苷

苷	U+82F7, 苷 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-82F7

← 苶
[U+82F6]

CJK Unified Ideographs

苸 →
[U+82F8]

Translingual

Han character

苷 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 廿廿一 (TTM), four-corner 4477, composition ⿱艹甘)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1025, character 7
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30820
Dae Jaweon: page 1484, character 14
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3186, character 1
Unihan data for U+82F7

Chinese

trad.		苷
simp. ^#		苷

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
紺	*kɯːms
姏	*mɡaːm
嵌	sɡaːmʔ, kʰraːm
甘	*kaːm
柑	*kaːm
苷	*kaːm
泔	*kaːm
坩	kaːm, kʰaːm
蚶	ɢaːm, ɢaːm
酣	*ɢaːm
甝	*ɢaːm
魽	*ɢaːm
邯	ɡaːm, ɡaːm
鉗	*ɡram
箝	*ɡram
黚	ɡram, ɡrɯm
拑	*ɡram

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kaːm): semantic 艹 + phonetic 甘 (OC *kaːm).

Etymology

“glycoside”: From 甘 (gān, “sweet”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gān (gan¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄢ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gam¹

(Taishan, Wiktionary): gam¹
Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): gan¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gān
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gan
  - Wade–Giles: kan¹
  - Yale: gān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gan
  - Palladius: гань (ganʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kän⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: gam¹
  - Yale: gām
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gam¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: gem¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐm⁵⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: gam¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kam³³/
Southern Min
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: gan¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kaⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kã³³/

Middle Chinese: kam

Rime
Character	苷
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	談 (143)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	古三切
Baxter	kam
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɑm/
Pan Wuyun	/kɑm/
Shao Rongfen	/kɑm/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kam/
Li Rong	/kɑm/
Wang Li	/kɑm/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kɑm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gam¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*kaːm/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	苷
Reading #	1/1
No.	3654
Phonetic component	甘
Rime group	談
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	甘
Old Chinese	/*kaːm/

Definitions

苷

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) licorice
(organic chemistry) glycoside

Synonyms

(glycoside): 醣苷／糖苷, 配糖體／配糖体 (pèitángtǐ), 配糖物 (pèitángwù), 甙 (dài) (dated)

Compounds

核苷 (hégān)
核苷酸 (hégānsuān)
醣苷 / 糖苷 (tánggān)

References

(Cantonese) 粵音資料集叢

Japanese

Kanji

苷

(Hyōgai kanji)

licorice

Readings

Go-on: かん (kan)
Kan-on: かん (kan)