咁

咁 U+5481, 咁
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5481
← 咀
[U+5480]
CJK Unified Ideographs 咂 →
[U+5482]

Translingual

Han character

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

References

  • 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

Chinese

simp. and trad.
咁

Glyph origin

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

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

Definitions

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?
Synonyms
See also

Pronunciation

Definitions

咁 (Cantonese)

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

Pronunciation


Definitions

咁

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

Pronunciation


Definitions

咁

  1. milk

Etymology 5

For pronunciation and definitions of 咁 – see 銜 (“to hold in the mouth; to harbor; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 銜).

Japanese

Kanji

咁

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. so

Readings

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

Vietnamese

Han character

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

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
咁

Verb

咁

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

References

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