鹹

See also: 醎 and 咸

Contents

TranslingualEdit

Han characterEdit

鹹 (radical 197 鹵+9, 20 strokes, cangjie input 卜田戈竹口 (YWIHR), four-corner 2365₀, composition ⿰鹵咸)

DescendantsEdit

• 咸 – simplified to an existing character.

See alsoEdit

• 鹽

ReferencesEdit

• KangXi: page 1507, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 47553
• Dae Jaweon: page 2035, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4610, character 19
• Unihan data for U+9E79

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ChineseEdit

trad.		鹹
simp.		咸
alt. forms		醎

Glyph originEdit

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɡrɯːm): semantic 鹵 ‎(“salt”) + phonetic 咸 ‎(OC *ɡrɯːm).

PronunciationEdit

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xián (xian²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haam⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hàm
• Min Nan (POJ): kiâm
• Wu (Wiktionary): hhe (T3); hhi (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: xián
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˊ
    • Wade-Giles: hsien²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyan
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: haam⁴
    • Yale: hàahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haam⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /hɑːm²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hàm
    • Hakka Romanization System: hamˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ham²
    • IPA: /ham¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiâm
    • Tâi-lô: kiâm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiaam
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiam²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiam¹³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: hhe (T3); hhi (T3)
    • IPA ^(key): /ɦᴇ²³/, /ɦi²³/
    • Note: 3hhe - vernacular; 3hhi - literary.

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• Dialectal data▼

Variety	Location	edit 鹹
Mandarin	Beijing	/ɕian³⁵/
	Harbin	/ɕian²⁴/
	Tianjin	/ɕian⁴⁵/
	Jinan	/ɕiã⁴²/
	Qingdao	/ɕiã⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/ɕian⁴²/
	Xi'an	/ɕiã²⁴/ ～陽 /xã²⁴/ ～菜
	Xining	/ɕiã²⁴/
	Yinchuan	/ɕian⁵³/
	Lanzhou	/ɕiɛ̃n⁵³/ /xɛ̃n⁵³/
	Ürümqi	/ɕian⁵¹/ /xan⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/ɕiɛn²¹³/
	Chengdu	/xan³¹/
	Guiyang	/ɕian²¹/
	Kunming	/ɕiɛ̃³¹/
	Nanjing	/ɕien²⁴/
	Hefei	/ɕiĩ⁵⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/ɕie¹¹/
	Pingyao	/ɕiɑŋ¹³/ ～阳 /xɑŋ¹³/ ～菜
	Hohhot	/ɕie³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/ɦe²³/
	Suzhou	/ɦiɪ¹³/
	Hangzhou	/ɦiẽ̞²¹³/
	Wenzhou	/ɦa³¹/
Hui	Shexian	/ɕie⁴⁴/ /xɛ⁴⁴/ ～鹽
	Tunxi	/xɔ⁴⁴/
Xiang	Changsha	/xan¹³/ ～魚
	Xiangtan	/ɦan¹²/
Gan	Nanchang	/han²⁴/
Hakka	Meixian	/ham¹¹/
	Taoyuan	/hɑm¹¹/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/ham²¹/
	Nanning	/ham²¹/
	Hong Kong	/ham²¹/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/ham³⁵/ /kiam³⁵/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/kɛiŋ⁵³/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/aŋ²¹/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/ham⁵⁵/ /kiam⁵⁵/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/ham³¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɦˠɛm/▼

Rime
Character	鹹
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	咸 (151)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	胡讒切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦˠɛm/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦᵚæm/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣɐm/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦəɨm/
Li Rong	/ɣɐm/
Wang Li	/ɣɐm/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣăm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xián

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter-Sagart): /*Cə.[ɡ]ˤr[o]m/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡrɯːm/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	鹹
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xián
Middle Chinese	‹ hɛm ›
Old Chinese	/*Cə.[ɡ]ˤr[o]m/
English	salty
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鹹
Reading #	1/1
No.	13516
Phonetic component	咸
Rime group	侵
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	咸
Old Chinese	/*ɡrɯːm/
Notes	鹹轉註字

DefinitionsEdit

鹹

1. salty; briny
2. salted
3. pickled

CompoundsEdit

• 八珍鹹粥／八珍咸粥
• 半鹹水湖／半咸水湖
• 托葷鹹食／托荤咸食
• 鹹嘴淡舌／咸嘴淡舌
• 鹹水／咸水 (xiánshuǐ)
• 鹹水妹／咸水妹

• 鹹水湖／咸水湖 (xiánshuǐhú)
• 鹹水魚／咸水鱼
• 鹹海／咸海 (Xiánhǎi)
• 鹹湖／咸湖
• 鹹潟／咸潟
• 鹹肉／咸肉 (xiánròu)

• 鹹菜／咸菜 (xiáncài)
• 鹹蛋／咸蛋
• 鹹魚／咸鱼 (xiányú)
• 鹹魚翻身／咸鱼翻身 (xiányú fānshēn)
• 鹹鴨蛋／咸鸭蛋 (xiányādàn)

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JapaneseEdit

KanjiEdit

鹹

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. salty

ReadingsEdit

• On: かん (kan)
• Kun: しおからい (shiokarai), しおけ (shioke)

CompoundsEdit

• 鹹湖 (かんこ) ‎(kanko)
• 鹹水 (かんすい) ‎(kansui)
• 鹹水湖 (かんすいこ) ‎(kansuiko)
• 鹹味 (かんみ) ‎(kanmi)
• 半鹹水 (はんかんすい) ‎(hankansui)

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KoreanEdit

HanjaEdit

鹹 • ‎(ham) (hangeul 함, revised ham, McCune-Reischauer ham, Yale ham)

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VietnameseEdit

Han characterEdit

鹹 (hàm)

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