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Translingual
Han character
墊 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 土戈土 (GIG), four-corner 45104, composition ⿱執土)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 237, character 30
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5420
- Dae Jaweon: page 476, character 8
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 477, character 8
- Unihan data for U+588A
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 騺
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*tibs
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| 摯
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*tjibs
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| 贄
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*tjibs
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| 鷙
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*tjibs
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| 墊
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*tiːms, *diːb
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| 慹
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*tjeb, *ndiːb, *sdib, *tjib
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| 謺
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*tjeb
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| 褺
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*diːb
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| 蓻
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*stib
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| 縶
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*tib
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| 漐
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*tʰib
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| 蟄
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*dib
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| 執
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*tjib
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| 瓡
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*tjib
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tiːms, *diːb) : phonetic 執 (OC *tjib) + semantic 土 (“earth”).
Etymology
- "to pay in advance"
Replaced 㞟 (diàn).
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “zin3 from 荐?”)
Pronunciation 1
Note:
- din3 - literary;
- zin3 - vernacular;.
Note:
- tiàm - literary;
- tiān/tiām/tiàn/thiām - vernacular.
Definitions
墊
- pad; cushion; mat
- to put something under something else to raise or balance it
- 用嚟墊煲底／用嚟垫煲底 [Cantonese] ― jung6 lai4 zin3 bou1 dai2 ― to use as a mat for a pot
- to fill up something; to insert something
- (Southern Min) to sow
Synonyms
Compounds
Pronunciation 2
Definitions
墊
- to pay something in advance; to pay for somebody
Synonyms
Compounds
Pronunciation 3
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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墊
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| Reading #
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1/2
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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diàn
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ temH ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ˁm-s/
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| English
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descend
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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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墊
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| Reading #
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1/2
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| No.
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17279
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Phonetic
component
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執
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Rime
group
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侵
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Rime
subdivision
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2
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Corresponding
MC rime
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店
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Old
Chinese
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/*tiːms/
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Definitions
墊
- † to sink down; to drown; to perish; to descend
Compounds
Pronunciation 4
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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墊
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| Reading #
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2/2
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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dié
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ tep ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ˁip/
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| English
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(place in Sìchuān, no pre-Hàn text)
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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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墊
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| Reading #
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2/2
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| No.
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17283
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Phonetic
component
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執
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Rime
group
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緝
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Rime
subdivision
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2
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Corresponding
MC rime
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牒
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Old
Chinese
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/*diːb/
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Definitions
墊
- Only used in 墊江／垫江 (Diànjiāng).
References
Japanese
Kanji
墊
(Hyōgai kanji)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
墊 • (jeom) (hangeul 점, revised jeom, McCune–Reischauer chŏm)
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Vietnamese
Han character
墊: Hán Nôm readings: điếm
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