黚

黚 U+9EDA, 黚 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9EDA ← 黙 [U+9ED9] CJK Unified Ideographs 黛 → [U+9EDB]

Translingual

Han character

黚 (Kangxi radical 203, 黑+5, 17 strokes, cangjie input 田火廿一 (WFTM), four-corner 6437₀, composition ⿰黑甘)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1519, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48074
• Dae Jaweon: page 2053, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4745, character 10
• Unihan data for U+9EDA

Chinese

trad.		黚
simp. #		黚

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 黚
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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 *ɡram, *ɡrɯm): semantic 黑 (“black”) + phonetic 甘 (OC *kaːm) – to assess; to examine.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qián (qian²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kim⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qián
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cián
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien²
    • Yale: chyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyan
    • Palladius: цянь (cjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: kim⁴
    • Yale: kìhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kim⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: kim⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiːm²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: gim, gjem

Rime
Character	黚	黚
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	群 (30)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	侵 (140)	鹽 (154)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	巨金切	巨淹切
Baxter	gim	gjem
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡˠiɪm/	/ɡˠiᴇm/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡᵚim/	/ɡᵚiɛm/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiem/	/ɡiæm/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/gjim/	/gjiam/
Li Rong	/ɡjəm/	/ɡjɛm/
Wang Li	/ɡĭĕm/	/ɡĭɛm/
Bernhard Karlgren	/gi̯əm/	/gi̯ɛm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qín	qián
Expected Cantonese Reflex	kam4	kim4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡram/, /*ɡrɯm/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	黚	黚
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	3667	3670
Phonetic component	甘	甘
Rime group	談	侵
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	箝	琴
Old Chinese	/*ɡram/	/*ɡrɯm/

Definitions

黚

1. yellowish black color
2. (～水) an ancient river
3. Used in 黚陽／黚阳. alternative name of 黔陽／黔阳 (former county in Hunan)

Korean

Hanja

黚 • (gyeom) (hangeul 겸, revised gyeom, McCune–Reischauer kyŏm, Yale kyem)

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