岑

See also: 岺

岑 U+5C91, 岑 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5C91 ← 岐 [U+5C90] CJK Unified Ideographs 岒 → [U+5C92]

Translingual

Han character

岑 (Kangxi radical 46, 山+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 山人戈弓 (UOIN), four-corner 2220₇, composition ⿱山今)

Derived characters

• 侺, 㖗, 埁, 涔, 梣, 琌, 硶, 䤫, 䫈
• 𡷴, 𢙿, 𢭞, 𣇂, 𥆱, 𦨽, 𨁊, 𩷒, 𫊍, 𣢽, 𪁏
• 𬇁, 𬒻, 𫴚

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 308, character 27
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7937
• Dae Jaweon: page 608, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 763, character 23
• Unihan data for U+5C91

Chinese

trad.		岑
simp. #		岑

Glyph origin

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

Characters in the same phonetic series (今) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
貪	*kʰl'uːm
嗿	*l̥ʰuːmʔ
僋	*l̥ʰuːms, *luːms
酓	*qʰɯːm, *qlamʔ, *qlɯːms
馠	*qʰɯːm
谽	*qʰɯːm
唅	*qʰɯːm, *ɡɯːms
含	*ɡɯːm
肣	*ɡɯːm, *ɡɯːmʔ
頷	*ɡɯːm, *ɡɯːmʔ
筨	*ɡɯːm
梒	*ɡɯːm
鋡	*ɡɯːm
莟	*ɡɯːmʔ, *ɡɯːms
琀	*ɡɯːms
浛	*ɡɯːms
盦	*qɯːm, *qaːb
韽	*qɯːm, *qrɯːms
玪	*krɯːm
妗	*qʰrɯːm, *kʰjam, *qʰlɯːm, *ɡrɯms
欦	*qʰrɯːmʔ, *qʰram, *kʰlam, *kʰlamʔ, *qʰlɯːm
黔	*ɡram, *ɡrɯm
鈐	*ɡram
鳹	*ɡram
雂	*ɡram, *ɡrɯm
念	*nɯːms
梣	*sɡɯm, *sɡrɯm
枔	*sɢrɯm
岑	*sɡrɯm
笒	*sɡrɯm, *ɡrɯms
涔	*sɡrɯm
侺	*ɡjɯms
今	*krɯm
黅	*krɯm
衿	*krɯm
衾	*kʰrɯm
坅	*kʰrɯmʔ
搇	*kʰrɯms
琴	*ɡrɯm
禽	*ɡrɯm
芩	*ɡrɯm
庈	*ɡrɯm
耹	*ɡrɯm
靲	*ɡrɯm
擒	*ɡrɯm
檎	*ɡrɯm
紟	*ɡrɯms
吟	*ŋɡrɯm, *ŋɡrɯms
訡	*ŋɡrɯm
廞	*qʰrɯm, *qʰrɯmʔ
陰	*qrɯm
霠
飲	*qrɯmʔ, *qrɯms
蔭	*qrɯms
廕	*qrɯms
矜	*ɡrɯn, *ɡɯn, *kɯŋ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cén (cen²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄣˊ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): sam⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): sem³

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhèm
• Eastern Min (BUC): kièng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): gîm / khîm / chîm / chhîm

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ngim⁵ / cam⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cén
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cén
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻên²
    • Yale: tsén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsern
    • Palladius: цэнь (cɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: sam⁴
    • Yale: sàhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sem⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐm²¹/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: sem³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sem²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhèm
    • Hakka Romanization System: cem^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cem²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰem¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: kièng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰieŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gîm
    • Tâi-lô: gîm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: giim
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /ɡim²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡim²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡim¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khîm
    • Tâi-lô: khîm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qiim
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰim²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chîm
    • Tâi-lô: tsîm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciim
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sim¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /t͡sim²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhîm
    • Tâi-lô: tshîm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiim
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰim¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /t͡sʰim²⁴/

Note:

• gîm/khîm - vernacular;
• chîm/chhîm - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: ngim⁵ / cam⁵
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngîm / tshâm
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋim⁵⁵/, /t͡sʰam⁵⁵/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 岑
Mandarin	Beijing	/t͡sʰən³⁵/
	Harbin	/t͡sʰən²⁴/
	Tianjin	/t͡sʰən⁴⁵/
	Jinan	/ʈ͡ʂʰẽ⁴²/
	Qingdao	/t͡sʰə̃⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/ʈ͡ʂʰən⁴²/
	Xi'an	/t͡sʰẽ²⁴/
	Xining	/t͡sʰə̃²⁴/
	Yinchuan	/t͡sʰəŋ⁴⁴/
	Lanzhou	/ʈ͡ʂʰə̃n⁵³/
	Ürümqi	/t͡sʰɤŋ⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/t͡sʰən²¹³/
	Chengdu	/t͡sʰən³¹/
	Guiyang	/t͡sʰen²¹/
	Kunming	/t͡sʰə̃³¹/
	Nanjing	/t͡sʰən²⁴/
	Hefei	/t͡sʰən⁵⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/t͡sʰəŋ¹¹/
	Pingyao	/t͡sʰəŋ¹³/
	Hohhot	/t͡sʰə̃ŋ³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/zəŋ²³/
	Suzhou	/zən¹³/
	Hangzhou	/d͡zen²¹³/
	Wenzhou	/zaŋ³¹/
Hui	Shexian	/t͡ɕʰiʌ̃⁴⁴/
	Tunxi
Xiang	Changsha	/t͡sən¹³/
	Xiangtan	/d͡zən¹²/
Gan	Nanchang
Hakka	Meixian	/t͡sʰəm¹¹/
	Taoyuan
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/sɐm²¹/
	Nanning	/t͡sʰɐm²¹/
	Hong Kong	/sɐm²¹/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/t͡sʰim³⁵/ /gim³⁵/ 俗
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/t͡sɛiŋ⁵³/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/keiŋ⁵⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/ŋim⁵⁵/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/ŋim³¹/

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• Middle Chinese: dzrim

Rime
Character	岑
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	崇 (20)
Final (韻)	侵 (140)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	鋤針切
Baxter	dzrim
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʒˠiɪm/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖ͡ʐᵚim/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʒiem/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖ͡ʐjim/
Li Rong	/d͡ʒjəm/
Wang Li	/d͡ʒĭĕm/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɖ͡ʐʱi̯əm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chén
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cam4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sɡrɯm/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	岑
Reading #	1/1
No.	6594
Phonetic component	今
Rime group	侵
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	岑
Old Chinese	/*sɡrɯm/

Definitions

岑

1. (literary) small but tall hill

   • 託九成之孤岑兮，臨萬仞之石磎。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     托九成之孤岑兮，临万仞之石磎。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: c. 2nd century CE, 馬融, 長笛賦

     Tuō jiǔ chéng zhī gū cén xī, lín wàn rèn zhī shí xī. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (obsolete) high

   • 不揣其本而齊其末，方寸之木可使高於岑樓。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     不揣其本而齐其末，方寸之木可使高于岑楼。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE

     Bù chuǎi qí běn ér qí qí mò, fāng cùn zhī mù kě shǐ gāo yú cénlóu. [Pinyin]

     If you do not adjust them at their lower extremities, but only put their tops on a level, a piece of wood an inch square may be made to be higher than the pointed peak of a high building.

3. a surname

   • 岑夫子，丹丘生，將進酒，杯莫停。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     岑夫子，丹丘生，将进酒，杯莫停。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 8th century, Li Bai, 將進酒

     Cén fūzǐ, Dānqiū shēng, jiāng jìn jiǔ, bēi mò tíng. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Compounds

• 寸木岑樓 / 寸木岑楼
• 岑寂 (cénjì)
• 岑岑
• 岑峨
• 岑崟
• 岑嶺 / 岑岭
• 岑樓 / 岑楼
• 岑樓齊末 / 岑楼齐末
• 岑河 (Cénhé)
• 岑牟
• 岑翳
• 岑蔚
• 岡岑 / 冈岑
• 嶔岑 / 嵚岑
• 森岑
• 異苔同岑 / 异苔同岑
• 苔岑

 

Japanese

Kanji

岑

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. peak, mountaintop
2. used in names

Readings

• On (unclassified): しん (shin)^{←しん (sin, historical)←しむ (simu, ancient)}、じん (jin)^{←じん (zin, historical)←じむ (zimu, ancient)}、ぎん (gin)
• Kun: みね (mine, 岑)
• Nanori: たかし (takashi)、たけし (takeshi)、みね (mine)

Korean

Hanja

岑 • (jam, eum) (hangeul 잠, 음, revised jam, eum, McCune–Reischauer cham, ŭm)

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Vietnamese

Han character

岑: Hán Nôm readings: sầm, sum, xờm

1. towering; mountainous.