嶔

See also: 崟 and 嵚

嶔 U+5D94, 嶔 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5D94 ← 嶓 [U+5D93] CJK Unified Ideographs 嶕 → [U+5D95]

Translingual

Han character

嶔 (Kangxi radical 46, 山+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 山金弓人 (UCNO), four-corner 2218₂, composition ⿱山欽)

1. lofty, towering

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 319, character 32
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8464
• Dae Jaweon: page 619, character 38
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 798, character 12
• Unihan data for U+5D94

Chinese

trad.		嶔
simp.		嵚

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
淦	*kɯːm, *kɯːms
顉	*ŋɯːmʔ, *ŋ̊ʰrɯm, *ŋ̊ʰɯmʔ
金	*krɯm
錦	*krɯmʔ
欽	*kʰrɯm
菳	*kʰrɯm
嶔	*kʰrɯm
撳	*kʰrɯms
捦	*ɡrɯm
鵭	*ɡrɯm
唫	*ɡrɯmʔ, *ŋɡrɯm
鈙	*ɡrɯms
崟	*ŋɡrɯm
趛	*ŋɡrɯmʔ

Etymology

Related to 磡 (OC *kʰuːms, “embankment”) (Schuessler, 2007); see there for more.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qīn (qin¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jam¹
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): king¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cin
    • Wade–Giles: chʻin¹
    • Yale: chīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chin
    • Palladius: цинь (cinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jam¹
    • Yale: yām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐm⁵⁵/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: king¹
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: king
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiŋ⁵³³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: king¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiŋ⁵⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: khim

Rime
Character	嶔
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	侵 (140)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	去金切
Baxter	khim
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰˠiɪm/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰᵚim/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰiem/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰjim/
Li Rong	/kʰjəm/
Wang Li	/kʰĭĕm/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kʰi̯əm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qīn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ham1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰrɯm/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嶔
Reading #	1/1
No.	6684
Phonetic component	金
Rime group	侵
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	欽
Old Chinese	/*kʰrɯm/
Notes	見公羊傳

Definitions

嶔

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Compounds

• 嶇嶔 / 岖嵚
• 嶔岑 / 嵚岑
• 嶔崟 / 嵚崟 (qīnyín)
• 嶔崎 / 嵚崎 (qīnqí)
• 嶔崎歷落 / 嵚崎历落
• 嶔崎磊落 / 嵚崎磊落
• 嶔然 / 嵚然
• 欹嶔歷落 / 欹嵚历落

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B00890
• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “嵚”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 189.

Japanese

Kanji

嶔

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): きん (kin)、こん (kon)、けん (ken)、かん (kan)
• Kun: けわしいさま (kewashīsama)

Korean

Hanja

嶔 (eum 금 (geum))

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