馦

馦 U+99A6, 馦 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-99A6 ← 馥 [U+99A5] CJK Unified Ideographs 馧 → [U+99A7]

Translingual

Han character

馦 (Kangxi radical 186, 香+10, 19 strokes, cangjie input 竹日廿難金 (HATXC), four-corner 2863₇, composition ⿰香兼)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1429, character 26
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 44554
• Dae Jaweon: page 1956, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4425, character 4
• Unihan data for U+99A6

Chinese

simp. and trad.		馦
alternative forms		㽐

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
譧	*r'eːms
賺	*r'eːms
尲	*kreːm
鹻	*kreːmʔ
歉	*kʰreːms, *kʰreːmʔ, *kʰeːmʔ, *kʰeːms
槏	*kʰreːmʔ
鰜	*ɡreːm, *keːm
稴	*ɡreːm, *ɡ·reːm, *ɡ·reːmʔ, *ɡ·reːms, *ɡeːm
豏	*ɡreːmʔ, *ɡreːms
甉	*ɡreːmʔ, *ɡraːm
廉	*ɡ·rem
鎌	*ɡ·rem
鬑	*ɡ·rem, *ɡ·reːm
鐮	*ɡ·rem
簾	*ɡ·rem
薕	*ɡ·rem, *ɡ·reːm
蠊	*ɡ·rem
嬚	*ɡ·remʔ
溓	*ɡ·remʔ, *ɡ·reːm, *ɡ·reːmʔ
嵰	*kʰremʔ
隒	*ŋɡremʔ
熑	*ɡ·reːm
濂	*ɡ·reːm
燫	*ɡ·reːm
兼	*keːm, *keːms
縑	*keːm
鶼	*keːm
蒹	*keːm
搛	*keːm
謙	*kʰeːm
膁	*kʰeːmʔ
嗛	*kʰeːmʔ
慊	*kʰeːmʔ, *kʰeːb
傔	*kʰeːms
馦	*qʰeːm
嫌	*ɡeːm
鼸	*ɡeːmʔ
尷	*kreːm

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qʰeːm) : semantic 香 (“fragrance”) + phonetic 兼 (OC *keːm, *keːms).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiān (xian¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sian
    • Wade–Giles: hsien¹
    • Yale: syān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shian
    • Palladius: сянь (sjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: xem

Rime
Character	馦
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	添 (157)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	許兼切
Baxter	xem
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hem/
Pan Wuyun	/hem/
Shao Rongfen	/xɛm/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hɛm/
Li Rong	/xem/
Wang Li	/xiem/
Bernard Karlgren	/xiem/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	him1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰeːm/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	馦
Reading #	1/1
No.	6077
Phonetic component	兼
Rime group	談
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	馦
Old Chinese	/*qʰeːm/

Definitions

馦

1. ^‡ fragrance

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B05769

Japanese

Kanji

馦

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): けん (ken)
• Kun: こう (kō)