岬

岬 U+5CAC, 岬 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5CAC ← 岫 [U+5CAB] CJK Unified Ideographs 岭 → [U+5CAD]

Translingual

Han character

岬 (Kangxi radical 46, 山+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 山田中 (UWL), four-corner 2675₀, composition ⿰山甲)

1. cape
2. promontory, headland

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 309, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7992
• Dae Jaweon: page 609, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 766, character 13
• Unihan data for U+5CAC

Chinese

trad.		岬
simp. #		岬
alternative forms		𥑐

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (甲) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
笚	*ʔl'aːb, *ɡraːb
閘	*klaːb, *sɡreːb, *qraːb
鉀	*klaːb, *kraːb
甲	*kraːb
胛	*kraːb
岬	*kraːb
押	*kraːb, *qraːb
玾	*kraːb
呷	*qʰraːb
匣	*ɡraːb
狎	*ɡraːb
柙	*ɡraːb
翈	*ɡraːb
炠	*ɡraːb
鴨	*qraːb
庘	*qraːb

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kraːb): semantic 山 (“mountain”) + phonetic 甲 (OC *kraːb).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǎ (jia³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaap³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎ
    • Wade–Giles: chia³
    • Yale: jyǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jea
    • Palladius: цзя (czja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ä²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gaap³
    • Yale: gaap
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaap⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: gab³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːp̚³/

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kraːb/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	岬
Reading #	1/1
No.	5933
Phonetic component	甲
Rime group	盍
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	甲
Old Chinese	/*kraːb/
Notes	廣韻作石旁集韻或作岬

Definitions

岬

1. side of a mountain
2. (geography) cape

   Synonyms: 角, 海角 (hǎijiǎo)

Compounds

• 岬角
• 海岬 (hǎijiǎ)