# 噉

| 噉 | U+5649, &#22089; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5649 |
| ← 噈 [U+5648] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 噊 → [U+564A] |

## Translingual
### Han character

噉 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 口一十大 (RMJK), four-corner 6804$_0$, composition ⿰口敢)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 208, character 19
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4299
* Dae Jaweon: page 431, character 14
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 679, character 10
* Unihan data for U+5649

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 撖 | *kʰɯːm, *kʰreːmʔ, *ɡraːmʔ |
| 澉 | *l̥ʰaːms, *klaːmʔ |
| 噉 | *l'aːmʔ |
| 敢 | *klaːmʔ |
| 橄 | *klaːmʔ |
| 瞰 | *kʰlaːms |
| 闞 | *kʰlaːms, *qʰreːmʔ, *hŋraːms |
| 憨 | *qʰaːm, *qʰlaːms |
| 譀 | *qʰlaːms, *qʰraːms, *qʰraːb |
| 巖 | *ŋraːm |
| 礹 | *ŋraːm, *ŋamʔ |
| 豃 | *qʰraːmʔ |
| 讝 | *kjam |
| 玁 | *hŋramʔ |
| 嚴 | *ŋam |
| 儼 | *ŋamʔ |
| 曮 | *ŋamʔ |
| 釅 | *ŋams |

### Etymology 1

* For pronunciation and definitions of 噉 – see 啖 (“to eat; to dine; to feed; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 啖).

### Etymology 2

Originally written as 咁; the functions of the two words differentiated in late 19th century. Likely from the fusion of 嗰物 (go$^3$ mat$^6$) (Cheung, 2013).

#### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): gam$^2$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gam$^2$
*** Yale: gám
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gam$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gem$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /kɐm³⁵/

#### Definitions

噉 (Cantonese)
* attached to form adverbs
       keoi$^5$ maan$^6$ maan$^{6-2}$ gam$^2$ haang$^4$. [Jyutping]
       He/she walks slowly.
    建設性噉／建设性噉 [Cantonese] ― gin$^3$ cit$^3$ sing$^3$ gam$^2$ [Jyutping] ― constructively
* this
    噉唔得㗎！ [Cantonese] ― gam$^2$ m$^4$ dak$^1$ gaa$^3$! [Jyutping] ― This will not work! / This will not do!
* this; like this
       keoi$^5$ hai$^6$ jat$^1$ go$^3$ gam$^2$ ge$^3$ jan$^4$. [Jyutping]
       He/she is this kind of person. (lit."He/she is a this sort of person.")
       gam$^2$ zau$^6$ jyun$^4$ zo$^2$ laa$^4$! [Jyutping]
       Is that all!? / It's over just like that? (lit. "It ends just like that!?")
* in such a way
       zoeng$^1$ zyu$^1$ gu$^{2-1}$ lik$^{6-1}$ dong$^3$ faan$^6$ gam$^2$ sik$^6$ [Jyutping]
       to eat chocolate as if it was a meal
       hou$^2$ ci$^5$ hai$^2$ dou$^6$ ceoi$^1$ gan$^2$ ngo$^5$ gam$^2$ [Jyutping]
       as if they were trying to hurry me
* in that case; then
       gam$^2$ ngo$^5$ faan$^1$ heoi$^3$ sin$^1$ laa$^1$. [Jyutping]
       I'll be leaving first then.

##### Synonyms

* (to form adverbs): (Mandarin) 地 (de)
* (this, like this): (Mandarin) 那 (nà)
* (in this case, then): (Mandarin) 那 (nà)

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): gam$^2$ / gan$^2$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gam$^2$ / gan$^2$
*** Yale: gám / gán
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gam$^2$ / gan$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gem$^2$ / gen$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /kɐm³⁵/, /kɐn³⁵/

#### Definitions

噉
* Alternative form of 減／减

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* bite
* chew

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): たん (tan)、だん (dan)
* Kun: くらう (kurau)、くらわす (kurawasu)

## Korean
### Hanja

噉 • (dam) (hangeul 담, revised dam, McCune–Reischauer tam)
* to eat
* to feed

## Vietnamese
### Han character

噉: Hán Nôm readings: đạm, dám, hám, ngoảm
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### References

* Nom Foundation

## Zhuang
### Noun

噉
* Sawndip form of gemj (“cheek (of face)”)