磡

磡 · kàn

cliff, ledge, bank; step

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
kàn
Cantonese
ham3
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

cliff, ledge, bank; step

Dictionary definitions & readings

磡 kàn · dangerous sea-cliff

CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · 2026-10-13 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
42451.030:kàn Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0633.030:kàn Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
193.100:kàn Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
kàn粵ham3 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
カン コン Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
苦紺 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
MRTVS Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
1462.7 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0835.250 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
441.39 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+78E1
Radical
石 · 112
Strokes
16
Residual strokes
11
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #7850

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
khomH · 苦紺 · 咸開一去覃溪 · #3102

PHONO-ML, source line 16017; 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
kFennIndex
241.04
kHanYu
42451.030
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
42451.030
kIRGKangXi
0835.250
kKangXi
0835.250
kLau
1121
kMatthews
3255
kMeyerWempe
773b
kMorohashi
24436
kSBGY
441.39
kSMSZD2003Index
476.02 69.16
kCangjie
MRTVS
kFourCornerCode
1462.7
kMojiJoho
MJ018647
kPhonetic
495
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIICore
BTHM
kIRG_GSource
G3-585A
kIRG_HSource
HB2-EAA9
kIRG_JSource
J14-7255
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-6095
kIRG_KSource
K2-4D41
kIRG_TSource
T2-5873
kRSUnicode
112.11
kTotalStrokes
16
kBigFive
EAA9
kCCCII
22656F
kCNS1986
2-5873
kCNS1992
2-5873
kEACC
22656F
kGB3
5658
kGB8
9339
kJIS0213
2,82,53
kJis1
4817
kMainlandTelegraph
8962
kTGH
2013:7850
kTaiwanTelegraph
8888
kXerox
305:111
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+14899+112.5.11
kCantonese
ham3
kDefinition
cliff, ledge, bank; step
kFanqie
苦紺
kHanyuPinyin
42451.030:kàn
kJapanese
カン コン
kJapaneseOn
KAN KON
kMandarin
kàn
kSMSZD2003Readings
kàn粵ham3
kTGHZ2013
193.100:kàn
kXHC1983
0633.030:kàn
kSemanticVariant
U+5888<kLau,kMatthews

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Structure & connections

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

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰石勘$(GHTJKP)

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