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Translingual

Han character

(radical 109 +12, 17 strokes, cangjie input 月山一十大 (BUMJK) or 月山弓十大 (BUNJK), four-corner 68040)

  1. watch, spy
  2. overlook
  3. look down

References

  • KangXi: page 818, character 1
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23704
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1230, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2512, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+77B0

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*kʰɯːm, *kʰreːmʔ, *ɡraːmʔ
*l̥ʰaːms, *klaːmʔ
*l'aːmʔ
*klaːmʔ
*klaːmʔ
*kʰlaːms
*kʰlaːms, *qʰreːmʔ, *hŋraːms
*qʰaːm, *qʰlaːms
*qʰlaːms, *qʰraːms, *qʰraːb
*ŋraːm
*ŋraːm, *ŋamʔ
*qʰraːmʔ
*kjam
*hŋramʔ
*ŋam
*ŋamʔ
*ŋamʔ
*ŋams

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (29)
Final () (143)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kʰɑmH/
Pan
Wuyun
/kʰɑmH/
Shao
Rongfen
/kʰɑmH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kʰamH/
Li
Rong
/kʰɑmH/
Wang
Li
/kʰɑmH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kʰɑmH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
kàn
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 3677
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kʰlaːms/
Notes

Definitions

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Compounds

  • 瞰視瞰视
  • 鬼瞰其室
  • 鳥瞰鸟瞰

References


Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings


Korean

Hanja

(gam) (hangeul , revised gam, McCune-Reischauer kam, Yale kam)

  1. to watch
  2. to overlook, look down

Compounds