咁

咁 (radical 30, 口+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 口廿一 (RTM), four-corner 6407₀, composition ⿰口甘)

• KangXi: page 184, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3477
• Dae Jaweon: page 403, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 598, character 1
• Unihan data for U+5481

Phono-semantic compound (形聲) : semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 甘 (OC *kaːm).

Uncertain. Some postulate that it is the fusion of 個物 (MC kɑ^H mɨut̚).

咁

1. (Cantonese) so, to such an extent

   做咩你咁冇腦㗎？ [Guangzhou Cantonese, trad.]
   做咩你咁冇脑㗎？ [Guangzhou Cantonese, simp.]

   Zou⁶ me¹ nei⁵ gam³ mou⁵ nou⁵ gaa³? [Jyutping]

   Why are you so stupid?

   • 佛跳牆，炆得咁鬼香，見到佛跳牆，鬼都要裝香 [Cantonese, trad.]
     佛跳墙，炆得咁鬼香，见到佛跳墙，鬼都要装香 [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 許冠傑, 佛跳牆

     fat⁶ tiu³ coeng⁴, man¹ dak¹ gam³ gwai² hoeng¹, gin³ dou^3-2 fat⁶ tiu³ coeng⁴, gwai² dou¹ jiu³ zong¹ hoeng¹ [Jyutping]

     Fotiaoqiang, stewed so aromatically; at the sight of fotiaoqiang, even the spirits want to burn incense

• 這樣／这样 (zhèyàng), 這麼／这么 (zhème), 那麼／那么 (nàme)

咁

1. Alternative form of 噉.

咁

1. Alternative form of 敢 (“question particle”).

咁

1. milk

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. so

• On (unclassified): かん (kan); がん (gan)

咁 (căm)

咁

1. Hán tự form of căm (“to bear resentment against”).