纜

See also: 缆

纜	U+7E9C, 纜 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7E9C

← 纛
[U+7E9B]

CJK Unified Ideographs

纝 →
[U+7E9D]

Translingual

Traditional	纜
Shinjitai (extended)	䌫
Simplified	缆

Han character

纜 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+21, 27 strokes, cangjie input 女火尸田山 (VFSWU), four-corner 2891₆, composition ⿰糹覽)

hawser, heavy-duty rope, cable

References

KangXi: page 944, character 18

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28100

Dae Jaweon: page 1384, character 26

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3472, character 4

Unihan data for U+7E9C

Chinese

trad.		纜
simp.		缆
2nd round simp.		𰬊

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
藍	*ɡ·raːm
襤	*ɡ·raːm
籃	*ɡ·raːm
懢	ɡ·raːm, ɡ·raːms
儖	*ɡ·raːm
蘫	ɡ·raːm, qʰlaːms
攬	*ɡ·raːmʔ
欖	*ɡ·raːmʔ
覽	*ɡ·raːmʔ
爁	ɡ·raːmʔ, ɡ·raːms, *ɡ·rams
擥	*ɡ·raːmʔ
灠	*ɡ·raːmʔ
濫	ɡ·raːms, ɡraːmʔ
嚂	ɡ·raːms, kʰlaːms, *qʰlaːmʔ
纜	*ɡ·raːms
監	kraːm, kraːms
礛	*kraːm
鑑	kraːm, kraːms, *kraːms
艦	*ɡraːmʔ
檻	ɡraːmʔ, ɡraːms
壏	*ɡraːmʔ
轞	*ɡraːmʔ
鹽	ɡ·lam, ɡ·lams

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɡ·raːms) : semantic 糹 (“silk”) + phonetic 覽 (OC *ɡ·raːmʔ).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lǎn (lan³)
(Zhuyin): ㄌㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): laam⁶
Min Dong (BUC): lāng
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): lám
(Teochew, Peng'im): lam² / nam²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lǎn
  - Wade–Giles: lan³
  - Yale: lǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laan
  - Palladius: лань (lanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /län²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: laam⁶
  - Yale: laahm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: laam⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: lam⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /laːm²²/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: lāng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃aŋ³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lám
  - Tâi-lô: lám
  - Phofsit Daibuun: larm
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lam⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lam⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lam⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /lam⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lam⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: lam² / nam²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lám / nám
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lam⁵²/, /nam⁵²/

Note:

lam2 - Chaozhou;
nam2 - Shantou.

Middle Chinese: /lʌm^X/, /lɑm^H/

Rime
Character	纜	纜
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	覃 (159)	談 (143)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	盧感切	盧𣊟切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lʌm^X/	/lɑm^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ləm^X/	/lɑm^H/
Shao Rongfen	/lɒm^X/	/lɑm^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ləm^X/	/lam^H/
Li Rong	/lᴀm^X/	/lɑm^H/
Wang Li	/lɒm^X/	/lɑm^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/lăm^X/	/lɑm^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lǎn	làn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	laam⁵	laam⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ɡ·raːms/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	纜
Reading #	1/1
No.	6098
Phonetic component	監
Rime group	談
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*ɡ·raːms/

Definitions

纜

(literary) hawser; heavy rope for mooring boats
cable; thick rope with many strands
to moor; to tie; to fasten
(Cantonese) to wear something that requires wrapping
纜片／缆片 [Cantonese] ― laam⁶ pin^3-2 [Jyutping] ― to wear a diaper
纜頸巾／缆颈巾 [Cantonese] ― laam⁶ geng² gan¹ [Jyutping] ― to wear a scarf
纜皮帶／缆皮带 [Cantonese] ― laam⁶ pei⁴ daai^3-2 [Jyutping] ― to wear a leather belt
纜安全帶／缆安全带 [Cantonese] ― laam⁶ on¹ cyun⁴ daai^3-2 [Jyutping] ― to fasten a seatbelt

Compounds

光纖電纜／光纤电缆
同軸電纜／同轴电缆 (tóngzhóu diànlǎn)
海底電纜／海底电缆
空中纜車／空中缆车

纜線／缆线
纜繩／缆绳 (lǎnshéng)
纜車／缆车 (lǎnchē)
船纜／船缆

解纜／解缆
鋼纜／钢缆
電纜／电缆 (diànlǎn)
電纜車／电缆车 (diànlǎnchē)

Japanese

Kanji

纜

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): らん (ran)
Kun: ともずな (tomozuna, 纜)

Korean

Hanja

纜 • (ram>nam) (hangeul 람>남, revised ram>nam, McCune–Reischauer ram>nam, Yale lam>nam)

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