咁

咁

咁 U+5481, 咁 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5481 ← 咀 [U+5480] CJK Unified Ideographs 咂 → [U+5482]

Translingual

Han character

咁 (radical 30, 口+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 口廿一 (RTM), four-corner 6407₀, composition ⿰口甘)

References

• KangXi: page 184, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3477
• Dae Jaweon: page 403, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 598, character 1
• Unihan data for U+5481

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		咁

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲) : semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 甘 (OC *kaːm).

Etymology 1

Uncertain. Some postulate that it is the fusion of 個物 (MC kɑ^H mɨut̚).

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gam³

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gam³
    • Yale: gam
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gam³
    • Guangdong Romanization: gem³
    • IPA ^(key): /kɐm³³/

Definitions

咁

1. (Cantonese) so, to such an extent

   做咩你咁冇腦㗎？ [Guangzhou Cantonese, trad.]
   做咩你咁冇脑㗎？ [Guangzhou Cantonese, simp.]

   Zou⁶ me¹ nei⁵ gam³ mou⁵ nou⁵ gaa³? [Jyutping]

   Why are you so stupid?

   • 佛跳牆，炆得咁鬼香，見到佛跳牆，鬼都要裝香 [Cantonese, trad.]
     佛跳墙，炆得咁鬼香，见到佛跳墙，鬼都要装香 [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 許冠傑, 佛跳牆

     fat⁶ tiu³ coeng⁴, man¹ dak¹ gam³ gwai² hoeng¹, gin³ dou^3-2 fat⁶ tiu³ coeng⁴, gwai² dou¹ jiu³ zong¹ hoeng¹ [Jyutping]

     Fotiaoqiang, stewed so aromatically; at the sight of fotiaoqiang, even the spirits want to burn incense

See also

• 這樣／这样 (zhèyàng), 這麼／这么 (zhème), 那麼／那么 (nàme)

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gam²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gam²
    • Yale: gám
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gam²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gem²
    • IPA ^(key): /kɐm³⁵/

Definitions

咁

1. Alternative form of 噉.

Pronunciation

• Min Nan (POJ): kám

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• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kám
    • Tâi-lô: kám
    • Phofsit Daibuun: karm
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kam⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kam⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kam⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kam⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kam⁴¹/

Definitions

咁

1. Alternative form of 敢 (“question particle”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hán (han²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄢˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: hán
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄢˊ
    • Wade–Giles: han²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: harn
    • IPA ^(key): /xän³⁵/

Definitions

咁

1. milk

Etymology 5

For pronunciation and definitions of 咁 – see 銜 (“bit; hold in mouth, bite; etc.”). (This character, 咁, is a variant form of 銜.)

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Japanese

Kanji

咁

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. so

Readings

• On (unclassified): かん (kan); がん (gan)

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Vietnamese

Han character

咁 (căm)

Hán tự in this word
咁

Verb

咁

1. Hán tự form of căm (“to bear resentment against”).