纜

See also: 缆

纜 U+7E9C, 纜 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7E9C ← 纛 [U+7E9B] CJK Unified Ideographs 纝 → [U+7E9D]

Translingual

Traditional	纜
Shinjitai (extended)	䌫
Simplified	缆

Han character

纜 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+21, 27 strokes, cangjie input 女火尸田山 (VFSWU), four-corner 2891₆, composition ⿰糹覽)

1. hawser, heavy-duty rope, cable

Derived characters

• 𭍘

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 944, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28100
• Dae Jaweon: page 1384, character 26
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3472, character 4
• Unihan data for U+7E9C

Chinese

trad.		纜
simp.		缆
2nd round simp.		𰬊

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
藍	*ɡ·raːm
襤	*ɡ·raːm
籃	*ɡ·raːm
懢	*ɡ·raːm, *ɡ·raːms
儖	*ɡ·raːm
蘫	*ɡ·raːm, *qʰlaːms
攬	*ɡ·raːmʔ
欖	*ɡ·raːmʔ
覽	*ɡ·raːmʔ
爁	*ɡ·raːmʔ, *ɡ·raːms, *ɡ·rams
擥	*ɡ·raːmʔ
灠	*ɡ·raːmʔ
濫	*ɡ·raːms, *ɡraːmʔ
嚂	*ɡ·raːms, *kʰlaːms, *qʰlaːmʔ
纜	*ɡ·raːms
監	*kraːm, *kraːms
礛	*kraːm
鑑	*kraːm, *kraːms, *kraːms
艦	*ɡraːmʔ
檻	*ɡraːmʔ, *ɡraːms
壏	*ɡraːmʔ
轞	*ɡraːmʔ
鹽	*ɡ·lam, *ɡ·lams

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡ·raːms): semantic 糹 (“silk”) + phonetic 覽 (OC *ɡ·raːmʔ).

Etymology

Note similarities with 欄 (OC *ɡ·raːn, “railing, balustrade”); see there for more.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎn (lan³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): laam⁶ / laam^6-2
• Eastern Min (BUC): lāng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lám

  (Teochew, Peng'im): lam² / nam²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎn
    • Wade–Giles: lan³
    • Yale: lǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laan
    • Palladius: лань (lanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /län²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: laam⁶ / laam^6-2
    • Yale: laahm / láam
    • Cantonese Pinyin: laam⁶ / laam^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: lam⁶ / lam^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laːm²²/, /laːm²²⁻³⁵/

Note: laam6-2 - gambling.

• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: lāng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃aŋ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lám
    • Tâi-lô: lám
    • Phofsit Daibuun: larm
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lam⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lam⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lam⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lam⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lam⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: lam² / nam²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lám / nám
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lam⁵²/, /nam⁵²/

Note:

• lam2 - Chaozhou;
• nam2 - Shantou.

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• Middle Chinese: lomX, lamH

Rime
Character	纜	纜
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	覃 (159)	談 (143)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	盧感切	盧𣊟切
Baxter	lomX	lamH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lʌmX/	/lɑmH/
Pan Wuyun	/ləmX/	/lɑmH/
Shao Rongfen	/lɒmX/	/lɑmH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ləmX/	/lamH/
Li Rong	/lᴀmX/	/lɑmH/
Wang Li	/lɒmX/	/lɑmH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/lămX/	/lɑmH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lǎn	làn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	laam5	laam6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡ·raːms/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	纜
Reading #	1/1
No.	6098
Phonetic component	監
Rime group	談
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*ɡ·raːms/

Definitions

纜

1. (literary) hawser; heavy rope for mooring boats
2. cable; thick rope with many strands (Classifier: 條／条 c)
3. to moor; to tie; to fasten
4. (Cantonese) to wear something that requires wrapping

   纜片／缆片 [Cantonese]  ―  laam⁶ pin^3-2 [Jyutping]  ―  to wear a diaper

   纜頸巾／缆颈巾 [Cantonese]  ―  laam⁶ geng² gan¹ [Jyutping]  ―  to wear a scarf

   纜皮帶／缆皮带 [Cantonese]  ―  laam⁶ pei⁴ daai^3-2 [Jyutping]  ―  to wear a leather belt

   纜安全帶／缆安全带 [Cantonese]  ―  laam⁶ on¹ cyun⁴ daai^3-2 [Jyutping]  ―  to fasten a seatbelt

5. (Cantonese) betting slips for illegal bookmaking
6. (gambling, originally Cantonese) martingale (gambling strategy) (Classifier: 條／条 c)

Compounds

• DU纜 / DU缆
• 三式纜 / 三式缆
• 光纖電纜 / 光纤电缆
• 六式纜 / 六式缆
• 勝算纜 / 胜算缆
• 反樓梯纜 / 反楼梯缆
• 同軸電纜 / 同轴电缆 (tóngzhóu diànlǎn)
• 孖寶纜 / 孖宝缆
• 打纜 / 打缆
• 斬纜 / 斩缆
• 斷纜 / 断缆
• 樓梯纜 / 楼梯缆
• 殺手纜 / 杀手缆
• 波纜 / 波缆
• 海底電纜 / 海底电缆
• 直纜 / 直缆
• 空中纜車 / 空中缆车
• 級數纜 / 级数缆
• 纜線 / 缆线
• 纜繩 / 缆绳 (lǎnshéng)
• 纜車 / 缆车 (lǎnchē)
• 船纜 / 船缆
• 解纜 / 解缆
• 賭纜 / 赌缆
• 過關纜 / 过关缆
• 鋼纜 / 钢缆
• 電纜 / 电缆 (diànlǎn)
• 電纜車 / 电缆车 (diànlǎnchē)

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 纜

纜

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): らん (ran)
• Kun: ともずな (tomozuna, 纜)

References

• “^▲纜”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

Korean

Hanja

纜 • (ram>nam) (hangeul 람>남, revised ram>nam, McCune–Reischauer ram>nam, Yale lam>nam)

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