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Affix

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(かん) (kan

  1. citrus fruit

Derived terms

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Korean

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Hanja

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(gam, geom) (hangeul , , revised gam, geom, McCune–Reischauer kam, kŏm, Yale kam, kem)

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Vietnamese

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Han character

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: Hán Nôm readings: cam, cùm

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