龕

See also: 龛
龕 U+9F95, 龕
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9F95
← 龔
[U+9F94]
CJK Unified Ideographs 龖 →
[U+9F96]

Translingual

Han character

龕 (Kangxi radical 212, 龍+6, 22 strokes, cangjie input 人口卜月心 (ORYBP), four-corner 80211, composition ⿱合龍)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1537, character 16
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48839
  • Dae Jaweon: page 2078, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4805, character 16
  • Unihan data for U+9F95

Chinese

trad. 龕
simp. 龛
alternative forms 𪚕

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 龕
Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

Shuowen: Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *kʰuːm) : phonetic 合 (OC *kuːb, *ɡuːb) + semantic 龍.

Duan Yucai consider it a corrupted form of 𪚕: Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *kʰuːm) : phonetic 今 (OC *krɯm) + semantic 龍.

Pronunciation


Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

Rime
Character 龕
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 溪 (29)
Final (韻) 覃 (159)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 口含切
Baxter khom
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kʰʌm/
Pan
Wuyun
/kʰəm/
Shao
Rongfen
/kʰɒm/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kʰəm/
Li
Rong
/kʰᴀm/
Wang
Li
/kʰɒm/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kʰăm/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
kān
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ham1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 龕
Reading # 1/1
No. 4940
Phonetic
component
合
Rime
group
侵
Rime
subdivision
3
Corresponding
MC rime
龕
Old
Chinese
/*kʰuːm/

Definitions

龕

  1. shrine; niche
  2. Alternative form of 戡 (“to overcome; to suppress”)

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

龕

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

Compounds

Etymology

Kanji in this term
龕
がん
Hyōgaiji
kan’yōon

From Middle Chinese 龕 (MC khom), later corrupted with voicing.

Pronunciation

Noun

龕(がん) • (gan) 

  1. alcove for an image

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

龕 • (gam) (hangeul 감, revised gam, McCune–Reischauer kam, Yale kam)

  1. niche, shrine
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