傔

傔 U+5094, 傔 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5094 ← 傓 [U+5093] CJK Unified Ideographs 傕 → [U+5095]

Translingual

Han character

傔 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+10, 12 strokes, cangjie input 人廿難金 (OTXC), four-corner 2823₇, composition ⿰亻兼)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 113, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 962
• Dae Jaweon: page 241, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 205, character 9
• Unihan data for U+5094

Chinese

simp. and trad.		傔

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 傔
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Small seal script s05913
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

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

	Old Chinese
譧	*r'eːms
賺	*r'eːms
尲	*kreːm
鹻	*kreːmʔ
歉	*kʰreːms, *kʰreːmʔ, *kʰeːmʔ, *kʰeːms
槏	*kʰreːmʔ
鰜	*ɡreːm, *keːm
稴	*ɡreːm, *ɡ·reːm, *ɡ·reːmʔ, *ɡ·reːms, *ɡeːm
豏	*ɡreːmʔ, *ɡreːms
甉	*ɡreːmʔ, *ɡraːm
廉	*ɡ·rem
鎌	*ɡ·rem
鬑	*ɡ·rem, *ɡ·reːm
鐮	*ɡ·rem
簾	*ɡ·rem
薕	*ɡ·rem, *ɡ·reːm
蠊	*ɡ·rem
嬚	*ɡ·remʔ
溓	*ɡ·remʔ, *ɡ·reːm, *ɡ·reːmʔ
嵰	*kʰremʔ
隒	*ŋɡremʔ
熑	*ɡ·reːm
濂	*ɡ·reːm
燫	*ɡ·reːm
兼	*keːm, *keːms
縑	*keːm
鶼	*keːm
蒹	*keːm
搛	*keːm
謙	*kʰeːm
膁	*kʰeːmʔ
嗛	*kʰeːmʔ
慊	*kʰeːmʔ, *kʰeːb
傔	*kʰeːms
馦	*qʰeːm
嫌	*ɡeːm
鼸	*ɡeːmʔ
尷	*kreːm

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiàn (qian⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): him³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khiàm / khiām

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciàn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien⁴
    • Yale: chyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiann
    • Palladius: цянь (cjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: him³
    • Yale: him
    • Cantonese Pinyin: him³
    • Guangdong Romanization: him³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiːm³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khiàm / khiām
    • Tâi-lô: khiàm / khiām
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qiaxm, qiam
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰiam²¹/, /kʰiam²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰiam⁴¹/, /kʰiam⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰiam²¹/, /kʰiam²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰiam¹¹/, /kʰiam³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰiam²¹/, /kʰiam³³/

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• Middle Chinese: khemH

Rime
Character	傔
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	添 (157)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	苦念切
Baxter	khemH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰemH/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰemH/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰɛmH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰɛmH/
Li Rong	/kʰemH/
Wang Li	/kʰiemH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kʰiemH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qiàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	him3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰeːms/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	傔
Reading #	1/1
No.	6076
Phonetic component	兼
Rime group	談
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	傔
Old Chinese	/*kʰeːms/

Definitions

傔

1. ^† to follow
2. ^† servant
3. ^† to suffice; to satisfy
4. ^† Alternative form of 兼 (jiān, “double; twice”)

Japanese

Kanji

傔

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: けん (ken)^{←けん (ken, historical)←けむ (kemu, ancient)}
• Kan-on: けん (ken)^{←けん (ken, historical)←けむ (kemu, ancient)}
• Kun: したがう (shitagau, 傔う)^{←したがふ (sitagafu, 傔ふ, historical)}、はべる (haberu, 傔る)、つかえる (tsukaeru, 傔える)^{←つかへる (tukaferu, 傔へる, historical)}

Korean

Hanja

傔 • (gyeom) (hangeul 겸, revised gyeom, McCune–Reischauer kyŏm)

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