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Chinese
Pronunciation
| Rime
|
| Character
|
貪
|
戾
|
戾
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| Reading #
|
1/1
|
1/2
|
2/2
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| Initial (聲)
|
透 (6)
|
來 (37)
|
來 (37)
|
| Final (韻)
|
覃 (159)
|
齊 (39)
|
屑 (87)
|
| Tone (調)
|
Level (Ø)
|
Departing (H)
|
Checked (Ø)
|
| Openness (開合)
|
Open
|
Open
|
Open
|
| Division (等)
|
I
|
IV
|
IV
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| Fanqie
|
他含切
|
郎計切
|
練結切
|
| Baxter
|
thom
|
lejH
|
let
|
| Reconstructions
|
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
|
/tʰʌm/
|
/leiH/
|
/let̚/
|
Pan
Wuyun
|
/tʰəm/
|
/leiH/
|
/let̚/
|
Shao
Rongfen
|
/tʰɒm/
|
/lɛiH/
|
/lɛt̚/
|
Edwin
Pulleyblank
|
/tʰəm/
|
/lɛjH/
|
/lɛt̚/
|
Li
Rong
|
/tʰᴀm/
|
/leiH/
|
/let̚/
|
Wang
Li
|
/tʰɒm/
|
/lieiH/
|
/liet̚/
|
Bernard
Karlgren
|
/tʰăm/
|
/lieiH/
|
/liet̚/
|
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
|
tān
|
lì
|
liè
|
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
|
taam1
|
lai6
|
lit6
|
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
|
| Character
|
貪
|
戾
|
| Reading #
|
1/1
|
1/1
|
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
|
tān
|
lì
|
Middle
Chinese
|
‹ thom ›
|
‹ lejH ›
|
Old
Chinese
|
/*r̥ˁm/
|
/*ˁe-s/
|
| English
|
to covet
|
transgress
|
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.
|
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
|
| Character
|
貪
|
戾
|
戾
|
| Reading #
|
1/1
|
1/2
|
2/2
|
| No.
|
6552
|
7942
|
7950
|
Phonetic
component
|
今
|
戾
|
戾
|
Rime
group
|
侵
|
隊
|
物
|
Rime
subdivision
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
Corresponding
MC rime
|
探
|
麗
|
𥸸
|
Old
Chinese
|
/*kʰl'uːm/
|
/*rɯːds/
|
/*rɯːd/
|
Verb
貪戾
- (literary) to seek wealth; to covet riches
- (literary) to be rapacious and ruthless; to be greedy and tyrannical