巉

巉 U+5DC9, 巉
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5DC9
← 巈
[U+5DC8] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 巊 →
[U+5DCA]

Translingual

Han character

巉 (Kangxi radical 46, 山+17, 20 strokes, cangjie input 山弓口戈 (UNRI), four-corner 27716, composition ⿰山毚)

  1. steep, rugged, jagged, precipitous

References
  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 322, character 24
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8618
  • Dae Jaweon: page 622, character 36
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 806, character 15
  • Unihan data for U+5DC9

Chinese
trad. 巉
simp. # 巉

Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (毚) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
纔 *zlɯː, *zlɯːs, *sraːm
讒 *zrɯːm, *zraːms
饞 *zrɯːm
毚 *zrɯːm, *zraːm
欃 *zrɯːm, *zraːms
攙 *zrɯːm, *sʰraːm
儳 *zrɯːm, *zrɯːms, *sʰraːms
酁 *zrɯːm
瀺 *zrɯːmʔ
嚵 *sʰraːms, *zraːm, *zlamʔ
巉 *zraːm, *zraːmʔ
劖 *zraːm
艬 *zraːm, *zraːms
鑱 *zraːm, *zraːms

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 巉 巉
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 崇 (20) 崇 (20)
Final (韻) 銜 (149) 銜 (149)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) II II
Fanqie 鋤銜切 仕檻切
Baxter dzraem dzraemX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /d͡ʒˠam/ /d͡ʒˠamX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɖ͡ʐᵚam/ /ɖ͡ʐᵚamX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /d͡ʒam/ /d͡ʒamX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ɖ͡ʐaɨm/ /ɖ͡ʐaɨmX/
Li
Rong		 /d͡ʒam/ /d͡ʒamX/
Wang
Li		 /d͡ʒam/ /d͡ʒamX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ɖ͡ʐʱam/ /ɖ͡ʐʱamX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 chán zhàn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 caam4 zaam6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 巉 巉
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 1233 1239
Phonetic
component		 毚 毚
Rime
group		 談 談
Rime
subdivision		 1 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 巉 巉
Old
Chinese		 /*zraːm/ /*zraːmʔ/

Definitions

巉

  1. precipitous; steep
  2. jagged; towering; overlapping

Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji
巉

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. rugged, steep, jagged (as of a mountain range)

Readings

Etymology
Kanji in this term
巉
ざん
Hyōgaiji
kan’yōon

Ultimately from Middle Chinese 巉 (MC dzraem|dzraemX).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [d͡zã̠ɴ]

Affix

巉(ざん) • (zan) 

  1. (rare) rugged, steep, jagged (as of a mountain range)

Derived terms
  • 巉巌(ざんがん) (zangan, “jagged and steep”, said of a mountain)
    Listed as a -na adjective,[1] but only observed in use as an adverb using particle に (ni).
  • 巉岸(ざんがん) (zangan, “a jagged and steep bank or shore”)

References
  1. “巉巖”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000

Korean

Hanja

巉 (eum 참 (cham))

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