瑊

瑊

瑊 U+744A, 瑊 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-744A ← 瑉 [U+7449] CJK Unified Ideographs 瑋 → [U+744B]

Translingual

Han character

瑊 (radical 96, 玉+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 一土戈竹口 (MGIHR), four-corner 1315₀, composition ⿰𤣩咸)

References

• KangXi: page 737, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21105
• Dae Jaweon: page 1148, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1125, character 14
• Unihan data for U+744A

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		瑊

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (咸) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
感	*kɯːmʔ
鱤	*kɯːmʔ
顑	*kʰɯːmʔ, *ŋɡrɯːms
轗	*kʰɯːmʔ, *kʰɯːms
撼	*ɡɯːmʔ
憾	*ɡɯːms
喊	*qʰaːmʔ, *qʰrɯːmʔ, *ɡrɯːmʔ
緘	*krɯːm
瑊	*krɯːm, *kjum
黬	*krɯːm, *ŋɡrɯːm
減	*krɯːmʔ, *ɡrɯːmʔ
羬	*ŋɡrɯːm, *ɡram
麙	*ŋɡrɯːm
咸	*ɡrɯːm
鹹	*ɡrɯːm
醎	*ɡrɯːm
諴	*ɡrɯːm
椷	*ɡrɯːm
輱	*ɡrɯːm
鍼	*ɡam, *ɡram, *kjɯm
箴	*kjɯm
葴	*kjɯm
鱵	*kjum

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *krɯːm, *kjum) : semantic 玉 (“jade”) + phonetic 咸 (OC *ɡrɯːm).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiān (jian¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zam¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: jiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢ
    • Wade–Giles: chien¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jian
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zam¹
    • Yale: jām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zem¹
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐm⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /t͡ɕiɪm/, /kˠɛm/▼

Rime
Character	瑊	瑊
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	章 (23)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	侵 (139)	咸 (151)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	II
Fanqie	職深切	古咸切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕiɪm/	/kˠɛm/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕim/	/kᵚæm/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕjem/	/kɐm/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cim/	/kəɨm/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiəm/	/kɐm/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭĕm/	/kɐm/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯əm/	/kăm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhēn	jiān

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*krɯːm/, /*kjum/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	瑊	瑊
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	13507	13529
Phonetic component	咸	咸
Rime group	侵	侵
Rime subdivision	1	3
Corresponding MC rime	緘	斟
Old Chinese	/*krɯːm/	/*kjum/
Notes	見山海經

Definitions

瑊

1. Only used in 瑊玏 (“jadelike stone”).

Compounds

瑊玏

瑊石