莰

莰 U+83B0, 莰 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-83B0 ← 莯 [U+83AF] CJK Unified Ideographs 莱 → [U+83B1]

Translingual

Han character

莰 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 廿土弓人 (TGNO) or 難難廿土弓 (XXTGN), four-corner 4418₂, composition ⿱艹坎)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1036, character 40
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3214, character 9
• Unihan data for U+83B0

Chinese

trad.		莰
simp. #		莰

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 艹 + phonetic 坎.

Etymology

Borrowed from English camphane.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kǎn (kan³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ham²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kǎn
    • Wade–Giles: kʻan³
    • Yale: kǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaan
    • Palladius: кань (kanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰän²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ham²
    • Yale: hám
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ham²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hem²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐm³⁵/

Definitions

莰

1. (organic chemistry) camphane, bornane

Compounds

• 莰烷 (kǎnwán)
• 莰烯 (kǎnxī)
• 莰酮
• 莰醇 (kǎnchún)

 

Vietnamese

Han character

莰: Hán Nôm readings: khảm

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Readings

• Nôm: khóm, khúm

References

• Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm, NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999