顑

顑 U+9851, 顑 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9851 ← 顐 [U+9850] CJK Unified Ideographs 顒 → [U+9852]

Translingual

Han character

顑 (Kangxi radical 181, 頁+9, 18 strokes, cangjie input 戈口一月金 (IRMBC), four-corner 5128₆, composition ⿰咸頁)

1. yellow

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1407, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 43598
• Dae Jaweon: page 1925, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4380, character 15
• Unihan data for U+9851

Chinese

trad.		顑
simp.		𱂱

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
感	*kɯːmʔ
鱤	*kɯːmʔ
顑	*kʰɯːmʔ, *ŋɡrɯːms
轗	*kʰɯːmʔ, *kʰɯːms
撼	*ɡɯːmʔ
憾	*ɡɯːms
喊	*qʰaːmʔ, *qʰrɯːmʔ, *ɡrɯːmʔ
緘	*krɯːm
瑊	*krɯːm, *kjum
黬	*krɯːm, *ŋɡrɯːm
減	*krɯːmʔ, *ɡrɯːmʔ
羬	*ŋɡrɯːm, *ɡram
麙	*ŋɡrɯːm
咸	*ɡrɯːm
鹹	*ɡrɯːm
醎	*ɡrɯːm
諴	*ɡrɯːm
椷	*ɡrɯːm
輱	*ɡrɯːm
鍼	*ɡam, *ɡram, *kjɯm
箴	*kjɯm
葴	*kjɯm
鱵	*kjum

Etymology

STEDT compares it to Proto-Sino-Tibetan *k(w)am (“thirsty / dried out”), which is also linked to 歁 (OC *kʰluːmʔ, *kʰluːb), as well as Tibetan སྐམ་པོ (skam po).

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/

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• Middle Chinese: khomX, ngeamH

Rime
Character	顑	顑
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	覃 (159)	咸 (151)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	II
Fanqie	苦感切	玉陷切
Baxter	khomX	ngeamH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰʌmX/	/ŋˠɛmH/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰəmX/	/ŋᵚæmH/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰɒmX/	/ŋɐmH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰəmX/	/ŋəɨmH/
Li Rong	/kʰᴀmX/	/ŋɐmH/
Wang Li	/kʰɒmX/	/ŋɐmH/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰămX/	/ŋămH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kǎn	yàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ham2	ngaam6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰɯːmʔ/, /*ŋɡrɯːms/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	顑	顑
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	13500	13513
Phonetic component	咸	咸
Rime group	侵	侵
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	坎	顑
Old Chinese	/*kʰɯːmʔ/	/*ŋɡrɯːms/
Notes		餘校玉爲五

Definitions

顑

1. ^† yellow
2. ^† gaunt, emaciated

Japanese

Kanji

顑

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): かん (kan); こん (kon); けん (ken); がん (gan); げん (gen)
• Kun: きいろい (kīroi)