See also:
U+67D1, 柑
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-67D1

[U+67D0]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+67D2]

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 75, +5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 木廿一 (DTM), four-corner 44970, composition )

Derived characters

References

  • KangXi: page 519, character 2
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14619
  • Dae Jaweon: page 907, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1177, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+67D1

Chinese

simp. and trad.
alternative forms

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kaːm) : semantic (wood; tree) + phonetic (OC *kaːm).

Etymology 1

Either the same etymon as (OC *kaːm, “sweet”) (Wang, 1982), or, in light of the citrus fruit's southern origin, possibly connected with Austroasiatic; compare Proto-Mon-Khmer *lŋaam (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation


Note:
  • kam - literary;
  • kaⁿ - vernacular.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (28)
Final () (143)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
Baxter kam
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kɑm/
Pan
Wuyun
/kɑm/
Shao
Rongfen
/kɑm/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kam/
Li
Rong
/kɑm/
Wang
Li
/kɑm/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kɑm/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
gān
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gam1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 3653
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kaːm/
Notes

Definitions

  1. mandarin orange
  2. tangerine
Compounds
  • 油柑 (yóugān)
  • 蜜柑 (mìgān)
  • 金柑 (jīngān)
  • 傳柑传柑
  • 雙柑斗酒双柑斗酒

Descendants

Sino-Xenic ():
  • Japanese: (かん) (kan)
  • Vietnamese: cam ()

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“to grab; to pinch; to cling; to grip tightly; to clamp, tie down or pin down”).
(This character, , is an obsolete form of .)

Japanese

Kanji

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

Readings

Etymology

Kanji in this term
かん
Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese (MC kɑm).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kã̠ɴ]

Affix

(かん) (kan) 

  1. citrus fruit

Derived terms

Korean

Hanja

(gam, geom) (hangeul , , revised gam, geom, McCuneReischauer kam, kŏm, Yale kam, kem)

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Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: cam, cùm

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