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Translingual
Han character
忝 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+4, 7 strokes in Chinese, 8 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 竹大心 (HKP) or 一大心 (MKP), four-corner 20333, composition ⿱天㣺(GHTKV) or ⿱夭㣺(J))
Derived characters
- 添, 舔, 掭, 悿, 婖, 㖭, 㮇, 䋬, 𡍞, 𤲖, 𥪌, 𢧏, 𧨩, 𩋅, 𩡋, 𫔗, 𬁮, 菾
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 377, character 8
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10348
- Dae Jaweon: page 704, character 1
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2279, character 5
- Unihan data for U+5FDD
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 添
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*tʰiːm
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| 忝
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*l̥ʰiːmʔ, *l̥ʰiːms
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| 悿
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*tʰiːmʔ
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| 舔
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*l̥ʰiːmʔ
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| 菾
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*diːm
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| 天
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*qʰl'iːn
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| 吞
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*qʰl'iːn, *qʰl'ɯːn
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| 祆
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*qʰliːn
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| 蚕
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*zluːm, *hl'iːnʔ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *l̥ʰiːmʔ, *l̥ʰiːms) : phonetic 天 (OC *qʰl'iːn) + semantic 心 (“heart”)
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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忝
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忝
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| Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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tiǎn
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tiǎn
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ themX ›
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‹ themH ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*l̥ˁmʔ/
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/*l̥ˁmʔ-s/
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| English
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disgrace (v.)
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disgrace
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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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忝
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忝
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| Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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| No.
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12382
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12385
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Phonetic
component
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天
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天
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Rime
group
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侵
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侵
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Rime
subdivision
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2
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2
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Corresponding
MC rime
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忝
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㮇
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Old
Chinese
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/*l̥ʰiːmʔ/
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/*l̥ʰiːms/
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Definitions
忝
- (literary) to shame
- (literary, self-deprecatory) ashamedly; with disgrace
Compounds
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Definitions
忝
- (Hokkien) Alternative form of 悿 (“tired; serious”)
References
Japanese
Kanji
忝
(Hyōgai kanji)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
忝 • (cheom) (hangeul 첨, revised cheom, McCune–Reischauer ch'ŏm, Yale chem)
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Vietnamese
Han character
忝: Hán Nôm readings: thỏm, thiểm
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References