See also:
U+6FEB, 濫
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6FEB

[U+6FEA]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+6FEC]
U+F922, 濫
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F922

[U+F921]
CJK Compatibility Ideographs
[U+F923]

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 85, 水+14 in Chinese, 水+15 in Japanese, 17 strokes in Chinese, 18 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 水尸戈廿 (ESIT) or 水尸一廿 (ESMT), four-corner 38117, composition )

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 657, character 3
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18521
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1067, character 8
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1766, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+6FEB

Chinese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡ·raːms, *ɡraːmʔ): semantic (water) + phonetic (OC *kraːm, *kraːms).

Pronunciation 1

trad.
simp.
2nd round simp.

Note: laam5 - colloquial variant (“excessive”).

Rime
Character
Reading # 2/2
Initial () (37)
Final () (143)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie 𣊟切
Baxter lamH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/lɑmH/
Pan
Wuyun
/lɑmH/
Shao
Rongfen
/lɑmH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/lamH/
Li
Rong
/lɑmH/
Wang
Li
/lɑmH/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/lɑmH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
làn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
laam6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2
No. 6094
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɡ·raːms/

Definitions

  1. to overflow; to flood
  2. excessive; indiscriminate
  3. (Eastern Min) wet
Synonyms

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

trad.
simp.


Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2
Initial () (33)
Final () (149)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () II
Fanqie
Baxter haemX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦˠamX/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦᵚamX/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣamX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦaɨmX/
Li
Rong
/ɣamX/
Wang
Li
/ɣamX/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ɣamX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
xiàn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
haam6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 2/2
No. 6112
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɡraːmʔ/

Definitions

  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of  / (eunuch, supervisor)

Japanese

Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)

Readings

  • Go-on: らん (ran, Jōyō)らむ (ramu, historical)
  • Kan-on: らん (ran, Jōyō)らむ (ramu, historical)
  • Kun: あふれる (afureru, 濫れる)ひたす (hitasu, 濫す)みだりに (midarini, 濫りに)みだれる (midareru, 濫れる)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
らん
Grade: S
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese (MC lamH).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɾã̠ɴ]

Affix

(らん) • (ran

  1. to overflow
  2. excessive; superfluous

Usage notes

is a daiyōji replacing in various terms.

Japanese terms with 濫 replaced by daiyōji 乱:

Derived terms

(Replaced by in modern orthography):

(Not replaced by in modern orthography):

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese (MC lamH).

Historical readings
Dongguk Jeongun reading
Dongguk Jeongun, 1448 Recorded as Middle Korean 람〮 (Yale: lám) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.
Middle Korean
Text Eumhun
Gloss (hun) Reading
Hunmong Jahoe, 1527 넘〯ᄯᅵᆯ 람〮 Recorded as Middle Korean 람〮 (lám) (Yale: lám) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Pronunciation

  • (initial position)
    • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [na̠(ː)m]
    • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
      • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
  • (non-initial position)

Hanja

(eumhun 넘칠 (neomchil ram), word-initial (South Korea) 넘칠 (neomchil nam))

  1. hanja form? of / (to overflow)
  2. hanja form? of / (excessive; superfluous)

Compounds

References

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典. [1]

Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Việt readings: lạm[1][2][3][4][5][6]
: Nôm readings: làm[1][2][4][5][6][7], trộm[1][2][4][5][6][7], giậm[2][3], lặm[2], lầm[2], lòm[2], lộm[2], lợm[2], lụm[2], luộm[2]

  1. chữ Hán form of lạm (to overflow)
  2. chữ Nôm form of làm (to do; to make; to work)
  3. chữ Nôm form of trộm (to steal; (literary) to do something secretly)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Nguyễn (2014).
  2. 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 Trần (2004).
  3. 3.0 3.1 Hồ (1976).
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Bonet (1899).
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 Génibrel (1898).
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 Taberd & Pigneau de Béhaine (1838).
  7. 7.0 7.1 Nguyễn et al. (2009).