咸

咸 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 戈竹一口 (IHMR), four-corner 5320₀, composition ⿵戌口 or ⿵戊𠮛)

• 减, 喊, 堿, 㛾, 㨔, 減, 㺂, 椷, 煘, 瑊, 䁍, 碱, 緘(缄), 羬, 諴(𫍯), 輱, 醎, 鍼, 𠁝, 鰔, 鹹, 黬, 䶢, 㰹, 顑, 感, 觱, 䶠, 嵅, 葴, 箴, 䖗, 麙

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 187, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3563
• Dae Jaweon: page 406, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1404, character 2
• Unihan data for U+54B8

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 戌 (“ax”) + 口 — to terminate. The 口 is a distinguishing mark. Later borrowed to mean "all".^{[字源 1]}

Other explanations include shouting together with a spear in front of the battlefield, implying everyone; alternatively, to cut off one's head with an ax, depriving them of all they have; alternatively, to break a pot with an ax.

For etymology 2, simplified from 鹹 (elimination of 鹵).

Compare Khmer ព្រម (prɔɔm, “to agree; to go along with; together”) (Schuessler, 2007).

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咸

1. (literary) all; completely

   老少咸宜  ―  lǎoshàoxiányí  ―  to be suitable for both the old and the young

   • 首出庶物，萬國咸寧。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     首出庶物，万国咸宁。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: I Ching, 11^th – 8^th century BCE

     Shǒu chū shùwù, wànguó xiánníng. [Pinyin]

     (The sage) appears aloft, high above all things, and the myriad states all enjoy repose.

   • 於諸侯之約，大王當王關中，關中民咸知之。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
     于诸侯之约，大王当王关中，关中民咸知之。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]

     From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE

     Yú zhūhóu zhī yuē, dàwáng dāng wàng Guānzhōng, Guānzhōng mín xián zhī zhī. [Pinyin]

     By the covenant made with vassals, you should be the king in Guanzhong; all people of Guanzhong knew this.

2. (obsolete) together
3. (literary) united; in harmony

   alt. forms: 諴 / 𫍯

4. (literary) common; widespread
5. (obsolete) to finish; to terminate
6. 31st hexagram of the I Ching
7. a surname

Often used in place of 鹹 (“salty”) in Hong Kong, even though 鹹 is the traditional Chinese character.

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. all

• Go-on: げん (gen)^{←げむ (gemu, historical)}
• Kan-on: かん (kan)^{←かむ (kamu, historical)}
• Kun: みな (mina, 咸)
• Nanori: たける (takeru)、はやし (hayashi)、みな (mina)

咸 (eum 함 (ham))

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咸: Hán Nôm readings: hàm

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