噆

噆

噆 U+5646, 噆 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5646 ← 噅 [U+5645] CJK Unified Ideographs 噇 → [U+5647]

Translingual

Han character

噆 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 口一山日 (RMUA), four-corner 6106₁, composition ⿰口朁)

References

• KangXi: page 208, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4296
• Dae Jaweon: page 431, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 682, character 15
• Unihan data for U+5646

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Chinese

trad.		噆
simp. #		噆

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 噆
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
簪	*ʔsɯːm, *ʔsrɯm
撍	*ʔsluːm, *ʔsluːmʔ, *ʔsluːms, *ʔsrum
鐕	*ʔsluːm
憯	*sʰluːmʔ, *sʰlɯːmʔ
噆	*sʰluːmʔ, *ʔsluːb
朁	*sʰlɯːmʔ, *zlam
蠶	*zluːm
蚕	*zluːm, *hl'iːnʔ
糣	*sluːmʔ
熸	*ʔslom
鬵	*zlam, *zɯm, *ljɯm
灊	*zlam, *zɯm, *ljɯm
潛	*zlom, *zloms
僭	*ʔslɯːms
兓	*sl'ɯm
嶜	*zlum
兂	*ʔsrɯm
譖	*ʔsrums

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zǎn (zan³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zaap³, cam², zam², zaam¹, caam²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zǎn
    • Wade–Giles: tsan³
    • Yale: dzǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzaan
    • Palladius: цзань (czanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sän²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zaap³, cam², zam², zaam¹, caam²
    • Yale: jaap, chám, jám, jāam, cháam
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzaap⁸, tsam², dzam², dzaam¹, tsaam²
    • Guangdong Romanization: zab³, cem², zem², zam¹, cam²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saːp̚³/, /t͡sʰɐm³⁵/, /t͡sɐm³⁵/, /t͡saːm⁵⁵/, /t͡sʰaːm³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /t͡sʰʌm^X/, /t͡sʌp̚/

Rime
Character	噆	噆
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	清 (14)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	覃 (159)	覃 (160)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	七感切	子荅切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰʌmX/	/t͡sʌp̚/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰəmX/	/t͡səp̚/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰɒmX/	/t͡sɒp̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰəmX/	/t͡səp̚/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰᴀmX/	/t͡sᴀp̚/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰɒmX/	/t͡sɒp̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sʰămX/	/t͡săp̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cǎn	za
Expected Cantonese Reflex	caam2	zaap3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*tsˤ[ə]p/

  (Zhengzhang): /*sʰluːmʔ/, /*ʔsluːb/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	噆
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zǎn
Middle Chinese	‹ tsop ›
Old Chinese	/*tsˁ[ə]p/
English	sting and suck (mosquito)
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	噆	噆
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	6700	6723
Phonetic component	兓	兓
Rime group	侵	緝
Rime subdivision	3	3
Corresponding MC rime	慘
Old Chinese	/*sʰluːmʔ/	/*ʔsluːb/

Definitions

噆

1. (of insects) to bite, to sting
2. to carry (food) in the mouth like birds

Compounds

唵噆

噂噆

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Japanese

Kanji

噆

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): そう (sō); さん (san)
• Kun: ふくむ (fukumu); かむ (kamu)

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Korean

Hanja

噆 (eum 참 (cham))

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