㸒

㸒 U+3E12, 㸒 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-3E12 ← 㸑 [U+3E11] CJK Unified Ideographs Extension A 㸓 → [U+3E13]

Translingual

Han character

㸒 (Kangxi radical 87, 爪+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 月竹土 (BHG), composition ⿱爫壬)

1. to wish, desire, long for (to an extreme degree)
2. to knit, weave

Derived characters

• 𠉰, 𡍛, 婬, 𡹑, 淫, 𨺄, 𣓆, 𣨮, 𭵂, 𭹠, 𪾮, 𥓕, 𦁍, 𨂘, 𨓮, 𭀩, 𭶬, 𦲻, 𥮍, 𤷏

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 688, character 36
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2030, character 9
• Unihan data for U+3E12

Chinese

simp. and trad.		㸒

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
淫	*lɯm
霪	*lɯm
婬	*lɯm

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yín (yin²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jam⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yín
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yín
    • Wade–Giles: yin²
    • Yale: yín
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yn
    • Palladius: инь (inʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /in³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jam⁴
    • Yale: yàhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yem⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐm²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: yim

Rime
Character	㸒
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	侵 (139)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	餘針切
Baxter	yim
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jiɪm/
Pan Wuyun	/jim/
Shao Rongfen	/jem/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jim/
Li Rong	/iəm/
Wang Li	/jĭĕm/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯əm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yín
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jam4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[N.]r[ə]m/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	㸒
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yín
Middle Chinese	‹ yim ›
Old Chinese	/*[N.]r[ə]m/
English	to covet
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.

Definitions

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