苷

苷 U+82F7, 苷 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-82F7 ← 苶 [U+82F6] CJK Unified Ideographs 苸 → [U+82F8]

Translingual

Han character

苷 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 廿廿一 (TTM), four-corner 4477, composition ⿱艹甘)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1025, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30820
• Dae Jaweon: page 1484, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3186, character 1
• Unihan data for U+82F7

Chinese

trad.		苷
simp. #		苷

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 *kaːm) : semantic 艹 + phonetic 甘 (OC *kaːm).

Etymology

“glycoside”

From 甘 (gān, “sweet”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gān (gan¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄢ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gam¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): gam¹

• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): gan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gān
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gan
    • Wade–Giles: kan¹
    • Yale: gān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gan
    • Palladius: гань (ganʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gam¹
    • Yale: gām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐm⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: gam¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kam³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gan¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kaⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kã³³/

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• Middle Chinese: kam

Rime
Character	苷
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	談 (143)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	古三切
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

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kaːm/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	苷
Reading #	1/1
No.	3654
Phonetic component	甘
Rime group	談
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	甘
Old Chinese	/*kaːm/

Definitions

苷

1. ^† licorice
2. (organic chemistry) glycoside

Synonyms

• (glycoside): 醣苷／糖苷, 配糖體／配糖体 (pèitángtǐ), 配糖物 (pèitángwù), 甙 (dài) (dated)

Compounds

• 核苷 (hégān)
• 核苷酸 (hégānsuān)
• 醣苷／糖苷 (tánggān)

 

References

• (Cantonese) 粵音資料集叢

Japanese

Kanji

苷

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. licorice

Readings

• Go-on: かん (kan)
• Kan-on: かん (kan)