See also:
U+67D1, 柑
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-67D1

[U+67D0]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+67D2]

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 75, +5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 木廿一 (DTM), four-corner 44970, composition )

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 519, character 2
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14619
  • Dae Jaweon: page 907, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1177, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+67D1

Chinese

simp. and trad.
alternative forms

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *kaːm) : semantic (wood; tree) + phonetic (OC *kaːm).

Etymology 1

Either the same etymon as (OC *kaːm, “sweet”) (Wang, 1982), or, in light of the citrus fruit's southern origin, possibly connected with Austroasiatic; compare Proto-Mon-Khmer *lŋaam (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation


Note:
  • kam - literary;
  • kaⁿ - vernacular.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (28)
Final () (143)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
Baxter kam
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kɑm/
Pan
Wuyun
/kɑm/
Shao
Rongfen
/kɑm/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kam/
Li
Rong
/kɑm/
Wang
Li
/kɑm/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kɑm/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
gān
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gam1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 3653
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kaːm/
Notes

Definitions

  1. mandarin orange
  2. tangerine
Compounds

Descendants

Sino-Xenic ():
  • Japanese: (かん) (kan)
  • Vietnamese: cam ()

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“to grab; to pinch; to cling; to grip tightly”).
(This character is an obsolete form of ).

Japanese

Kanji

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

Readings

Etymology

Kanji in this term
かん
Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese (MC kam).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kã̠ɴ]

Affix

(かん) • (kan) 

  1. citrus fruit

Derived terms

Korean

Hanja

• (gam, geom) (hangeul , , revised gam, geom, McCuneReischauer kam, kŏm, Yale kam, kem)

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Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: cam, cùm

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