View source for 鹹

{{also|醎|咸}}
{{character info}}
==Translingual==

===Han character===
{{Han char|rn=197|rad=鹵|as=09|sn=20|four=23650|canj=YWIHR|ids=⿰鹵咸}}

====Related characters====
* [[咸]] – simplified to an existing character.

====See also====
* {{l|mul|鹽}}

====References====
* {{Han ref|kx=1507.200|dkj=47553|dj=2035.220|hdz=74610.190|uh=9E79|ud=40569|bh=C4D0|bd=50384}}

==Chinese==
{{zh-forms|s=咸|alt=醎}}

===Glyph origin===
{{Han etym}}
{{Han compound|鹵|咸|c1=s|c2=p|t1=salt|ls=psc}}.

===Etymology===
From {{inh|zh|sit-pro|*hjam||salty}} or {{m|sit-pro|*g-rjum||salt}}; compare {{cog|cdm|ल्‍हाम्‌सा|tr=hlam‑|t=salty (not excessively)}}, {{cog|kac|jum||salt}} (STEDT).

===Pronunciation===
{{zh-pron
|m=xián
|ma=Zh-xián.ogg
|m-s=han2
|dg=хан1
|c=haam4
|c-t=ham3
|g=han2
|h=pfs=hàm;gd=ham2
|j=xie1
|mb=gěng
|md=gèng/hàng
|md_note=gèng - vernacular; hàng - literary
|mn=kiâm/ml:hâm
|mn_note=kiâm - vernacular; hâm - literary
|mn-t=giam5
|mn-l=
|w=sh:6ghe,6yi
|w_note=3hhe - vernacular; 3hhi - literary
|x=han2
|x-l=
|x-h=
|mc=y
|oc=y
|cat=a
}}

===Definitions===
{{head|zh|hanzi}}

# [[salty]]; [[briny]]
#: {{zh-co|鹹菜|salted vegetables}}
#: {{zh-x|湯 太 鹹 了。|The soup is too salty.}}
# {{lb|zh|Southern Min}} [[stingy]]; [[miserly]]
# {{lb|zh|Southern Min}} [[rice]] [[topping]]; [[viand]]
#: {{zh-co|買 鹹|tr=bhoi2 '''giam5'''|to buy '''groceries'''|MN-T}}
# {{lb|zh|Teochew|of clothes}} [[dirty]]; [[unwashed]] 
# {{lb|zh|Cantonese|Hailufeng Min}} [[erotic]]; [[pornographic]]; [[obscene]]
#: {{zh-co|鹹片{pin3-2}|'''pornographic''' video|C}}
# {{lb|zh|Yangjiang Yue}} [[salt]]

====Synonyms====
{{zh-dial|吝嗇}}
{{zh-dial|鹽}}

===Compounds===
{{col3|zh|鹹濕|鹹蟲|鹹肉|鹹水|鹹水湖|鹹菜|鹹蛋|八珍鹹粥|半鹹水湖|托葷鹹食|鹹嘴淡舌|鹹水妹|鹹水魚|鹹海|鹹湖|鹹潟|鹹魚|鹹魚翻身|鹹鴨蛋|鹹魚翻生|鹹豬手|鹹片|鹹龍|鹹臭|舄鹹|說鹹道淡|酸鹹|酸鹹苦辣|鯹鹹|鹵鹹|鹹丸子|鹹味|鹹土|鹹壤|鹹杬子|鹹汁|鹹池|鹹泉|鹹浸浸|鹹淡|鹹溜溜|鹹潮|鹹澀|鹹絲絲|鹹肉莊|鹹腥|鹹舄|鹹苦|鹹草|鹹菹|鹹葅|鹹虀|鹹解|鹹豉|鹹酸|鹹風蛋雨|鹹鴨卵|鹹鹵|鹹鹺|鹹鹽|鹺鹹}}

===Descendants===
* {{desc|tai-swe-pro|*ɡemᴬ|bor=1}}
* {{desc|za|hamz|bor=1}}

===See also===
{{table:tastes/zh}}

===References===
* {{R:yue:Hanzi}}

==Japanese==

===Kanji===
{{ja-kanji|grade=|rs=鹵09}}

# [[salty]]

====Readings====
* {{ja-readings|kanon=かん|kun=しおから-い, しょっぱ-い, しおけ}}

====Compounds====
* {{ja-r|鹹湖|かんこ}}
* {{ja-r|鹹水|かんすい}}
* {{ja-r|鹹水湖|かんすいこ}}
* {{ja-r|鹹味|かんみ}}
* {{ja-r|半鹹水|はんかんすい}}

==Korean==

===Hanja===
{{ko-hanja|[[짜다|짤]]|함}}

# {{hanja form of|함|salty}}

{{ko-hanja|다|함}}

# {{rfdef|ko|sort=鹵09}}

==Vietnamese==

===Han character===
{{vi-readings|reading=hàm|rs=鹵09}}

# {{rfdef|vi|sort=鹵09}}