# 衖

| 衖 | U+8856, &#34902; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8856 |
| ← 衕 [U+8855] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 街 → [U+8857] |

## Translingual
### Han character

衖 (Kangxi radical 144, 行+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 竹人廿金弓 (HOTCN), four-corner 2122$_1$, composition ⿴行共 or ⿲彳共亍)
* lane
* alley

#### Derived characters

* 𣽣

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1109, character 15
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34049
* Dae Jaweon: page 1573, character 16
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 832, character 2
* Unihan data for U+8856

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡroːŋs) : semantic 行 + phonetic 共 (OC *kloŋ, *ɡloŋs)

### Etymology 1

| | Old Chinese |
| 港 | *kroːŋʔ, *ɡloːŋs |
| 巷 | *ɡroːŋs |
| 衖 | *ɡroːŋs |
| 鬨 | *ɡroːŋs, *ɡloːŋs |
| 烘 | *qʰloːŋ, *qʰloːŋs, *ɡoːŋ, *ɡloːŋs |
| 洪 | *ɡloːŋ |
| 鉷 | *ɡloːŋ |
| 谼 | *ɡloːŋ |
| 葓 | *ɡoːŋ |
| 哄 | *ɡloːŋs |
| 蕻 | *ɡloːŋs |
| 恭 | *kloŋ |
| 供 | *kloŋ, *kloŋs |
| 龔 | *kloŋ |
| 珙 | *kloŋ, *kloŋʔ |
| 共 | *kloŋ, *ɡloŋs |
| 髸 | *kloŋ |
| 拱 | *kloŋʔ |
| 拲 | *kloŋʔ, *kloɡ |
| 蛬 | *kloŋʔ, *ɡloŋ |
| 栱 | *kloŋʔ |
| 輁 | *kloŋʔ, *ɡloŋ |
| 舼 | *ɡloŋ |
| 輂 | *kloɡ |

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xiàng (xiang$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): hong$^6$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$ghaon
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xiàng
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: siàng
*** Wade–Giles: hsiang$^4$
*** Yale: syàng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianq
*** Palladius: сян (sjan)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: hong$^6$
*** Yale: hohng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: hong$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: hong$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /hɔːŋ²²/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$ghaon
*** MiniDict: ghaon$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$hhaan
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦɑ̃²³/
* Middle Chinese: haewngH
Rime :
| Character | 衖 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 匣 (33) |
| Final (韻) | 江 (9) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 胡絳切 |
| Baxter | haewngH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɦˠʌŋ$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɦᵚɔŋ$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɣɔŋ$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɦaɨwŋ$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /ɣɔŋ$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /ɣɔŋ$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ɣɔŋ$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | xiàng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | hong$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɡroːŋs/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 衖 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 4152 |
| Phonetic component | 共 |
| Rime group | 東 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 巷 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɡroːŋs/ |

#### Definitions

衖
* Same as 巷.

### Etymology 2

* For pronunciation and definitions of 衖 – see 弄 (“alley; lane”). (This character is a variant form of 弄).

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): こう (kō)
* Kun: ちまた (chimata)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

衖: Hán Nôm readings: hạng, lộng
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