欖

See also: 榄

欖 U+6B16, 欖 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6B16 ← 欕 [U+6B15] CJK Unified Ideographs 欗 → [U+6B17]

Translingual

Han character

欖 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+21, 25 strokes, cangjie input 木尸田山 (DSWU), four-corner 4891₆, composition ⿰木覽)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 564, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15964
• Dae Jaweon: page 953, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1326, character 5
• Unihan data for U+6B16

Chinese

trad.		欖
simp.		榄

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·raːmʔ) : semantic 木 (“tree”) + phonetic 覽 (OC *ɡ·raːmʔ).

Etymology

See 橄欖 / 橄榄 (gǎnlǎn).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎn (lan³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): laam² / laam⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lám
• Jin (Wiktionary): lan²
• Eastern Min (BUC): lāng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): ná / lám

  (Teochew, Peng'im): na² / lam²

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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)
    • Jyutping: laam² / laam⁵
    • Yale: láam / láahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: laam² / laam⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: lam² / lam⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laːm³⁵/, /laːm¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lám
    • Hakka Romanization System: lam^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lam³
    • Sinological IPA: /lam³¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: lan²
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /læ̃⁵³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: lāng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃aŋ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ná / lám
    • Tâi-lô: ná / lám
    • Phofsit Daibuun: nar, larm
    • IPA (Xiamen): /nã⁵³/, /lam⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /nã⁵⁵⁴/, /lam⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /nã⁵³/, /lam⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /nã⁵³/, /lam⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /nã⁴¹/, /lam⁴¹/

Note:

• ná - vernacular;
• lám - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: na² / lam²
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ná / lám
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /na⁵²/, /lam⁵²/

Note:

• na2 - vernacular;
• lam2 - literary.

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• Middle Chinese: lamX

Rime
Character	欖
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	談 (143)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	盧敢切
Baxter	lamX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɑmX/
Pan Wuyun	/lɑmX/
Shao Rongfen	/lɑmX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lamX/
Li Rong	/lɑmX/
Wang Li	/lɑmX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/lɑmX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	laam5

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡ·raːmʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	欖
Reading #	1/1
No.	6089
Phonetic component	監
Rime group	談
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	覽
Old Chinese	/*ɡ·raːmʔ/

Definitions

欖

1. (in compounds or dialectal) olive

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 橄欖 (“olive”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		橄欖
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	橄欖
	Harbin	橄欖
	Singapore	橄欖
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	青果
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	青果, 橄欖
	Xi'an	青果
	Xuzhou	青果, 橄欖
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	橄欖
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	青果
	Wuhan	青果
	Guiyang	橄欖
	Guilin	橄欖
	Liuzhou	橄欖
	Dagudi (Maliba)	橄欖, 橄欖果
	Reshuitang (Longling)	橄欖果
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	橄欖果
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	橄欖
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	青果, 橄欖
	Yangzhou	橄欖
	Chuzhou	青果
Cantonese	Guangzhou	欖
	Hong Kong	橄欖
Gan	Nanchang	青果
	Lichuan	橄欖
	Pingxiang	青果
Hakka	Meixian	欖仔, 橄欖
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	橄欖
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	橄欖, 欖仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	橄欖
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	橄欖
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	橄欖
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	橄欖
Huizhou	Jixi	青果
Jin	Taiyuan	橄欖
	Xinzhou	橄欖
Northern Min	Jian'ou	橄欖
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	青果, 橄欖
Southern Min	Xiamen	橄欖
	Quanzhou	橄欖
	Zhangzhou	橄欖
	Taipei	草橄欖
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	草橄欖
	Kaohsiung	草橄欖
	Yilan	草橄欖
	Changhua (Lukang)	橄欖
	Taichung	橄欖
	Tainan	草橄欖
	Hsinchu	橄欖
	Kinmen	橄欖
	Penghu (Magong)	橄欖
	Singapore (Hokkien)	橄欖
	Shantou	橄欖
	Haikou	青果, 欖
Puxian Min	Putian	橄欖
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	橄欖
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	橄欖
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	橄欖
	Xianyou	橄欖
	Xianyou (Fengting)	橄欖
	Xianyou (Youyang)	橄欖
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	欖果
Wu	Shanghai	橄欖
	Shanghai (Chongming)	橄欖
	Suzhou	橄欖
	Danyang	橄欖
	Hangzhou	青果, 橄欖
	Ningbo	青果, 橄欖
	Wenzhou	橄欖
	Jinhua	青果
Xiang	Changsha	青果, 橄欖

Compounds

• 喉欖 / 喉榄
• 大海欖 / 大海榄
• 巴欖 / 巴榄
• 數白欖 / 数白榄
• 杷欖 / 杷榄
• 柯欖 / 柯榄
• 橄欖 / 橄榄 (gǎnlǎn)
• 橄欖僊 / 橄榄仙
• 橄欖子 / 橄榄子
• 橄欖枝 / 橄榄枝 (gǎnlǎnzhī)
• 橄欖油 / 橄榄油 (gǎnlǎnyóu)
• 橄欖球 / 橄榄球 (gǎnlǎnqiú)
• 橄欖石 / 橄榄石 (gǎnlǎnshí)
• 橄欖糖 / 橄榄糖
• 橄欖香 / 橄榄香
• 欖仁 / 榄仁
• 欖仁樹 / 榄仁树
• 欖球 / 榄球
• 欖糖 / 榄糖
• 欖角 / 榄角 (lǎnjiǎo)
• 欖豉 / 榄豉
• 欖醬 / 榄酱
• 欖香 / 榄香
• 沙欖 / 沙榄
• 油橄欖 / 油橄榄 (yóugǎnlǎn)
• 洋橄欖 / 洋橄榄
• 烏欖 / 乌榄 (wūlǎn)
• 白欖 / 白榄
• 黑橄欖 / 黑橄榄 (hēigǎnlǎn)

 

Japanese

Kanji

欖

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: らん (ran)
• Kan-on: らん (ran)

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

欖: Hán Nôm readings: lãm

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