礹

礹 U+7939, 礹 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7939 ← 礸 [U+7938] CJK Unified Ideographs 示 → [U+793A]

Translingual

Han character

礹 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+20, 25 strokes, cangjie input 一口口口大 (MRRRK), four-corner 1664₈, composition ⿰石嚴)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 839, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24616
• Dae Jaweon: page 1256, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2466, character 7
• Unihan data for U+7939

Chinese

trad.		礹
simp.		𰦾
alternative forms		巖

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
撖	*kʰɯːm, *kʰreːmʔ, *ɡraːmʔ
澉	*l̥ʰaːms, *klaːmʔ
噉	*l'aːmʔ
敢	*klaːmʔ
橄	*klaːmʔ
瞰	*kʰlaːms
闞	*kʰlaːms, *qʰreːmʔ, *hŋraːms
憨	*qʰaːm, *qʰlaːms
譀	*qʰlaːms, *qʰraːms, *qʰraːb
巖	*ŋraːm
礹	*ŋraːm, *ŋamʔ
豃	*qʰraːmʔ
讝	*kjam
玁	*hŋramʔ
嚴	*ŋam
儼	*ŋamʔ
曮	*ŋamʔ
釅	*ŋams

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yán (yan²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaam⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yán
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yán
    • Wade–Giles: yen²
    • Yale: yán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yan
    • Palladius: янь (janʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ngaam⁴
    • Yale: ngàahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngaam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngam⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaːm²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: ngaem, ngjaemX

Rime
Character	礹	礹
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	銜 (149)	嚴 (145)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	III
Fanqie	五銜切	魚掩切
Baxter	ngaem	ngjaemX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋˠam/	/ŋɨɐmX/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋᵚam/	/ŋiɐmX/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋam/	/ŋiɐmX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋaɨm/	/ŋɨamX/
Li Rong	/ŋam/	/ŋiɐmX/
Wang Li	/ŋam/	/ŋĭɐmX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ŋam/	/ŋi̯ɐmX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yán	yǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ngaam4	jim5

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋraːm/, /*ŋamʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	礹	礹
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	3685	3694
Phonetic component	敢	敢
Rime group	談	談
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	巖
Old Chinese	/*ŋraːm/	/*ŋamʔ/
Notes	同巖	原誤魯掩切依王韻校正， 巾箱本魚不誤

Definitions

礹

1. a mountain made up of piled up rocks
2. Alternative form of 巖 / 岩 (yán)