尖

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尖 U+5C16, 尖
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5C16
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Translingual

Han character

尖 (Kangxi radical 42, 小+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 火大 (FK), four-corner 90430, composition ⿱⿻丨八大(GTV) or ⿱小大(HJK))

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 297, character 2
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7480
  • Dae Jaweon: page 591, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 562, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+5C16

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 尖
alternative forms 鋟／锓
鑯／𰿈

Glyph origin

小 (“small”) + 大 (“large”) – the width of an object gradually changing from small to large.

Etymology

Schuessler (2007) relates it to Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sjam (“iron”).

Pronunciation

Note:
  • ziam1 - Chaozhou;
  • ziang1 - Chenghai.
Rime
Character 尖
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 精 (13)
Final (韻) 鹽 (153)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 子廉切
Baxter tsjem
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/t͡siᴇm/
Pan
Wuyun 		/t͡siɛm/
Shao
Rongfen 		/t͡sjæm/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/t͡siam/
Li
Rong 		/t͡siɛm/
Wang
Li 		/t͡sĭɛm/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/t͡si̯ɛm/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		jiān
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		zim1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 尖
Reading # 1/1
No. 5977
Phonetic
component 		尖
Rime
group 		談
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		尖
Old
Chinese 		/*ʔslem/
Notes 鑯之後起字

Definitions

尖

  1. sharp; having a sharp tip; pointy
    Antonym: 鈍 / 钝 (dùn)
  2. acute
  3. shrewd
  4. point; tip
    筆尖／笔尖  ―  bǐjiān  ―  tip of a pen
  5. (card games) ace

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 尖兒 (“ace (playing cards)”)
Variety Location Words
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 尖兒, 叉, 老叉
Central Plains Mandarin Xi'an 尖子
Xuzhou 老幺, 老帽兒, 尖子
Southwestern Mandarin Wuhan 尖子, 尖, 耶司
Guiyang 尖, 尖尖, 帽
Liuzhou 煙洗, 煙
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 愛斯
Cantonese Guangzhou 煙士, 煙
Hong Kong 煙士, 煙
Taishan 一士
Wuzhou 煙
Yulin 煙
Gan Nanchang 尖
Pengze 尖
Lichuan 尖子
Pingxiang 尖子, 尖
Hakka Meixian 煙仔
Yudu 尖子
Huizhou Jixi 尖子, 尖心
Jin Taiyuan 幺尖兒
Southern Min Xiamen A
Shantou 幺, 一
Wu Shanghai 愛斯
Shanghai (Chongming) 愛斯
Suzhou A, 愛斯

Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

尖

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

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Readings

Compounds

Korean

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

尖 • (cheom) (hangeul 첨, revised cheom, McCune–Reischauer ch'ŏm)

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Vietnamese

Han character

尖: Hán Nôm readings: tiêm

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