盦

盦

盦 U+76E6, 盦 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-76E6 ← 盥 [U+76E5] CJK Unified Ideographs 盧 → [U+76E7]

Translingual

Han character

盦 (Kangxi radical 108, 皿+11, 16 strokes, cangjie input 人戈弓廿 (OINT), four-corner 8010₇, composition ⿱酓皿)

References

• KangXi: page 796, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23044
• Dae Jaweon: page 1212, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2570, character 5
• Unihan data for U+76E6

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Chinese

trad.		盦
simp. #		盦

Glyph origin

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): ān (an¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): am¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ān
    • Zhuyin: ㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: an
    • Wade–Giles: an¹
    • Yale: ān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: an
    • Palladius: ань (anʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: am¹
    • Yale: ām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: am¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: em¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɐm⁵⁵/

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

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• Middle Chinese: /ʔʌm/, /ʔɑp̚/

Rime
Character	盦	盦
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	覃 (159)	談 (144)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	烏含切	安盍切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔʌm/	/ʔɑp̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔəm/	/ʔɑp̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔɒm/	/ʔɑp̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔəm/	/ʔap̚/
Li Rong	/ʔᴀm/	/ʔɑp̚/
Wang Li	/ɒm/	/ɑp̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔăm/	/ʔɑp̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ān	e
Expected Cantonese Reflex	am1	ap3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qɯːm/, /*qaːb/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	盦	盦
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	6573	6632
Phonetic component	今	今
Rime group	侵	盍
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	諳	鰪
Old Chinese	/*qɯːm/	/*qaːb/

Definitions

盦

1. (historical) a kind of container
2. Alternative form of 庵 (ān, “dome-shaped grass house; hut”).
3. ^† to cover
4. ^‡ to bury

References

• “盦”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

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Japanese

Kanji

盦

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. Lid of a cauldron.
2. Ancient Chinese wares or pots for food.
3. Covered pathway (cloister) around a Buddhist Temple.

Readings

• On (unclassified): おう (ō), あん (an), おん (on)
• Kun: ふた (futa)

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Vietnamese

Han character

盦: Hán Việt readings: am[1][2][3][4]
盦: Nôm readings: am[1]

1. chữ Hán form of am (“ancient type of food container or lid”).

References

1. Trần (2004).
2. Trần (1999).
3. Nguyễn (1974).
4. Thiều Chửu (1942).