U+78E1, 磡
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-78E1

[U+78E0]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+78E2]

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 112, +11, 16 strokes, cangjie input 一口廿女尸 (MRTVS), four-corner 14627, composition )

  1. cliff, ledge, bank
  2. step

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 835, character 25
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24436
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2451, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+78E1

Chinese

trad.
simp. #
alternative forms

Glyph origin

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-ka(ː)m (lip; mouth; edge; bank) (STEDT, Schuessler, 2007), whence Burmese ကမ်း (kam:, bank of a river), Mizo khâm (precipice). Cognate with (kǎn, “bank; ridge”), (OC *kʰrɯm, “precipitous”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (29)
Final () (159)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
Baxter khomH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kʰʌmH/
Pan
Wuyun
/kʰəmH/
Shao
Rongfen
/kʰɒmH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kʰəmH/
Li
Rong
/kʰᴀmH/
Wang
Li
/kʰɒmH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kʰămH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
kàn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ham3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 11276
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
3
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kʰuːms/
Notes

Definitions

(chiefly in toponyms)

  1. below a rocky cliff
  2. precipitous mountain
  3. embankment

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): かん (kan); こん (kon)
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