邯

邯 U+90AF, 邯 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-90AF ← 邮 [U+90AE] CJK Unified Ideographs 邰 → [U+90B0]

Translingual

Han character

邯 (Kangxi radical 163, 邑+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 廿一弓中 (TMNL), four-corner 4772₇, composition ⿰甘阝)

Derived characters

• 𣵷

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1269, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39330
• Dae Jaweon: page 1768, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3761, character 12
• Unihan data for U+90AF

Chinese

simp. and trad.		邯

Glyph origin

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

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

	Old Chinese
紺	*kɯːms
姏	*mɡaːm
嵌	*sɡaːmʔ, *kʰraːm
甘	*kaːm
柑	*kaːm
苷	*kaːm
泔	*kaːm
坩	*kaːm, *kʰaːm
蚶	*ɢaːm, *ɢaːm
酣	*ɢaːm
甝	*ɢaːm
魽	*ɢaːm
邯	*ɡaːm, *ɡaːm
鉗	*ɡram
箝	*ɡram
黚	*ɡram, *ɡrɯm
拑	*ɡram

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡaːm, *ɡaːm) : phonetic 甘 (OC *kaːm) + semantic 阝 (“city”).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hán (han²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hon⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hâm

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hán
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hán
    • Wade–Giles: han²
    • Yale: hán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: harn
    • Palladius: хань (xanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: hon⁴
    • Yale: hòhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hon⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hon⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hâm
    • Tâi-lô: hâm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: haam
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /ham²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ham¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: han

Rime
Character	邯
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	寒 (61)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	胡安切
Baxter	han
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦɑn/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦɑn/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣɑn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦan/
Li Rong	/ɣɑn/
Wang Li	/ɣɑn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɣɑn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hon4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɡ]ˤa[n]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡaːm/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	邯
Reading #	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	hán
Middle Chinese	‹ han ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɡ]ˁa[n]/
English	邯鄲 han.tan (placename)
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	邯
Reading #	2/2
No.	3669
Phonetic component	甘
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	寒
Old Chinese	/*ɡaːm/

Definitions

邯

1. Used in 邯鄲／邯郸 (Hándān).
2. Used in 邯山 (Hánshān).

Compounds

• 夢邯鄲／梦邯郸
• 學步邯鄲／学步邯郸
• 邯鄲／邯郸 (Hándān)
• 邯鄲一夢／邯郸一梦
• 邯鄲之夢／邯郸之梦
• 邯鄲夢／邯郸梦
• 邯鄲學步／邯郸学步 (hándānxuébù)
• 魯酒薄而邯鄲圍／鲁酒薄而邯郸围

 

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hán (han²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ham⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hán
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hán
    • Wade–Giles: han²
    • Yale: hán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: harn
    • Palladius: хань (xanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ham⁴
    • Yale: hàhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ham⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hem⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐm²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: ham

Rime
Character	邯
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	談 (143)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	胡甘切
Baxter	ham
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦɑm/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦɑm/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣɑm/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦam/
Li Rong	/ɣɑm/
Wang Li	/ɣɑm/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɣɑm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ham4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɡ]ˤam/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡaːm/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	邯
Reading #	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	hán
Middle Chinese	‹ ham ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɡ]ˁam/
English	邯鄲 han.tan (placename)
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	邯
Reading #	1/2
No.	3663
Phonetic component	甘
Rime group	談
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	酣
Old Chinese	/*ɡaːm/

Definitions

邯

1. Alternative form of 𣵷
2. a surname

Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hàn (han⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄢˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hàn
    • Wade–Giles: han⁴
    • Yale: hàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hann
    • Palladius: хань (xanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xän⁵¹/

Definitions

邯

1. Only used in 邯淡.

References

• “邯”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

邯

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): かん (kan)

Korean

Hanja

邯 • (han, ham) (hangeul 한, 함, revised han, ham, McCune–Reischauer han, ham, Yale han, ham)

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Vietnamese

Han character

邯: Hán Việt readings: hàm

1. chữ Hán form of Hàm (“used in 邯鄲 (Hàm Ðan); Handan, the name of various places in ancient and modern China; also a surname”).