# 竷

| 竷 | U+7AF7, &#31479; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7AF7 |
| ← 競 [U+7AF6] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 竸 → [U+7AF8] |

## Translingual
### Han character

竷 (Kangxi radical 117, 立+15, 20 strokes, cangjie input 卜十竹水水 (YJHEE), four-corner 0844$_7$, composition ⿰章⿱夅夂)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 873, character 23
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25834
* Dae Jaweon: page 1304, character 23
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2716, character 24
* Unihan data for U+7AF7

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 竷
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 贛 | *kluːmʔ, *kluːms, *kromʔ, *kloːms |
| 灨 | *kluːmʔ, *kluːms |
| 竷 | *kʰluːms |
| 戇 | *kr'oːms, *qʰloːms |
| 洚 | *kruːŋs, *ɡruːŋ, *ɡloːŋ, *ɡluːŋ |
| 降 | *kruːŋs, *ɡruːŋ |
| 絳 | *kruːŋs |
| 栙 | *ɡruːŋ |
| 夅 | *ɡruːŋ |
| 跭 | *ɡruːŋ |
| 隆 | *ɡ·ruːŋ |
| 癃 | *ɡ·ruːŋ |
| 窿 | *ɡ·ruːŋ |
| 霳 | *ɡ·ruːŋ |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): kǎn, kàn (kan$^3$, kan$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄎㄢˇ, ㄎㄢˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ham$^2$ / ham$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: kǎn
*** Zhuyin: ㄎㄢˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: kǎn
*** Wade–Giles: kʻan$^3$
*** Yale: kǎn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaan
*** Palladius: кань (kanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰän²¹⁴/
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: kàn
*** Zhuyin: ㄎㄢˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: kàn
*** Wade–Giles: kʻan$^4$
*** Yale: kàn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kann
*** Palladius: кань (kanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰän⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ham$^2$ / ham$^3$
*** Yale: hám / ham
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ham$^2$ / ham$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: hem$^2$ / hem$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /hɐm³⁵/, /hɐm³³/
* Middle Chinese: khomX, khomH
Rime :
| Character | 竷 | 竷 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 溪 (29) | 溪 (29) |
| Final (韻) | 覃 (159) | 覃 (159) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | I | I |
| Fanqie | 苦感切 | 苦紺切 |
| Baxter | khomX | khomH |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kʰʌm$^X$/ | /kʰʌm$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kʰəm$^X$/ | /kʰəm$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kʰɒm$^X$/ | /kʰɒm$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kʰəm$^X$/ | /kʰəm$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /kʰᴀm$^X$/ | /kʰᴀm$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /kʰɒm$^X$/ | /kʰɒm$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /kʰăm$^X$/ | /kʰăm$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | kǎn | kàn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ham$^2$ | ham$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ʰomʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*kʰluːms/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 竷 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | kǎn |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ khom$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*[k]ʰomʔ/ |
| English | (booming sound?) |
| 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 | 竷 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 6275 |
| Phonetic component | 夅 |
| Rime group | 侵 |
| Rime subdivision | 3 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 勘 |
| Old Chinese | /*kʰluːms/ |
| Notes | 詩作坎 |

### Definitions

竷
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