# 嵌

| 嵌 | U+5D4C, &#23884; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5D4C |
| ← 嵋 [U+5D4B] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 嵍 → [U+5D4D] |

## Translingual
### Han character

嵌 (Kangxi radical 46, 山+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 山廿一人 (UTMO), four-corner 2278$_2$, composition ⿱山𣢟)

#### Derived characters

* 𠾨

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 316, character 17
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8279
* Dae Jaweon: page 616, character 38
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 784, character 17
* Unihan data for U+5D4C

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | 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 |

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): qiàn, qiān (qian$^4$, qian$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˋ, ㄑㄧㄢ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ham$^6$ / ham$^2$ / ham$^3$ / haam$^1$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): ham$^5$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khâm
* Jin (Wiktionary): qie$^1$
* Eastern Min (BUC): káng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): kham
    (Teochew, Peng'im): kam$^2$ / kang$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: qiàn
*** Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ciàn
*** Wade–Giles: chʻien$^4$
*** Yale: chyàn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiann
*** Palladius: цянь (cjanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵¹/
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; variant in Mainland)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: qiān
*** Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cian
*** Wade–Giles: chʻien$^1$
*** Yale: chyān
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chian
*** Palladius: цянь (cjanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ham$^6$ / ham$^2$ / ham$^3$ / haam$^1$
*** Yale: hahm / hám / ham / hāam
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ham$^6$ / ham$^2$ / ham$^3$ / haam$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: hem$^6$ / hem$^2$ / hem$^3$ / ham$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /hɐm²²/, /hɐm³⁵/, /hɐm³³/, /haːm⁵⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: ham$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /ham³²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khâm
*** Hakka Romanization System: kam$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: kam$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /kʰam²⁴/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: qie$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕʰie¹¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: káng
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰɑŋ²¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kham
*** Tâi-lô: kham
*** Phofsit Daibuun: qafm
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰam⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰam³³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: kam$^2$ / kang$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khám / kháng
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰam⁵²/, /kʰaŋ⁵²/
* Middle Chinese: khaem, dzamX
Rime :
| Character | 嵌 | 嵌 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 溪 (29) | 從 (15) |
| Final (韻) | 銜 (149) | 談 (143) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | II | I |
| Fanqie | 口銜切 | 才敢切 |
| Baxter | khaem | dzamX |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kʰˠam/ | /d͡zɑm$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kʰᵚam/ | /d͡zɑm$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kʰam/ | /d͡zɑm$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kʰaɨm/ | /d͡zam$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /kʰam/ | /d͡zɑm$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /kʰam/ | /d͡zɑm$^X$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /kʰam/ | /d͡zʱɑm$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | qiān | zàn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | haam$^1$ | zaam$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*sɡaːmʔ/, /*kʰraːm/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 嵌 | 嵌 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 3651 | 3664 |
| Phonetic component | 甘 | 甘 |
| Rime group | 談 | 談 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 槧 | 嵌 |
| Old Chinese | /*sɡaːmʔ/ | /*kʰraːm/ |
| Notes | 出蒼頡篇 | 依韻部當從嶔甘聲， 非歁聲 |

#### Definitions

嵌
* to inlay; to embed; to imbed; to fix deeply and firmly
* (literary, of a valley) deep
* (literary) grotto; cave
* (literary) to fall into; to sink
* (literary) precipitous; rugged; cratered

#### Compounds

* 偏嵌 (Piānqiàn)
* 嵌入 (qiànrù)
* 嵌埋法
* 嵌巉
* 嵌巖／嵌岩
* 嵌版構造／嵌版构造
* 嵌玻璃
* 嵌瓷畫／嵌瓷画
* 嵌畫／嵌画
* 嵌石
* 嵌空
* 嵌窞
* 嵌竇／嵌窦
* 嵌造 (qiànzào)
* 嵌金
* 嵌鑲磚／嵌镶砖
* 嵌飾／嵌饰 (qiànshì)
* 撇嵌
* 湖嵌
* 百寶嵌／百宝嵌
* 眼嵌縮腮／眼嵌缩腮
* 穹嵌
* 金鑲玉嵌／金镶玉嵌
* 鑲嵌／镶嵌 (xiāngqiàn)

#### Synonyms

* 㘛

#### References

* “嵌”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

### Etymology 2

* For pronunciation and definitions of 嵌 – see 崁. (This character is a variant form of 崁).

#### Compounds

* 赤嵌 (Chìkàn)
* 赤嵌樓／赤嵌楼

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): かん (kan)
* Kun: はまる (hamaru, 嵌まる)、はめる (hameru, 嵌める)、あな (ana, 嵌)

## Korean
### Hanja

嵌 (eum 감 (gam))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

嵌: Hán Nôm readings: khảm
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#### References

* Nom Foundation