Character: 嶔
Modern (Beijing) reading: qīn
Preclassic Old Chinese: khǝm
Classic Old Chinese: khǝm
Western Han Chinese: khǝm
Eastern Han Chinese: khǝm
Early Postclassic Chinese: khim
Middle Postclassic Chinese: khim
Late Postclassic Chinese: khim
Middle Chinese: khim
English meaning : precipitous; mountain peak [L.Zhou]
Russian meaning[s]: 嶔崟 высокий (о горах); горные кручи
Comments: OC *khrǝm can be also reconstructed. During Late Zhou the word is attested only within the die-sheng 嶔岑 *kh(r)ǝm-ʒ́hrǝm 'precipitous'; later it is attested both in a number of other compounds and separately (as 'high mountain peak'). Cf. also 嵁.
Radical: 46
Four-angle index: 4793
Karlgren code: 0652 k
