憨

憨 U+61A8, 憨
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-61A8
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[U+61A7] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 憩 →
[U+61A9]

Translingual

Han character

憨 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+12, 16 strokes, cangjie input 一大心 (MKP) or 弓大心 (NKP) or 難一大心 (XMKP) or 難弓大心 (XNKP), four-corner 18334, composition ⿱敢心)

Derived characters
  • 𠐣, 𥷌, 𤼉

References
  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 403, character 24
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11244
  • Dae Jaweon: page 743, character 26
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2343, character 14
  • Unihan data for U+61A8

Chinese
trad. 憨
simp. # 憨

Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (敢) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
撖 *kʰɯːm, *kʰreːmʔ, *ɡraːmʔ
澉 *l̥ʰaːms, *klaːmʔ
噉 *l'aːmʔ
敢 *klaːmʔ
橄 *klaːmʔ
瞰 *kʰlaːms
闞 *kʰlaːms, *qʰreːmʔ, *hŋraːms
憨 *qʰaːm, *qʰlaːms
譀 *qʰlaːms, *qʰraːms, *qʰraːb
巖 *ŋraːm
礹 *ŋraːm, *ŋamʔ
豃 *qʰraːmʔ
讝 *kjam
玁 *hŋramʔ
嚴 *ŋam
儼 *ŋamʔ
曮 *ŋamʔ
釅 *ŋams

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 憨 憨
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 曉 (32) 匣 (33)
Final (韻) 談 (143) 談 (143)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) I I
Fanqie 呼談切 下瞰切
Baxter xam hamH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /hɑm/ /ɦɑmH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /hɑm/ /ɦɑmH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /xɑm/ /ɣɑmH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ham/ /ɦamH/
Li
Rong		 /xɑm/ /ɣɑmH/
Wang
Li		 /xɑm/ /ɣɑmH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /xɑm/ /ɣɑmH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 hān hàn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 ham1 ham6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 憨 憨
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 3679 3680
Phonetic
component		 敢 敢
Rime
group		 談 談
Rime
subdivision		 1 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 蚶 憨
Old
Chinese		 /*qʰaːm/ /*qʰlaːms/

Definitions

憨

  1. foolish; stupid; silly
  2. ⁜ simple; naive; innocent
    憨厚  ―  hānhòu  ―  simple and honest; straightforward
  3. † coarse
  4. a surname

Compounds
  • 半憨子
  • 太憨生
  • 嬌憨／娇憨 (jiāohān)
  • 憨厚 (hānhòu)
  • 憨子 (hānzi)
  • 憨寢／憨寝
  • 憨態／憨态
  • 憨憨
  • 憨狀可掬／憨状可掬
  • 憨皮
  • 憨直 (hānzhí)
  • 憨笑
  • 憨錢／憨钱
  • 憨頑／憨顽
  • 淘氣憨頑／淘气憨顽
  • 獃憨獃
  • 老憨
  • 裝憨／装憨
  • 裝憨打呆／装憨打呆

Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 憨 – see 戇 (“(Min Nan) stupid”).
(This character is a variant form of 戇).

Japanese

Kanji
憨

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. foolish
  2. silly
  3. coquettish

Readings
  • On (unclassified): かん (kan); がん (gan)
  • Kun: おろか (oroka)

Korean

Hanja

憨 (eum 감 (gam))

  1. stupid
  2. silly

Vietnamese

Han character

憨: Hán Nôm readings: hám

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