See also:
U+9F95, 龕
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9F95

[U+9F94]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+9F96]

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 212, +6, 22 strokes, cangjie input 人口卜月心 (ORYBP), four-corner 80211, composition )

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1537, character 16
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48839
  • Dae Jaweon: page 2078, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4805, character 16
  • Unihan data for U+9F95

Chinese

trad.
simp.
alternative forms 𪚕

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

Shuowen: Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *kʰuːm) : phonetic (OC *kuːb, *ɡuːb) + semantic .

Duan Yucai consider it a corrupted form of 𪚕: Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *kʰuːm) : phonetic (OC *krɯm) + semantic .

Pronunciation


Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (29)
Final () (159)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
Baxter khom
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kʰʌm/
Pan
Wuyun
/kʰəm/
Shao
Rongfen
/kʰɒm/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kʰəm/
Li
Rong
/kʰᴀm/
Wang
Li
/kʰɒm/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kʰăm/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
kān
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ham1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 4940
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
3
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kʰuːm/

Definitions

  1. shrine; niche
  2. Alternative form of (to overcome; to suppress)

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

Compounds

Etymology

Kanji in this term
がん
Hyōgaiji
kan’yōon

From Middle Chinese (MC khom), later corrupted with voicing.

Pronunciation

Noun

(がん) • (gan) 

  1. alcove for an image

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

• (gam) (hangeul , revised gam, McCuneReischauer kam, Yale kam)

  1. niche, shrine
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