黔

黔 U+9ED4, 黔
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9ED4
← 黓
[U+9ED3]
CJK Unified Ideographs 黕 →
[U+9ED5]

Translingual

Han character

黔 (Kangxi radical 203, 黑+4, 16 strokes, cangjie input 田火人戈弓 (WFOIN), four-corner 68327, composition ⿰黑今)

Derived characters

  • 𭌘

References

  • KangXi: page 1519, character 4
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48056
  • Dae Jaweon: page 2052, character 17
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4744, character 19
  • Unihan data for U+9ED4

Chinese

trad. 黔
simp. # 黔

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 黔
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɡram, *ɡrɯm) : semantic 黑 (“black”) + phonetic 今 (OC *krɯm)

Etymology

Perhaps an areal word related to Longzhou Zhuang kʰam¹ ("cloudy; dark"), Proto-Katuic *koom (“black”) (Schuessler, 2007). See also 黮 and 紺.

Pronunciation


Note:
  • khiâm - literary;
  • khâm - vernacular.
Note:
  • kim5/ngim5 - literary (ngim5 - alternative pronunciation);
  • kam5 - vernacular.

Rime
Character 黔 黔
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 群 (30) 群 (30)
Final (韻) 侵 (140) 鹽 (154)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 巨金切 巨淹切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɡˠiɪm/ /ɡˠiᴇm/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɡᵚim/ /ɡᵚiɛm/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɡiem/ /ɡiæm/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/gjim/ /gjiam/
Li
Rong
/ɡjəm/ /ɡjɛm/
Wang
Li
/ɡĭĕm/ /ɡĭɛm/
Bernard
Karlgren
/gi̯əm/ /gi̯ɛm/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
qín qián
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
kam4 kim4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 黔
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
qián
Middle
Chinese
‹ gjem ›
Old
Chinese
/*[ɡ](r)[o]m/
English black

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.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 黔 黔
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 6580 6606
Phonetic
component
今 今
Rime
group
談 侵
Rime
subdivision
1 1
Corresponding
MC rime
箝 琴
Old
Chinese
/*ɡram/ /*ɡrɯm/

Definitions

黔

  1. (literary) black
  2. (obsolete) to blacken by tanning or exposure to smoke
  3. (~州) Name of a prefecture in ancient China now located in Chongqing and Guizhou.
  4. Short for 貴州/贵州 (Guìzhōu, “Guizhou”).
  5. a surname

Synonyms

Compounds

  • 墨突不黔
  • 布衣黔首
  • 突黔
  • 羊黔
  • 蒸黔
  • 邑中黔
  • 黎黔
  • 黔刺
  • 黔劓
  • 黔南 (Qiánnán)
  • 黔口
  • 黔喙
  • 黔嬴
  • 黔巫
  • 黔庶
  • 黔愚
  • 黔民
  • 黔江 (Qiánjiāng)
  • 黔灶
  • 黔烝
  • 黔皁
  • 黔突
  • 黔突暖席
  • 黔落
  • 黔雷
  • 黔首 (qiánshǒu)
  • 黔黎
  • 黔黑
  • 黔黧
  • 黧黔
  • 烏黔黔/乌黔黔
  • 蒼黔/苍黔
  • 黔劇/黔剧
  • 黔婁/黔娄
  • 黔婁妻/黔娄妻
  • 黔細/黔细
  • 黔蒼/黔苍
  • 黔醜/黔丑
  • 黔驢/黔驴
  • 黔驢之技/黔驴之技 (qiánlǘzhījì)
  • 黔驢技孤/黔驴技孤
  • 黔驢技盡/黔驴技尽
  • 黔驢技窮/黔驴技穷 (qiánlǘjìqióng)

Japanese

Kanji

黔

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): けん (ken), きん (kin)
  • Kun: くろい (kuroi)

Korean

Hanja

黔 • (geom, geum) (hangeul 검, 금, revised geom, geum, McCune–Reischauer kŏm, kŭm, Yale kem, kum)

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Vietnamese

Han character

黔: Hán Nôm readings: kiềm

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