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Translingual
Han character
淺 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 水戈戈 (EII), four-corner 33153, composition ⿰氵戔)
Derived characters
Antonyms
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 632, character 18
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17697
- Dae Jaweon: page 1039, character 1
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1646, character 2
- Unihan data for U+6DFA
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 殘
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*zlaːn, *zaːns
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| 戔
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*zlaːn
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| 帴
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*zlaːn, *saːns, *ʔslenʔ, *ʔsleːn, *sreːd
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| 虥
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*zreːn, *zreːn, *zreːnʔ, *zraːns
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| 盞
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*ʔsreːnʔ
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| 醆
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*ʔsreːnʔ, *ʔljenʔ
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| 琖
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*ʔsreːnʔ
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| 剗
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*sʰreːnʔ
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| 棧
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*zreːnʔ, *zraːns, *zrenʔ
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| 輚
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*zreːnʔ, *zraːns
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| 嶘
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*zreːnʔ
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| 錢
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*ʔslenʔ, *zlen
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| 俴
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*ʔslenʔ, *zlenʔ
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| 籛
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*ʔslenʔ, *ʔslens, *ʔsleːn
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| 淺
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*sʰlenʔ, *ʔsleːn
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| 濺
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*ʔsens, *ʔseːn
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| 踐
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*zlenʔ
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| 諓
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*zlenʔ, *zlens
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| 餞
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*zlenʔ, *zlens
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| 賤
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*zlens
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| 綫
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*slens
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| 箋
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*ʔsleːn
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| 牋
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*ʔsleːn
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sʰlenʔ, *ʔsleːn) : semantic 氵 + phonetic 戔 (OC *zlaːn).
Pronunciation 1
Note:
- chhíⁿ - vernacular;
- chhián - literary.
Note:
- ciêng2 - Chaozhou;
- ciang2 - Shantou.
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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淺
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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qiǎn
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ tshjenX ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*eʔ/
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| English
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shallow
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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淺
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| Reading #
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1/2
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| No.
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6000
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Phonetic
component
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戔
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Rime
group
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元
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Rime
subdivision
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2
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Corresponding
MC rime
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淺
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Old
Chinese
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/*sʰlenʔ/
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Definitions
淺
- shallow; not deep
- Antonym: 深 (shēn)
- superficial; surface; minimal; insignificant
- simple; easy-to-understand
- not intimate; distant
- (of colours) light; pale
- Synonym: 淡
- Antonyms: 深 (shēn), 濃／浓 (nóng)
- (of time) short; not long
- (of level) slight; light
Compounds
Pronunciation 2
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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淺
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| Reading #
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2/2
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| No.
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6017
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Phonetic
component
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戔
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Rime
group
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元
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Rime
subdivision
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2
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Corresponding
MC rime
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箋
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Old
Chinese
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/*ʔsleːn/
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Definitions
淺
- † Only used in 淺淺／浅浅 (qiǎnqiǎn, “gurgle; babble of running water”).
Japanese
Kanji
淺
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 浅)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
淺 • (cheon) (hangeul 천, revised cheon, McCune–Reischauer ch'ŏn, Yale chen)
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Vietnamese
Han character
淺: Hán Nôm readings: thiển, sẻn, tiên
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