崁

崁 U+5D01, 崁 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5D01 ← 崀 [U+5D00] CJK Unified Ideographs 崂 → [U+5D02]

Translingual

Han character

崁 (Kangxi radical 46, 山+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 山土弓人 (UGNO), four-corner 2218₇, composition ⿱山坎)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 312, character 30
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 772, character 13
• Unihan data for U+5D01

Chinese

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		崁
alternative forms		嵌 磡 Min Nan

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kàn, kǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄢˋ, ㄎㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ham³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khám
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): khàm

  (Teochew, Peng'im): kam³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kàn
    • Wade–Giles: kʻan⁴
    • Yale: kàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kann
    • Palladius: кань (kanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰän⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kǎn
    • Wade–Giles: kʻan³
    • Yale: kǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaan
    • Palladius: кань (kanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰän²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ham³
    • Yale: ham
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ham³
    • Guangdong Romanization: hem³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐm³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khám
    • Hakka Romanization System: kam^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kam³
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰam³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khàm
    • Tâi-lô: khàm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qaxm
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰam²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰam⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰam²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰam¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰam²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: kam³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khàm
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰam²¹³/

Definitions

崁

1. Used in 赤崁 (Chìkàn).
2. Used in place names.
3. (Southern Min) cliff; precipice

   alt. forms: 磡 (kàn)

Compounds

• 南崁
• 大崁
• 大嵙崁
• 山崁
• 崁下
• 崁脚
• 崁腳 / 崁脚
• 崁頂 / 崁顶 (kàndǐng)
• 赤崁 (Chìkàn)
• 赤崁樓 / 赤崁楼

 

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		崁
alternative forms		坎 蓋／盖 𢈈 勘 㪠 坎 蓋／盖 𢈈 勘 㪠 𰃴 冚 Teochew

Pronunciation

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): khàm

  (Teochew, Peng'im): kam³

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khàm
    • Tâi-lô: khàm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qaxm
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰam²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰam⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰam²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰam¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰam²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: kam³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khàm
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰam²¹³/

Definitions

崁

1. (Southern Min) cover; lid
2. (Southern Min) to cover
3. (Hokkien) to stamp
4. (Singapore and Penang Hokkien) to turn off (lights)
5. (Penang Hokkien) to close (a door, gate, etc.)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 蓋子 (“cover; lid”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蓋子, 蓋
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	蓋兒, 蓋子
	Taiwan	蓋子
	Singapore	蓋
Cantonese	Guangzhou	蓋
	Hong Kong	蓋
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	蓋仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	蓋仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	蓋仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	蓋
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	蓋仔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	蓋
Jin	Taiyuan	蓋蓋
Southern Min	Xiamen	蓋, 崁
	Quanzhou	蓋, 崁
	Zhangzhou	蓋, 崁
	Tainan	蓋
	Penang (Hokkien)	蓋
	Singapore (Hokkien)	蓋, 崁
	Shantou	蓋
	Jieyang	蓋

Dialectal synonyms of 蓋 (“to cover; to conceal”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蓋
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	蓋
	Taiwan	蓋
	Singapore	蓋
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	蓋
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	蓋
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	蓋, 㝩
	Wuhan	蓋, 㝩, 垛
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	蓋
	Hefei	蓋
Cantonese	Guangzhou	蓋, 冚, 扱
	Hong Kong	冚, 扱
	Yangjiang	扱
Gan	Nanchang	蓋, 㔶, 盍
Hakka	Meixian	蓋, 弇
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	弇
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	弇
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	弇
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	弇
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	弇
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	揜
Jin	Taiyuan	蓋
Northern Min	Jian'ou	㔶𱔴
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	㔶, 㪠
Southern Min	Xiamen	崁
	Quanzhou	崁
	Zhangzhou	崁
	Singapore (Hokkien)	崁
	Manila (Hokkien)	崁
	Chaozhou	蓋, 崁
	Shantou	蓋
	Jieyang	蓋, 崁
Wu	Suzhou	蓋
	Wenzhou	㔶, 蓋
Xiang	Changsha	蓋
	Shuangfeng	蓋, 㔶

Dialectal synonyms of 關 (“to close (a door, gate, etc.)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		關, 閉
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	關
	Malaysia	關
	Singapore	關
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	關
	Xi'an	關
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	關
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	關
Cantonese	Guangzhou	閂
	Hong Kong	閂
	Taishan	閂
	Singapore (Guangfu)	閂
Gan	Nanchang	關
	Pingxiang	關
Hakka	Meixian	關
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	關
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	關
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	關
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	關
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	關
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	關
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	關
Southern Min	Taipei	關
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	關
	Kaohsiung	關
	Yilan	關
	Changhua (Lukang)	關
	Taichung	關
	Tainan	關
	Hsinchu	關
	Kinmen	關
	Penghu (Magong)	關
	Penang (Hokkien)	崁
	Singapore (Hokkien)	關
	Shantou	關
	Singapore (Teochew)	關
	Singapore (Hainanese)	關

Compounds

• 崁蓋 / 崁盖
• 崁頭崁面 / 崁头崁面
• 掩崁
• 暗崁
• 桌崁
• 鼎崁

 

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A01121
• “Entry #5909”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.

Japanese

Kanji

崁

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): かん (kan)
• Kun: くぼみ (kubomi)