噉 (Kangxi radical 30,口+12, 15 strokes,cangjie input口一十大 (RMJK),four-corner68040,composition⿰口敢)
- Kangxi Dictionary:page 208, character 19
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4299
- Dae Jaweon: page 431, character 14
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 679, character 10
- Unihan data for U+5649
| Old Chinese |
|---|
| 撖 | *kʰɯːm, *kʰreːmʔ, *ɡraːmʔ |
| 澉 | *l̥ʰaːms, *klaːmʔ |
| 噉 | *l'aːmʔ |
| 敢 | *klaːmʔ |
| 橄 | *klaːmʔ |
| 瞰 | *kʰlaːms |
| 闞 | *kʰlaːms, *qʰreːmʔ, *hŋraːms |
| 憨 | *qʰaːm, *qʰlaːms |
| 譀 | *qʰlaːms, *qʰraːms, *qʰraːb |
| 巖 | *ŋraːm |
| 礹 | *ŋraːm, *ŋamʔ |
| 豃 | *qʰraːmʔ |
| 讝 | *kjam |
| 玁 | *hŋramʔ |
| 嚴 | *ŋam |
| 儼 | *ŋamʔ |
| 曮 | *ŋamʔ |
| 釅 | *ŋams |
For pronunciation and definitions of噉 – see啖 (“toeat; todine; tofeed; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of啖). |
Originally written as咁; the functions of the two words differentiated in late 19th century. Likely from the fusion of嗰物(go3 mat6) (Cheung, 2013).
噉(Cantonese)
- attached to form adverbs
佢慢慢噉行。[Cantonese,trad. andsimp.]- keoi5 maan6 maan6-2gam2 haang4.[Jyutping]
- He/she walks slowly.
- 建設性噉／建设性噉[Cantonese] ― gin3 cit3 sing3gam2[Jyutping] ― constructively
- this (when describing an action)
- 噉唔得㗎！[Cantonese] ― gam2 m4 dak1 gaa3![Jyutping] ― This will not work! /This will not do!
- this; like this
佢係一個噉嘅人。[Cantonese,trad.]
佢系一个噉嘅人。[Cantonese,simp.]- keoi5 hai6 jat1 go3gam2 ge3 jan4.[Jyutping]
- He/she isthis kind of person.(lit."He/she is athis sort of person.")
噉就完咗喇！[Cantonese,trad. andsimp.]- gam2 zau6 jyun4 zo2 laa4![Jyutping]
- Is that all!? / It's over just like that?(lit. "It ends justlike that!?")
- in such a way
將朱古力當飯噉食[Cantonese,trad.]
将朱古力当饭噉食[Cantonese,simp.]- zoeng1 zyu1 gu2-1 lik6-1 dong3 faan6gam2 sik6[Jyutping]
- to eat chocolateas if it was a meal
好似喺度催緊我噉[Cantonese,trad.]
好似喺度催紧我噉[Cantonese,simp.]- hou2 ci5 hai2 dou6 ceoi1 gan2 ngo5gam2[Jyutping]
- as if they were trying tohurry me
- in that case;then
噉我返去先啦。[Cantonese,trad. andsimp.]- gam2 ngo5 faan1 heoi3 sin1 laa1.[Jyutping]
- I'll be leaving firstthen.
- (to form adverbs):(Mandarin)地 (de)
- (this, like this):(Mandarin)那 (nà)
- (in this case, then):(Mandarin)那 (nà)
噉
- alternative form of減 /减
噉
(Hyōgai kanji)
- bite
- chew
噉• (dam) (hangeul담,revised dam,McCune–Reischauer tam)
- toeat
- tofeed
噉:Hán Nôm readings:đạm,dám,hám,ngoảm
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噉
- Sawndip form ofgemj(“cheek (of face)”)
