# 纜

| 纜 | U+7E9C, &#32412; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7E9C |
| ← 纛 [U+7E9B] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 纝 → [U+7E9D] |

## Translingual

| Traditional | 纜 |
| Shinjitai (extended) | 䌫 |
| Simplified | 缆 |

### Han character

纜 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+21, 27 strokes, cangjie input 女火尸田山 (VFSWU), four-corner 2891$_6$, composition ⿰糹覽)
* hawser, heavy-duty rope, cable

#### Derived characters

* 𭍘

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 944, character 18
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28100
* Dae Jaweon: page 1384, character 26
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3472, character 4
* Unihan data for U+7E9C

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 藍 | *ɡ·raːm |
| 襤 | *ɡ·raːm |
| 籃 | *ɡ·raːm |
| 懢 | *ɡ·raːm, *ɡ·raːms |
| 儖 | *ɡ·raːm |
| 蘫 | *ɡ·raːm, *qʰlaːms |
| 攬 | *ɡ·raːmʔ |
| 欖 | *ɡ·raːmʔ |
| 覽 | *ɡ·raːmʔ |
| 爁 | *ɡ·raːmʔ, *ɡ·raːms, *ɡ·rams |
| 擥 | *ɡ·raːmʔ |
| 灠 | *ɡ·raːmʔ |
| 濫 | *ɡ·raːms, *ɡraːmʔ |
| 嚂 | *ɡ·raːms, *kʰlaːms, *qʰlaːmʔ |
| 纜 | *ɡ·raːms |
| 監 | *kraːm, *kraːms |
| 礛 | *kraːm |
| 鑑 | *kraːm, *kraːms, *kraːms |
| 艦 | *ɡraːmʔ |
| 檻 | *ɡraːmʔ, *ɡraːms |
| 壏 | *ɡraːmʔ |
| 轞 | *ɡraːmʔ |
| 鹽 | *ɡ·lam, *ɡ·lams |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡ·raːms) : semantic 糹 (“silk”) + phonetic 覽 (OC *ɡ·raːmʔ).

### Etymology

Note similarities with 欄 (OC *ɡ·raːn, “railing, balustrade”); see there for more.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): lǎn (lan$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄢˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): laam$^6$ / laam$^{6-2}$
* Eastern Min (BUC): lāng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): lám
    (Teochew, Peng'im): lam$^2$ / nam$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: lǎn
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄢˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: lǎn
*** Wade–Giles: lan$^3$
*** Yale: lǎn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laan
*** Palladius: лань (lanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /län²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: laam$^6$ / laam$^{6-2}$
*** Yale: laahm / láam
*** Cantonese Pinyin: laam$^6$ / laam$^{6-2}$
*** Guangdong Romanization: lam$^6$ / lam$^{6-2}$
*** Sinological IPA : /laːm²²/, /laːm²²⁻³⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: lāng
*** Sinological IPA : /l̃aŋ³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lám
*** Tâi-lô: lám
*** Phofsit Daibuun: larm
*** IPA (Xiamen): /lam⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /lam⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /lam⁵³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /lam⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /lam⁴¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: lam$^2$ / nam$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lám / nám
*** Sinological IPA : /lam⁵²/, /nam⁵²/
* lam2 - Chaozhou;
* nam2 - Shantou.
* Middle Chinese: lomX, lamH
Rime :
| Character | 纜 | 纜 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 來 (37) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 覃 (159) | 談 (143) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | I | I |
| Fanqie | 盧感切 | 盧𣊟切 |
| Baxter | lomX | lamH |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /lʌm$^X$/ | /lɑm$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ləm$^X$/ | /lɑm$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /lɒm$^X$/ | /lɑm$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ləm$^X$/ | /lam$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /lᴀm$^X$/ | /lɑm$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /lɒm$^X$/ | /lɑm$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /lăm$^X$/ | /lɑm$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | lǎn | làn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | laam$^5$ | laam$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɡ·raːms/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 纜 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 6098 |
| Phonetic component | 監 |
| Rime group | 談 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | |
| Old Chinese | /*ɡ·raːms/ |

### Definitions

纜
* (literary) hawser; heavy rope for mooring boats
* cable; thick rope with many strands (Classifier: 條／条 c)
* to moor; to tie; to fasten
* (Cantonese) to wear something that requires wrapping
    纜片／缆片 [Cantonese] ― laam$^6$ pin$^{3-2}$ [Jyutping] ― to wear a diaper
    纜頸巾／缆颈巾 [Cantonese] ― laam$^6$ geng$^2$ gan$^1$ [Jyutping] ― to wear a scarf
    纜皮帶／缆皮带 [Cantonese] ― laam$^6$ pei$^4$ daai$^{3-2}$ [Jyutping] ― to wear a leather belt
    纜安全帶／缆安全带 [Cantonese] ― laam$^6$ on$^1$ cyun$^4$ daai$^{3-2}$ [Jyutping] ― to fasten a seatbelt
* (Cantonese) betting slips for illegal bookmaking
* (gambling, originally Cantonese) martingale (gambling strategy) (Classifier: 條／条 c)

### Compounds

* DU纜／DU缆
* 三式纜／三式缆
* 光纖電纜／光纤电缆
* 六式纜／六式缆
* 勝算纜／胜算缆
* 反樓梯纜／反楼梯缆
* 同軸電纜／同轴电缆 (tóngzhóu diànlǎn)
* 孖寶纜／孖宝缆
* 打纜／打缆
* 斬纜／斩缆
* 斷纜／断缆
* 樓梯纜／楼梯缆
* 殺手纜／杀手缆
* 波纜／波缆
* 海底電纜／海底电缆
* 直纜／直缆
* 空中纜車／空中缆车
* 級數纜／级数缆
* 纜線／缆线
* 纜繩／缆绳 (lǎnshéng)
* 纜車／缆车 (lǎnchē)
* 船纜／船缆
* 解纜／解缆
* 賭纜／赌缆
* 過關纜／过关缆
* 鋼纜／钢缆
* 電纜／电缆 (diànlǎn)
* 電纜車／电缆车 (diànlǎnchē)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): らん (ran)
* Kun: ともずな (tomozuna, 纜)

## Korean
### Hanja

纜 • (ram>nam) (hangeul 람>남, revised ram>nam, McCune–Reischauer ram>nam, Yale lam>nam)
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