岑

岑 (Kangxi radical 46, 山+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 山人戈弓 (UOIN), four-corner 2220₇, composition ⿱山今)

• 侺, 㖗, 埁, 涔, 梣, 琌, 硶, 䤫, 䫈
• 𡷴, 𢙿, 𢭞, 𣇂, 𥆱, 𦨽, 𨁊, 𩷒, 𫊍, 𣢽, 𪁏
• 𬇁, 𬒻, 𫴚

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 308, character 27
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7937
• Dae Jaweon: page 608, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 763, character 23
• Unihan data for U+5C91

岑

1. (literary) small but tall hill
2. (obsolete) high

   • 不揣其本而齊其末，方寸之木可使高於岑樓。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     不揣其本而齐其末，方寸之木可使高于岑楼。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE

     Bù chuǎi qí běn ér qí qí mò, fāng cùn zhī mù kě shǐ gāo yú cénlóu. [Pinyin]

     If you do not adjust them at their lower extremities, but only put their tops on a level, a piece of wood an inch square may be made to be higher than the pointed peak of a high building.

3. a surname

   • 岑夫子，丹丘生，將進酒，杯莫停。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     岑夫子，丹丘生，将进酒，杯莫停。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 8th century, Li Bai, 將進酒

     Cén fūzǐ, Dānqiū shēng, jiāng jìn jiǔ, bēi mò tíng. [Pinyin]

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(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. peak, mountaintop
2. used in names

• On (unclassified): しん (shin)^{←しん (sin, historical)←しむ (simu, ancient)}; じん (jin)^{←じん (zin, historical)←じむ (zimu, ancient)}; ぎん (gin)
• Kun: みね (mine, 岑)
• Nanori: たかし (takashi); たけし (takeshi); みね (mine)

岑 • (jam, eum) (hangeul 잠, 음, revised jam, eum, McCune–Reischauer cham, ŭm)

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岑: Hán Nôm readings: sầm, sum, xờm

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