巉巖

Chinese

cliff cliff
trad. (巉巖) 巉 巖
simp. (巉岩) 巉 岩
alternative forms 巉巗/巉岩
巉岩
嶄巖/崭岩
嶄岩/崭岩
anagram 巖巉/岩巉

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 巉 巖
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Initial (聲) 崇 (20) 疑 (31)
Final (韻) 銜 (149) 銜 (149)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) II II
Fanqie 鋤銜切 五銜切
Baxter dzraem ngaem
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/d͡ʒˠam/ /ŋˠam/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɖ͡ʐᵚam/ /ŋᵚam/
Shao
Rongfen
/d͡ʒam/ /ŋam/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɖ͡ʐaɨm/ /ŋaɨm/
Li
Rong
/d͡ʒam/ /ŋam/
Wang
Li
/d͡ʒam/ /ŋam/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ɖ͡ʐʱam/ /ŋam/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
chán yán
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
caam4 ngaam4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 巖
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
yán
Middle
Chinese
‹ ngæm ›
Old
Chinese
/*[ŋ]ˁr[a]m/ (< uvular?)
English rocky, lofty

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 巉 巖
Reading # 1/2 1/1
No. 1233 3684
Phonetic
component
毚 敢
Rime
group
談 談
Rime
subdivision
1 1
Corresponding
MC rime
巉 巖
Old
Chinese
/*zraːm/ /*ŋraːm/

Noun

巉巖

  1. (literary) precipitous rock

Adjective

巉巖

  1. (literary) precipitous; steep
  2. (literary, of poetry) powerful and distinctive in style
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