覃
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Translingual
Han character
覃 (Kangxi radical 146, 襾+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 一田日十 (MWAJ), four-corner 10406, composition ⿱覀早)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1128, character 29
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34778
- Dae Jaweon: page 1598, character 9
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2807, character 10
- Unihan data for U+8983
Chinese
| simp. and trad. |
覃 | |
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Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 覃 | ||
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| Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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| Old Chinese | |
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| 鷣 | *luː, *lɯm |
| 撢 | *l̥ʰɯːm, *l'ɯːms, *lɯm, *ʔl'aːnʔ |
| 憛 | *l̥ʰɯːms |
| 潭 | *l'ɯːm, *lɯmʔ |
| 譚 | *l'ɯːm, *l'ɯːmʔ |
| 覃 | *l'ɯːm |
| 鐔 | *l'ɯːm, *ljɯm, *lɯm |
| 藫 | *l'ɯːm |
| 橝 | *l'ɯːm, *l'ɯːmʔ |
| 蟫 | *l'ɯːm, *lɯm |
| 燂 | *l'ɯːm, *zlom, *ljum |
| 醰 | *l'ɯːm, *l'ɯːmʔ, *l'ɯːms |
| 禫 | *l'ɯːmʔ |
| 嘾 | *l'ɯːmʔ |
| 贉 | *l'ɯːmʔ, *l'ɯːms |
| 瞫 | *l'ɯːms, *hljɯmʔ |
| 蕈 | *zlɯmʔ |
| 鱏 | *ljɯm, *lɯm |
| 簟 | *l'ɯːmʔ |
| 驔 | *l'ɯːmʔ |
| 磹 | *l'ɯːms |
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄢˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: tán
- Wade–Giles: tʻan2
- Yale: tán
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tarn
- Palladius: тань (tanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰän³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: taam4
- Yale: tàahm
- Cantonese Pinyin: taam4
- Guangdong Romanization: tam4
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰaːm²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Hakka
- Southern Min
- Middle Chinese: dom
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*N.rˤm/
- (Zhengzhang): /*l'ɯːm/
Definitions
覃
- (obsolete) long
- 鳥乃去矣，后稷呱矣。實覃實訏，厥聲載路。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Niǎo nǎi qù yǐ, Hòujì guā yǐ. Shí tán shí xū, jué shēng zǎi lù.
- When the bird went away,
Hou-ji began to wail.
His cry was long and loud,
So that his voice filled the whole way.
鸟乃去矣，后稷呱矣。实覃实𬣙，厥声载路。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]
- (obsolete) to spread; to extend
- 葛之覃兮，施于中谷。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]
- From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Gě zhī tán xī, shī yú zhōnggǔ.
- How the dolichos spread itself out,
Extending to the middle of the valley!
- (obsolete) to widely bestow
- (literary) deep; profound
- a surname
Compounds
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yǎn
- Wade–Giles: yen3
- Yale: yǎn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yean
- Palladius: янь (janʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /jɛn²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Definitions
覃
Etymology 3
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “From Zhuang Cimz?”)
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): cam4
- Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): qin2
- Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): cing5
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄣˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: cín
- Wade–Giles: chʻin2
- Yale: chín
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyn
- Palladius: цинь (cinʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰin³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: cam4
- Yale: chàhm
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsam4
- Guangdong Romanization: cem4
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰɐm²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Hakka
- Southern Min
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: cing5
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshîng
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰiŋ⁵⁵/
- (Teochew)
Definitions
覃
- a surname
References
- “覃”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database), 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
Japanese
Kanji
覃
Readings
Korean
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key):
- Phonetic hangul:
Hanja
覃 (eum 담 (dam))
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Vietnamese
Han character
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