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Translingual Han character 甜 Kangxi radical 99, 甘 +6, 11 strokes, cangjie input 竹口廿一 (HRTM ), four-corner 24670 , composition ⿰舌 甘 )
Derived characters Related characters References Kangxi Dictionary: page 754 , character 13
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21656
Dae Jaweon: page 1161, character 6
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2414, character 9
Unihan data for U+751C Chinese Wikipedia has articles on:
甜 (Written Standard Chinese? 甜 (Cantonese) Glyph origin
Old Chinese
銛 *koːd, *slem, *l̥ʰeːmʔ
栝 *koːd, *l̥ʰeːmʔ
餂 *l̥ʰeːmʔ
恬 *l'eːm
湉 *l'eːm
甜 *l'iːm
狧 *l̥ʰaːb
Ideogrammic compound (會意 ／ 会意 舌 ( “ tongue ” ) + 甘 ( “ sweet ” ) . Rearrangement of 甛
Etymology From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ljam ( “ sweet; fragrant ” ) (STEDT). Compare Tibetan ཞིམ ( zhim , “ tasty ” ) (Coblin, 1986 ; Schuessler, 2007 ; Hill, 2019 ).
Pronunciation
Mandarin
(Standard
(Pinyin : tián (tian2 )(Zhuyin : ㄊㄧㄢˊ (Chengdu , Sichuanese Pinyin : tian2 (Dungan , Cyrillic and Wiktionary : тян (ti͡an, I)Cantonese
(Guangzhou –Hong Kong , Jyutping : tim4 (Taishan , Wiktionary : hiam3 Gan (Wiktionary : tien2 Hakka
(Sixian , PFS : thiàm (Meixian , Guangdong : tiam2 Jin (Wiktionary : tie1 Northern Min (KCR : dǎng Eastern Min (BUC : diĕng Southern Min
(Hokkien , POJ : tiⁿ / tiâm (Teochew , Peng'im : diam5 Wu (Wugniu
Xiang (Changsha , Wiktionary : dienn2
Note :
tiⁿ - vernacular;
tiâm - literary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
甜
Reading #
1/1
No.
12408
Phonetic
甜
Rime
侵
Rime
2
Corresponding
甜
Old
/*l'iːm/
Definitions 甜
sweet ( figurative ) pleasant ; comfortable ; happy ( figurative , of sleep) sound ( dialectal ) bland ; tasteless ; not salty ( dialectal ) delicious ; tasty ( neologism , of a price) cheap ; inexpensive ( figurative ) romantic ( Hong Kong Cantonese ) Euphemistic form of 鹹 ／ 咸 ( haam4 , “ erotic ” ) .Synonyms Dialectal synonyms of
甜 (“sweet”)
Dialectal synonyms of
淡 (“bland; tasteless; not salty”)
Compounds See also References Japanese Kanji 甜
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji )
This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation , then remove the text {{rfdef }}. Readings Korean Hanja 甜 (eumhun 달 첨 ( dal cheom ) )
Hanja form? 첨 ( “ sweet ” ) .Vietnamese Han character 甜 : Hán Nôm điềm
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