黔

黔 U+9ED4, 黔
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9ED4
← 黓
[U+9ED3]
CJK Unified Ideographs 黕 →
[U+9ED5]

Translingual

Han character

黔 (Kangxi radical 203, 黑+4, 16 strokes, cangjie input 田火人戈弓 (WFOIN), four-corner 68327, composition ⿰黑今)

Derived characters

  • 𭌘

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1519, character 4
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48056
  • Dae Jaweon: page 2052, character 17
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4744, character 19
  • Unihan data for U+9ED4

Chinese

trad. 黔
simp. # 黔

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 黔
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *ɡram, *ɡrɯm) : semantic 黑 (“black”) + phonetic 今 (OC *krɯm)

Etymology

Perhaps an areal word related to Longzhou Zhuang kʰam¹ ("cloudy; dark"), Proto-Katuic *koom (“black”) (Schuessler, 2007). See also 黮 and 紺.

Pronunciation


Note:
  • khiâm - literary;
  • khâm - vernacular.
    Note:
    • kim5/ngim5 - literary (ngim5 - alternative pronunciation);
    • kam5 - vernacular.

    Rime
    Character 黔 黔
    Reading # 1/2 2/2
    Initial (聲) 群 (30) 群 (30)
    Final (韻) 侵 (140) 鹽 (154)
    Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open Open
    Division (等) III III
    Fanqie 巨金切 巨淹切
    Baxter gim gjem
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang
    /ɡˠiɪm/ /ɡˠiᴇm/
    Pan
    Wuyun
    /ɡᵚim/ /ɡᵚiɛm/
    Shao
    Rongfen
    /ɡiem/ /ɡiæm/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank
    /gjim/ /gjiam/
    Li
    Rong
    /ɡjəm/ /ɡjɛm/
    Wang
    Li
    /ɡĭĕm/ /ɡĭɛm/
    Bernard
    Karlgren
    /gi̯əm/ /gi̯ɛm/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex
    qín qián
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex
    kam4 kim4
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 黔
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)
    qián
    Middle
    Chinese
    ‹ gjem ›
    Old
    Chinese
    /*[ɡ](r)[o]m/
    English black

    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 黔 黔
    Reading # 1/2 2/2
    No. 6580 6606
    Phonetic
    component
    今 今
    Rime
    group
    談 侵
    Rime
    subdivision
    1 1
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    箝 琴
    Old
    Chinese
    /*ɡram/ /*ɡrɯm/

    Definitions

    黔

    1. (literary) black
    2. (obsolete) to blacken by tanning or exposure to smoke
    3. (~州) Name of a prefecture in ancient China now located in Chongqing and Guizhou.
    4. Short for 貴州/贵州 (Guìzhōu, “Guizhou”).
    5. a surname

    Synonyms

    Compounds

    • 布衣黔首
    • 烏黔黔/乌黔黔
    • 蒸黔
    • 突黔
    • 羊黔
    • 蒼黔/苍黔
    • 邑中黔
    • 黎黔
    • 墨突不黔
    • 黔刺
    • 黔劇/黔剧
    • 黔劓
    • 黔南 (Qiánnán)
    • 黔口
    • 黔喙
    • 黔婁/黔娄
    • 黔婁妻/黔娄妻
    • 黔嬴
    • 黔巫
    • 黔庶
    • 黔愚
    • 黔民
    • 黔江 (Qiánjiāng)
    • 黔灶
    • 黔烝
    • 黔皁
    • 黔突
    • 黔突暖席
    • 黔細/黔细
    • 黔落
    • 黔蒼/黔苍
    • 黔醜/黔丑
    • 黔雷
    • 黔首 (qiánshǒu)
    • 黔驢/黔驴
    • 黔驢之技/黔驴之技 (qiánlǘzhījì)
    • 黔驢技孤/黔驴技孤
    • 黔驢技盡/黔驴技尽
    • 黔驢技窮/黔驴技穷 (qiánlǘjìqióng)
    • 黔黎
    • 黔黑
    • 黔黧
    • 黧黔

    Japanese

    Kanji

    黔

    (uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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    Readings

    • On (unclassified): けん (ken); きん (kin)
    • Kun: くろい (kuroi)

    Korean

    Hanja

    黔 • (geom, geum) (hangeul 검, 금, revised geom, geum, McCune–Reischauer kŏm, kŭm, Yale kem, kum)

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    Vietnamese

    Han character

    黔: Hán Nôm readings: kiềm

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