蜬

蜬	U+872C, 蜬 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-872C

← 蜫
[U+872B]

CJK Unified Ideographs

蜭 →
[U+872D]

Translingual

Han character

蜬 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 中戈山弓水 (LIUNE), four-corner 5717₂, composition ⿰虫函)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1087, character 7
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33173
Dae Jaweon: page 1554, character 5
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2867, character 1
Unihan data for U+872C

Chinese

simp. and trad.		蜬

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
蜬	kuːm, ɡuːm
函	ɡuːm, ɡruːm
涵	ɡuːm, ɡuːmʔ
顄	ɡuːm, ɡuːmʔ
圅	*ɡuːm
菡	*ɡuːmʔ

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gān (gan¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ham⁴

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: ham⁴
  - Yale: hàhm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ham⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: hem⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐm²¹/

Middle Chinese: hom, kom

Rime
Character	蜬	蜬
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	覃 (159)	覃 (159)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	胡男切	古南切
Baxter	hom	kom
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦʌm/	/kʌm/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦəm/	/kəm/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣɒm/	/kɒm/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦəm/	/kəm/
Li Rong	/ɣᴀm/	/kᴀm/
Wang Li	/ɣɒm/	/kɒm/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɣăm/	/kăm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hán	gān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ham⁴	gam¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*kuːm/, /*ɡuːm/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蜬	蜬
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	4860	4864
Phonetic component	函	函
Rime group	侵	侵
Rime subdivision	3	3
Corresponding MC rime	弇	含
Old Chinese	/*kuːm/	/*ɡuːm/
Notes	見爾雅

Definitions

蜬

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) small aquatic snail