𪚮

See also: 䶲 and 𫜳

𪚮 U+2A6AE, 𪚮 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-2A6AE ← 𪚭 [U+2A6AD] CJK Unified Ideographs Extension B 𪚯 → [U+2A6AF]

Translingual

Han character

𪚮 (Kangxi radical 213, 龜+4, 20 strokes, cangjie input 月一弓難山 (BMNXU) or 月一竹難山 (BMHXU), composition ⿰冄龜)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1538, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4810, character 1
• Unihan data for U+2A6AE

Chinese

trad.		𪚮
simp.		𱍄
alternative forms		䶲／𫜳 𦫉 𪓘 𪓚 𪚳 䶲／𫜳 𦫉 𪓘 𪓚 𪚳 𪚫 𤱋 𤱣

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : phonetic 冄 (OC *njam, *njamʔ) + semantic 龜 (“tortoise”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rán (ran²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jim⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rán
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rán
    • Wade–Giles: jan²
    • Yale: rán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ran
    • Palladius: жань (žanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jim⁴
    • Yale: yìhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jim⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yim⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːm²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: nom, nyem

Rime
Character	𪚮	𪚮
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	泥 (8)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	覃 (159)	鹽 (153)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	那含切	汝鹽切
Baxter	nom	nyem
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/nʌm/	/ȵiᴇm/
Pan Wuyun	/nəm/	/ȵiɛm/
Shao Rongfen	/nɒm/	/ȵʑjæm/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/nəm/	/ȵiam/
Li Rong	/nᴀm/	/ȵiɛm/
Wang Li	/nɒm/	/ȵʑĭɛm/
Bernhard Karlgren	/năm/	/ȵʑi̯ɛm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	nán	rán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	naam4	jim4

Definitions

𪚮

1. ^† the hem or the margin of a tortoise shell
2. ^† tortoise with protruding part similar to a toe at the back portion of its legs

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), C18370
• (Cantonese) 粵音資料集叢