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岑
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See also: 岺
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Translingual
Han character
岑 (Kangxi radical 46, 山+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 山人戈弓 (UOIN), four-corner 22207, composition ⿱山今)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 308, character 27
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7937
- Dae Jaweon: page 608, character 6
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 763, character 23
- Unihan data for U+5C91
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Chinese
Glyph origin
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhèm
- Eastern Min (BUC): kièng
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 6zen
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: cén
- Zhuyin: ㄘㄣˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: cén
- Wade–Giles: tsʻên2
- Yale: tsén
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsern
- Palladius: цэнь (cɛnʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰən³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: sam4
- Yale: sàhm
- Cantonese Pinyin: sam4
- Guangdong Romanization: sem4
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɐm²¹/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: sem3
- Sinological IPA (key): /sem²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhèm
- Hakka Romanization System: cemˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: cem2
- Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰem¹¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: kièng
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰieŋ⁵³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gîm
- Tâi-lô: gîm
- Phofsit Daibuun: giim
- IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /ɡim²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡim²³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡim¹³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khîm
- Tâi-lô: khîm
- Phofsit Daibuun: qiim
- IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰim²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chîm
- Tâi-lô: tsîm
- Phofsit Daibuun: ciim
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sim¹³/
- IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /t͡sim²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhîm
- Tâi-lô: tshîm
- Phofsit Daibuun: chiim
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰim¹³/
- IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /t͡sʰim²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
Note:
- gîm/khîm - vernacular;
- chîm/chhîm - literary.
- Dialectal data
- Middle Chinese: dzrim
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*sɡrɯm/
Definitions
岑
- (literary) small but tall hill
- (obsolete) high
- 不揣其本而齊其末，方寸之木可使高於岑樓。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
- From: Mencius, c. 4th century BCE
- Bù chuǎi qí běn ér qí qí mò, fāng cùn zhī mù kě shǐ gāo yú cénlóu. [Pinyin]
- If you do not adjust them at their lower extremities, but only put their tops on a level, a piece of wood an inch square may be made to be higher than the pointed peak of a high building.
不揣其本而齐其末，方寸之木可使高于岑楼。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]
- a surname
Compounds
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Japanese
Kanji
岑
- peak, mountaintop
- used in names
Readings
Korean
Hanja
岑 • (jam, eum) (hangeul 잠, 음, revised jam, eum, McCune–Reischauer cham, ŭm)
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Vietnamese
Han character
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