噆

噆	U+5646, 噆 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5646

← 噅
[U+5645]

CJK Unified Ideographs

噇 →
[U+5647]

Translingual

Han character

噆 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 口一山日 (RMUA), four-corner 6106₁, composition ⿰口朁)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 208, character 16
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4296
Dae Jaweon: page 431, character 11
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 682, character 15
Unihan data for U+5646

Chinese

trad.		噆
simp. ^#		噆

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 噆
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
簪	ʔsɯːm, ʔsrɯm
撍	ʔsluːm, ʔsluːmʔ, ʔsluːms, ʔsrum
鐕	*ʔsluːm
憯	sʰluːmʔ, sʰlɯːmʔ
噆	sʰluːmʔ, ʔsluːb
朁	sʰlɯːmʔ, zlam
蠶	*zluːm
蚕	zluːm, hl'iːnʔ
糣	*sluːmʔ
熸	*ʔslom
鬵	zlam, zɯm, *ljɯm
灊	zlam, zɯm, *ljɯm
潛	zlom, zloms
僭	*ʔslɯːms
兓	*sl'ɯm
嶜	*zlum
兂	*ʔsrɯm
譖	*ʔsrums

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mV-tsjup (“to suck”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zǎn (zan³)

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zaap³ / cam² / zam² / zaam¹ / caam²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zǎn
  - Wade–Giles: tsan³
  - Yale: dzǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzaan
  - Palladius: цзань (czanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sän²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: zaap³ / cam² / zam² / zaam¹ / caam²
  - Yale: jaap / chám / jám / jāam / cháam
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzaap⁸ / tsam² / dzam² / dzaam¹ / tsaam²
  - Guangdong Romanization: zab³ / cem² / zem² / zam¹ / cam²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saːp̚³/, /t͡sʰɐm³⁵/, /t͡sɐm³⁵/, /t͡saːm⁵⁵/, /t͡sʰaːm³⁵/

Middle Chinese: tshomX, tsop

Rime
Character	噆	噆
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	清 (14)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	覃 (159)	合 (160)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	七感切	子荅切
Baxter	tshomX	tsop
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰʌm^X/	/t͡sʌp̚/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰəm^X/	/t͡səp̚/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰɒm^X/	/t͡sɒp̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰəm^X/	/t͡səp̚/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰᴀm^X/	/t͡sᴀp̚/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰɒm^X/	/t͡sɒp̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡sʰăm^X/	/t͡săp̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cǎn	za
Expected Cantonese Reflex	caam²	zaap³

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*tsˤ[ə]p/

(Zhengzhang): /*sʰluːmʔ/, /*ʔsluːb/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	噆
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zǎn
Middle Chinese	‹ tsop ›
Old Chinese	/*tsˁ[ə]p/
English	sting and suck (mosquito)
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	噆	噆
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	6700	6723
Phonetic component	兓	兓
Rime group	侵	緝
Rime subdivision	3	3
Corresponding MC rime	慘
Old Chinese	/*sʰluːmʔ/	/*ʔsluːb/

Definitions

噆

(of insects) to bite, to sting
to carry (food) in the mouth like birds

Compounds

唵噆
噂噆

Japanese

Kanji

噆

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): そう (sō)、さん (san)
Kun: ふくむ (fukumu)、かむ (kamu)

Korean

Hanja

噆 (eum 참 (cham))

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