險

險 (Kangxi radical 170, 阜+13, 16 strokes, cangjie input 弓中人一人 (NLOMO), four-corner 7828₆, composition ⿰阝僉)

• 𧂹

• 険 (Japanese shinjitai)
• 险 (Simplified Chinese)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1361, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41874
• Dae Jaweon: page 1865, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4160, character 8
• Unihan data for U+96AA

Historical forms of the character 險
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qʰramʔ) : semantic 阝 + phonetic 僉 (OC *skʰlam).

May be cognate with 巖 (OC *ŋraːm, “tall; cliff”). See 嚴 for more.

險

1. (of terrain) difficult and treacherous

   險灘／险滩  ―  xiǎntān  ―  dangerous shoal

2. (now in compounds) narrow pass; treacherous place; strategic point

   天險／天险  ―  tiānxiǎn  ―  natural terrain that is precipitous and in a strategic position

   無險可守／无险可守  ―  wú xiǎn kě shǒu  ―  to have no tenable defence position

3. (now dialectal or in compounds) danger; hazard; peril; risk

   冒險／冒险  ―  màoxiǎn  ―  to take a risk

   脫險／脱险  ―  tuōxiǎn  ―  to escape danger

   避過呢場險 [Guangzhou Cantonese, trad.]
   避过呢场险 [Guangzhou Cantonese, simp.]

   From: 2002, 李榮 (Li Rong), chief editor, 《現代漢語方言大詞典》 [Great Dictionary of Modern Chinese Dialects], Nanjing: Jiangsu Education Publishing House, →ISBN, page 5595

   bei⁶ gwo³ nei¹ coeng⁴ him² [Jyutping]

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   • 故君子居易以俟命，小人行險以徼幸。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     故君子居易以俟命，小人行险以徼幸。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Rites, c. 4^th – 2^nd century BCE

     Gù jūnzǐ jūyì yǐ sìmìng, xiǎorén xíngxiǎn yǐ jiàoxìng. [Pinyin]

     Thus it is that the superior man is quiet and calm, waiting for the appointments of Heaven, while the mean man walks in dangerous paths, looking for lucky occurrences.

4. dangerous; hazardous

   驚險／惊险  ―  jīngxiǎn  ―  breathtaking

   險得滯 [Guangzhou Cantonese, trad.]
   险得滞 [Guangzhou Cantonese, simp.]

   From: 2002, 李榮 (Li Rong), chief editor, 《現代漢語方言大詞典》 [Great Dictionary of Modern Chinese Dialects], Nanjing: Jiangsu Education Publishing House, →ISBN, page 5595

   him² dak¹ zai⁶ [Jyutping]

   too dangerous

5. (now dialectal or in compounds) sinister; vicious

   陰險／阴险  ―  yīnxiǎn  ―  treacherous; sinister

6. (of bad things) almost; nearly

   險些／险些  ―  xiǎnxiē  ―  nearly

   險遭毒手／险遭毒手  ―  xiǎn zāo dúshǒu  ―  to be nearly murdered

7. (in compounds) Short for 保險／保险 (bǎoxiǎn, “insurance”).

   壽險／寿险  ―  shòuxiǎn  ―  life insurance

• (almost):

• “險”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 険)

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• On (unclassified): けん (ken)
• Kun: けわしい (kewashii, 險しい)

險 • (heom) (hangeul 험, revised heom, McCune–Reischauer hŏm, Yale hem)

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險: Hán Việt readings: hiểm^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}
險: Nôm readings: hiểm^[1], hẻm^[7], hiếm^[2][7], hĩm^[3]

1. chữ Hán form of hiểm (“dangerous, impassable”).
2. Nôm form of hẻm (“narrow space, dead-end”).
3. Nôm form of hiếm (“rare, scarce”).
4. Nôm form of hĩm (“little girl (Central Vietnamese countryside)”).