巉

巉 · chán

steep, rugged, jagged, precipitous

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
chán
Cantonese
caam4
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

steep, rugged, jagged, precipitous

Dictionary definitions & readings

巉 chán · (literary) steep; rugged; jagged; precipitous

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
10806.150:chán Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0118.050:chán Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
037.100:chán Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
chán粵caam4 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ザン サン Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
참:1N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
鋤銜 仕檻 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
UNRI Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
2771.6 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0322.240 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
230.50 337.34 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+5DC9
Radical
山 · 46
Strokes
20
Residual strokes
17
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6431

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
dzraem · 鋤銜 · 咸開二平銜崇 · #1144
Middle Chinese
dzraemX · 仕檻 · 咸開二上銜崇 · #2085

PHONO-ML, source line 8840; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
461.508
kCowles
4688
kDaeJaweon
0622.360
kHanYu
10806.150
kIRGDaeJaweon
0622.360
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
10806.150
kIRGKangXi
0322.240
kKangXi
0322.240
kMatthews
158
kMeyerWempe
3232
kMorohashi
08618 08618:E0102
kSBGY
230.50 337.34
kSMSZD2003Index
188.18
kCangjie
UNRI
kFourCornerCode
2771.6
kMojiJoho
MJ010737 MJ010737:E0102 MJ010738:E0103
kPhonetic
24
kUnihanCore2020
GHJMT
kIICore
AGT
kIRG_GSource
G3-3975
kIRG_HSource
HB1-C460
kIRG_JSource
J0-565A
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-4018
kIRG_KSource
K1-6E58
kIRG_TSource
T1-796B
kRSUnicode
46.17
kTotalStrokes
20
kBigFive
C460
kCCCII
222646
kCNS1986
1-796B
kCNS1992
1-796B
kEACC
222646
kGB3
2585
kGB8
9103
kJis0
5458
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
1548
kTGH
2013:6431
kTaiwanTelegraph
1548
kXerox
277:277
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+4711+46.3.17 V+13535+46.3.18
kCantonese
caam4
kDefinition
steep, rugged, jagged, precipitous
kFanqie
鋤銜 仕檻
kHangul
참:1N
kHanyuPinyin
10806.150:chán
kJapanese
ザン サン
kJapaneseOn
SAN ZAN
kKorean
CHAM
kMandarin
chán
kSMSZD2003Readings
chán粵caam4
kTGHZ2013
037.100:chán
kTang
jrham
kXHC1983
0118.050:chán
kSemanticVariant
U+5D84<kMatthews

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Structure & connections

0.10
1dictionary records using 巉0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right

Shape description
山 beside 毚 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿰山毚$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰山毚$(GHTJKP)

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