咁

咁 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 口廿一 (RTM), four-corner 6407₀, composition ⿰口甘)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 184, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3477
• Dae Jaweon: page 403, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 598, character 1
• Unihan data for U+5481

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声): semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 甘 (OC *kaːm).

Uncertain. Some postulate that it is the fusion of 個物 / 个物 (go³ mat⁶) (Cheung, 2013).

咁

1. (Cantonese) so, to such an extent

   做咩你咁冇腦㗎？ [Guangzhou Cantonese, trad.]
   做咩你咁冇脑㗎？ [Guangzhou Cantonese, simp.]

   zou⁶ me¹ nei⁵ gam³ mou⁵ nou⁵ gaa³? [Jyutping]

   Why are you so stupid?

   • 1978, “佛跳牆 [fótiàoqiáng]”, in 許冠傑, 黎彼得 (lyrics), 佛跳牆 (fótiàoqiáng), performed by 許冠傑:

     佛跳牆，炆得咁鬼香，見到佛跳牆，鬼都要裝香 [Cantonese, trad.]
     佛跳墙，炆得咁鬼香，见到佛跳墙，鬼都要装香 [Cantonese, simp.]

     fat⁶ tiu³ coeng⁴, man¹ dak¹ gam³ gwai² hoeng¹, gin³ dou^3-2 fat⁶ tiu³ coeng⁴, gwai² dou¹ jiu³ zong¹ hoeng¹ [Jyutping]

     Fotiaoqiang, stewed so darn aromatically; at the sight of fotiaoqiang, even the spirits want to burn incense

   • 2004, “魔鬼在戀愛”, in 劉德華 (lyrics), Coffee or Tea, performed by 劉德華:

     又有乜咁出奇 [Literary Cantonese, trad. and simp.]

     jau⁶ jau⁵ mat¹ gam³ ceot¹ kei⁴ [Jyutping]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

• 這樣／这样 (zhèyàng), 這麼／这么 (zhème), 那麼／那么 (nàme)

咁 (Cantonese)

1. alternative form of 噉
2. alternative form of 減 / 减

咁

1. alternative form of 敢 (“question particle”)

咁

1. milk

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. so

• On (unclassified): かん (kan)、がん (gan)

咁: Hán Việt readings: hàm, cam, cám
咁: Nôm readings: cam, căm

咁

1. chữ Hán form of căm (“to bear resentment against”)

• Lê Sơn Thanh, "Nom-Viet.dat", WinVNKey (details)