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U+6697, 暗
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6697

[U+6696]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+6698]

Translingual

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Stroke order
13 strokes

Han character

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(Kangxi radical 72, +9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 日卜廿日 (AYTA), four-corner 60061, composition )

  1. dark
  2. obscure
  3. in secret, covert

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 498, character 27
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14065
  • Dae Jaweon: page 866, character 20
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1526, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+6697

Chinese

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simp. and trad.
alternative forms


𣈇
𣆛

Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *qɯːms) : semantic (sun) + phonetic (OC *qrɯm).

Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Compare ”)

Pronunciation

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Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.
Note:
  • am3 - Chaozhou;
  • ang3 - Chenghai.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (34)
Final () (159)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
Baxter 'omH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʔʌmH/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʔəmH/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʔɒmH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʔəmH/
Li
Rong
/ʔᴀmH/
Wang
Li
/ɒmH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʔămH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
àn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
am3
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
àn
Middle
Chinese
‹ ʔomH ›
Old
Chinese
/*qˁum-s/
English dark

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
Reading # 1/1
No. 15213
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*qɯːms/

Definitions

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  1. dark (without light); dim
    Antonym: (míng)
    天色  ―  tiānsè àn le  ―  The sky darkened.
    屋子屋子  ―  Wūzi lǐ hěn àn.  ―  It is very dark in the room.
  2. dull; not bright
      ―  àn hóng  ―  dull red
  3. secret; covert
      ―  ànhào  ―  secret signal
  4. confused; ignorant
    兼聽偏信 [MSC, trad.]
    兼听偏信 [MSC, simp.]
    jiāntīng zé míng, piānxìn zé àn [Pinyin]
    Listen to both sides and you will be enlightened, heed only one side and you will be benighted.
  5. (Southern Min) late
  6. (Cantonese) to lull
    媽媽唱歌BB [Cantonese, trad.]
    妈妈唱歌BB𰥛 [Cantonese, simp.]
    maa1-4 maa1 coeng3 go1 am3 bi4 bi1 fan3. [Jyutping]
    The mother sings to lull the baby to sleep.

Synonyms

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Compounds

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References

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Japanese

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Shinjitai
Kyūjitai
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暗󠄁
+&#xE0101;?
(Adobe-Japan1)
暗󠄃
+&#xE0103;?
(Hanyo-Denshi)
(Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

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(Third grade kyōiku kanji)

  1. darkness

Readings

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See also

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Etymology

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Kanji in this term
あん
Grade: 3
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese (MC 'omH).

The kan'on reading, so likely a later borrowing.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(あん) (an

  1. darkness

Affix

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(あん) (an

  1. dark
  2. blackish
  3. foolish
  4. secret; covert
  5. memorize; recite from memory

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 1071 (paper), page 586 (digital)
  2. ^ Shōundō Henshūjo, editor (1927), 新漢和辞典 [The New Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Ōsaka: Shōundō, →DOI, page 647 (paper), page 336 (digital)
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja

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(eumhun 어두울 (eoduul am))

  1. hanja form? of (darkness)

Compounds

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Vietnamese

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Han character

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: Hán Nôm readings: ám

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