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U+9E79, 鹹
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9E79

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

Translingual

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Han character

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

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  • – simplified to an existing character.

See also

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References

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  • 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

Chinese

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trad.
simp. *
alternative forms

Glyph origin

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Note:
  • gèng - vernacular;
  • hàng - literary.
Note:
  • kiâm - vernacular;
  • hâm - literary.
Note:
  • 3hhe - vernacular;
  • 3hhi - literary.

  • Dialectal data
Variety Location
Mandarin Beijing /ɕian³⁵/
Harbin /ɕian²⁴/
Tianjin /ɕian⁴⁵/
Jinan /ɕiã⁴²/
Qingdao /ɕiã⁴²/
Zhengzhou /ɕian⁴²/
Xi'an /ɕiã²⁴/ ~陽
/xã²⁴/ ~菜
Xining /ɕiã²⁴/
Yinchuan /ɕian⁵³/
Lanzhou /ɕiɛ̃n⁵³/
/xɛ̃n⁵³/
Ürümqi /ɕian⁵¹/
/xan⁵¹/
Wuhan /ɕiɛn²¹³/
Chengdu /xan³¹/
Guiyang /ɕian²¹/
Kunming /ɕiɛ̃³¹/
Nanjing /ɕien²⁴/
Hefei /ɕiĩ⁵⁵/
Jin Taiyuan /ɕie¹¹/
Pingyao /ɕiɑŋ¹³/ ~阳
/xɑŋ¹³/ ~菜
Hohhot /ɕie³¹/
Wu Shanghai /ɦe²³/
Suzhou /ɦiɪ¹³/
Hangzhou /ɦiẽ̞²¹³/
Wenzhou /ɦa³¹/
Hui Shexian /ɕie⁴⁴/
/xɛ⁴⁴/ ~鹽
Tunxi /xɔ⁴⁴/
Xiang Changsha /xan¹³/ ~魚
Xiangtan /ɦan¹²/
Gan Nanchang /han²⁴/
Hakka Meixian /ham¹¹/
Taoyuan /hɑm¹¹/
Cantonese Guangzhou /ham²¹/
Nanning /ham²¹/
Hong Kong /ham²¹/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /ham³⁵/
/kiam³⁵/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /kɛiŋ⁵³/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /aŋ²¹/
Shantou (Teochew) /ham⁵⁵/
/kiam⁵⁵/
Haikou (Hainanese) /ham³¹/

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (33)
Final () (151)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () II
Fanqie
Baxter heam
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦˠɛm/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦᵚæm/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣɐm/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦəɨm/
Li
Rong
/ɣɐm/
Wang
Li
/ɣɐm/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ɣăm/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
xián
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
haam4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
xián
Middle
Chinese
‹ hɛm ›
Old
Chinese
/*Cə.[ɡ]ˁr[o]m/
English salty

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 13516
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɡrɯːm/
Notes

Definitions

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  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

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Compounds

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Descendants

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

See also

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

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Japanese

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Kanji

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(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. salty

Readings

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  • 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

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Korean

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Hanja

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(eumhun (jjal ham))

  1. hanja form? of (salty)

(eumhun (da ham))

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Vietnamese

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Han character

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: Hán Nôm readings: hàm

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