芡

芡	U+82A1, 芡 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-82A1

← 芠
[U+82A0]

CJK Unified Ideographs

芢 →
[U+82A2]

Translingual

Han character

芡 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 廿弓人 (TNO), four-corner 4480₂, composition ⿱艹欠)

Derived characters

𡞁, 𥟕

References

KangXi: page 1019, character 21

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30705

Dae Jaweon: page 1477, character 9

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3183, character 9

Unihan data for U+82A1

Chinese

trad.		芡
simp. ^#		芡

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
坎	kʰoːmʔ, kʰoːms
扻	*kʰoːmʔ
砍	*kʰoːmʔ
芡	*ɡromʔ
欠	*kʰoms
杴	*qʰom
鍁	*qʰam

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɡromʔ) : semantic 艹 (“grass”) + phonetic 欠 (OC *kʰoms).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qiàn (qian⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): him³, hin³
Min Dong (BUC): kiêng
Min Nan (POJ): khiàm / khiàn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qiàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ciàn
  - Wade–Giles: chʻien⁴
  - Yale: chyàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiann
  - Palladius: цянь (cjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: him³, hin³
  - Yale: him, hin
  - Cantonese Pinyin: him³, hin³
  - Guangdong Romanization: him³, hin³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiːm³³/, /hiːn³³/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: kiêng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiɛŋ²⁴²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khiàm
  - Tâi-lô: khiàm
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qiaxm
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰiam⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /kʰiam²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰiam¹¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khiàn
  - Tâi-lô: khiàn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qiexn
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰiɛn²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰiɛn¹¹/

Middle Chinese: /ɡˠiᴇmX/

Rime
Character	芡
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	鹽 (154)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	巨險切
Baxter	gjemX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡˠiᴇm^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡᵚiɛm^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiæm^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/gjiam^X/
Li Rong	/ɡjɛm^X/
Wang Li	/ɡĭɛm^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/gi̯ɛm^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gim⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ɡromʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	芡
Reading #	1/1
No.	10273
Phonetic component	欠
Rime group	談
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	儉
Old Chinese	/*ɡromʔ/

Definitions

芡

Euryale ferox, a plant allied to the water lily
cornstarch (with water)
(Min Dong) to thicken a soup by means of starch
(Min Nan) tempering (spices)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 勾芡 (“to thicken a soup by means of starch”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		勾芡
Mandarin	Beijing	勾芡兒, 勾芡
	Taiwan	勾芡
	Tianjin	勾滷兒
	Jinan	勾芡
	Luoyang	勾芡
	Wanrong	勾芡
	Xining	勾芡
	Ürümqi	勾芡
	Chengdu	勾芡, 淋芡
	Guiyang	勾芡
	Liuzhou	打芡
Cantonese	Guangzhou	打芡
	Hong Kong	打芡
	Taishan	打河
	Dongguan	打芡
Hakka	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	牽粉
Hakka	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	牽漿
Min Dong	Fuzhou	芡
Min Nan	Xiamen	牽滷, 拍滷, 牽羹, 譴滷, 徛滷
	Quanzhou	譴滷, 寄滷, 兜羹
	Zhangzhou	牽滷, 拍滷, 譴滷, 徛滷, 兜粉
	Kaohsiung	牽粉
	Yilan	牽羹
	Changhua (Lukang)	牽羹
	Taichung	牽粉
	Taichung (Wuqi)	牽羹
	Tainan	牽羹
	Taitung	牽粉
	Hsinchu	牽羹
	Penghu (Magong)	牽粉
	Singapore (Hokkien)	牽滷, 拍滷, 譴滷
	Bangkok (Teochew)	拍滷
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	打芡, 打滷子
Wu	Shanghai	著膩
	Suzhou	著膩
	Ningbo	鑽漿

Compounds

勾芡 (gōuqiàn)
打芡

淋芡
粉芡

芡粉 (qiànfěn)
芡實／芡实 (qiànshí)

References

“芡”, 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–
“Entry #4440”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

Japanese

Kanji

芡

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

prickly waterlily (Euryale ferox)

Readings

Go-on: げん (gen)^{←げん (gen, historical)}^{←げむ (gemu, ancient)}
Kan-on: けん (ken)^{←けん (ken, historical)}^{←けむ (kemu, ancient)}

Etymology

Kanji in this term
芡
みずぶき Hyōgaiji
irregular

For pronunciation and definitions of 芡 – see 水蕗. (This term, 芡, is an alternative spelling of the above terms.)

(The following entry is uncreated: 水蕗.)

Korean

Hanja

芡 • (geom) (hangeul 검, revised geom, McCune–Reischauer kŏm, Yale kem)

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Vietnamese

Han character

芡 (khiếm)

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