衖

衖	U+8856, 衖 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 2122₁, 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

simp. and trad.		衖

Characters in the same phonetic series (共) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	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 (xiang⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hong⁶
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶ghaon

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiàng
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siàng
  - Wade–Giles: hsiang⁴
  - Yale: syàng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianq
  - Palladius: сян (sjan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: hong⁶
  - Yale: hohng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hong⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: hong⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːŋ²²/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶ghaon
  - MiniDict: ghaon^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhaan
  - 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/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɣɔŋ^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiàng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hong⁶

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

衖

(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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