壁龕

See also: 壁龛

Chinese

		wall; rampart	niche; shrine
trad. (壁龕)		壁	龕
simp. (壁龛)		壁	龛

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bìkān

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄎㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bik¹ ham¹ / bik¹ am¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): piah-kham

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bìkān
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄎㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bìkan
  - Wade–Giles: pi⁴-kʻan¹
  - Yale: bì-kān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihkan
  - Palladius: бикань (bikanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹ kʰän⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bik¹ ham¹ / bik¹ am¹
  - Yale: bīk hām / bīk ām
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bik⁷ ham¹ / bik⁷ am¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: big¹ hem¹ / big¹ em¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɪk̚⁵ hɐm⁵⁵/, /pɪk̚⁵ ɐm⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piah-kham
  - Tâi-lô: piah-kham
  - Phofsit Daibuun: piahqafm
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pia(ʔ)⁵ kʰam³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ kʰam⁴⁴/

Noun

壁龕

niche or alcove in the wall (mostly semi-circular or rectangular in shape, used to displays statues of deities, Buddha carvings, or other artifacts)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
壁	龕
へき Grade: S	がん Hyōgai
on'yomi

Noun

壁(へき)龕(がん) • (hekigan)

(architecture) niche, alcove (in Western architecture)