歛

See also: 斂, 㪘, 敛, and 㰸

歛 U+6B5B, 歛 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6B5B ← 歚 [U+6B5A] CJK Unified Ideographs 歜 → [U+6B5C]

Translingual

Traditional	歛
Shinjitai (extended)	㰸
Simplified	敛

Han character

歛 (Kangxi radical 76, 欠かけ+13, 17 strokes, cangjie input 人人ひとびと弓ゆみ人じん (OONO), four-corner 8788₂, composition ⿰僉欠かけ)

Derived characters

• 𡄥, 𡾴, 𢹦, 㶑, 𨰇, 蘝, 𣌋, 𤼏, 𪩪, 籨, 𤒡
• 𢌃 (Exception: Only for mainland China character form which contains ⿸广歛. Taiwan character form contains ⿰㢛欠かけ instead)

Related characters

• 斂 (Orthodox form of 歛)
• 敛 (Simplified form of 斂)
• 㰸 (Japanese extended shinjitai)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 572, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16210
• Dae Jaweon: page 960, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2152, character 12
• Unihan data for U+6B5B

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
厱	*raːm, *kʰreːm, *kʰlam
歛	*qʰlaːm
臉	*ɡ·reːmʔ, *skʰlam, *kramʔ
醶	*ɡr·reːmʔ, *skʰraːmʔ
鹼	*kreːmʔ, *skʰlam
薟	*ɡ·ram, *ɡ·ramʔ, *qʰram
匳	*ɡ·ram
獫	*ɡ·ram, *ɡ·ramʔ, *ɡ·rams, *qʰramʔ
蘞	*ɡ·ram, *ɡ·ramʔ, *qʰlam
籢	*ɡ·ram
斂	*ɡ·ramʔ, *ɡ·rams
瀲	*ɡ·ramʔ, *ɡ·rams
撿	*ɡ·ramʔ, *kramʔ
羷	*ɡ·ramʔ
殮	*ɡ·rams
簽	*skʰlam
僉	*skʰlam
憸	*skʰlam, *skʰlamʔ, *sqʰlam, *qʰramʔ
譣	*skʰlam, *qʰramʔ
檢けん	*kramʔ
瞼まぶた	*kramʔ
儉	*ɡramʔ
顩	*ŋramʔ, *rlɯmʔ, *kʰrɯmʔ
嬐	*ŋramʔ
嶮	*ŋramʔ, *hŋramʔ
噞	*ŋramʔ, *ŋrams
驗けん	*ŋrams
險けん	*qʰramʔ
劒	*kams
劍けん	*kams
𩏩	*qʰam

Etymology 1

trad.		歛
simp.		敛

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hān (han¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄢ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hān
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: han
    • Wade–Giles: han¹
    • Yale: hān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: han
    • Palladius: хань (xanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xän⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: xam

Rime
Character	歛
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲こえ)	曉あかつき (32)
Final (韻いん)	談だん (143)
Tone (調しらべ)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開ひらき合あい)	Open
Division (等ひとし)	I
Fanqie	呼よび談だん切きり
Baxter	xam
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hɑm/
Pan Wuyun	/hɑm/
Shao Rongfen	/xɑm/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ham/
Li Rong	/xɑm/
Wang Li	/xɑm/
Bernard Karlgren	/xɑm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ham1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰlaːm/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	歛
Reading #	1/1
No.	10179
Phonetic component	僉
Rime group	談だん
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	蚶
Old Chinese	/*qʰlaːm/

Definitions

歛

1. ^† to desire
2. ^† to give
3. Alternative form of 𧵊

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 歛 – see 斂 (“to draw back; to fold back; to collect; etc.”). (This character is a variant traditional form of 斂).

Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	㰸
Kyūjitai	歛

Kanji

歛

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 㰸)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): かん (kan)、けん (ken)
• Kun: のぞむ (nozomu)、あたえる (ataeru)

Korean

Hanja

歛 • (geom) (hangeul 검, revised geom, McCune–Reischauer kŏm, Yale kem)

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Vietnamese

Han character

歛: Hán Nôm readings: liễm, lém, lẹm, liệm, lẻm, lượm

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References

• Nom Foundation