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U+9E79, 鹹
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9E79

[U+9E78]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+9E7A]

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 197, +9, 20 strokes, cangjie input 卜田戈竹口 (YWIHR), four-corner 23650, composition )

  • – simplified to an existing character.

See also

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1507, character 20
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 47553
  • Dae Jaweon: page 2035, character 22
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4610, character 19
  • Unihan data for U+9E79
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Chinese

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Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡrɯːm): semantic (salt) + phonetic (OC *ɡrɯːm).

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *hjam (salty) or *g-rjum (salt); compare Chepang ल्‍हाम्‌सा (hlam‑, salty (not excessively)), Jingpho jum (salt) (STEDT).

Pronunciation


Note:
  • gèng - vernacular;
  • hàng - literary.

  • Dialectal data
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Definitions

  1. salty; briny
       xiáncài   salted vegetables
       Tāng tài xián le.   The soup is too salty.
  2. (Southern Min) stingy; miserly
  3. (Southern Min) rice topping; viand
    [Teochew]   bhoi2 giam5 [Peng'im]   to buy groceries
  4. (Teochew, of clothes) dirty; unwashed
  5. (Cantonese, Hailufeng Min) erotic; pornographic; obscene
    [Cantonese]   haam4 pin3-2 [Jyutping]   pornographic video
  6. (Yangjiang Yue) salt

Synonyms

Compounds

Descendants

  • Proto-Southwestern Tai: *ɡemᴬ
  • Zhuang: hamz

See also

Basic tastes in Chinese · 味道 (layout · text)
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(tián) (suān)  / (xián) () 鮮味 / 鲜味 (xiānwèi)

References

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Japanese

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. salty

Readings

  • Kan-on: かん (kan)
  • Kun: しおからい (shiokarai, 鹹い)しょっぱい (shoppai, 鹹い)しおけ (shioke)

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

(eumhun (jjal ham))

  1. hanja form? of (salty)

(eumhun (da ham))

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Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: hàm

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