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Translingual
Han character
掂 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 手戈卜口 (QIYR), four-corner 50061, composition ⿰扌店)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 436, character 12
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12235
- Dae Jaweon: page 785, character 23
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1903, character 4
- Unihan data for U+6382
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 頕
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*taːm
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| 煔
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*ɦlaːm, *hljems, *hl'eːms
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| 炶
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*ɦlaːm
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| 詀
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*rteːm, *rdeːms, *teːm, *tʰjeb
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| 站
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*rteːms
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| 檆
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*sreːm
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| 黏
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*nem
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| 粘
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*nem
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| 枮
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*slem, *ʔl'ɯm
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| 霑
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*tem
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| 沾
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*tem, *teːms, *tʰeːm
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| 覘
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*tems, *tʰem
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| 鉆
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*tʰem, *ɡrem, *tʰeːb
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| 占
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*ʔljem, *tjems
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| 颭
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*tjemʔ
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| 佔
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*tjems, *teːm
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| 苫
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*hljem, *hljems
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| 痁
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*hljem, *teːms
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| 蛅
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*njem
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| 阽
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*lem
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| 敁
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*teːm
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| 掂
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*tiːm
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| 點
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*teːmʔ
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| 玷
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*teːmʔ, *teːms
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| 店
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*tiːms
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| 坫
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*tiːms, *tim
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| 黇
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*tʰeːm
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| 扂
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*deːmʔ
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| 拈
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*neːm
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| 鮎
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*neːm
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| 砧
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*ʔl'ɯm
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| 笘
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*teːb
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| 跕
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*teːb, *tʰeːb
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| 貼
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*tʰeːb
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| 帖
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*tʰeːb
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| 怗
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*tʰeːb
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| 呫
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*tʰeːb
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tiːm) : semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 店 (OC *tiːms).
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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掂
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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16720
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Phonetic
component
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占
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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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𩬑
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Old
Chinese
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/*tiːm/
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| Notes
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敁晚起分化字
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Definitions
掂
- to weigh in the hand
- to break; to snap off
- to haggle over; to bother about
- to take
Synonyms
- (to weigh in the hand): (colloquial) 掂掇 (diānduo), 掂量 (diānliáng)
Compounds
Etymology 2
Matisoff (2006) considers it to be from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *l-(t/d)jam (“full; straight; flat”).
Pronunciation
Definitions
掂 (Cantonese)
- straight; upright
- (of matters) settled; steady; OK
- (of speech) clear and smooth
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
豎 (“vertical; upright”)
| Variety
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Location
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Words
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| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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豎
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| Northeastern Mandarin
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Beijing
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豎
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| Jilu Mandarin
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Jinan
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豎
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| Central Plains Mandarin
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Xi'an
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豎, 順, 立
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| Southwestern Mandarin
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Chengdu
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豎, 立
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| Wuhan
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豎, 直
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| Guiyang
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豎, 直
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| Jianghuai Mandarin
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Yangzhou
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豎
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| Hefei
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豎
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| Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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掂, 戙
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| Hong Kong
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直, 掂, 戙
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| Yangjiang
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掂, 直
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| Gan
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Nanchang
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敦, 直
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| Hakka
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Meixian
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直
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| Jin
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Taiyuan
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豎
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| Northern Min
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Jian'ou
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直
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| Eastern Min
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Fuzhou
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直, 徛
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| Southern Min
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Xiamen
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徛
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| Chaozhou
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徛, 直
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| Wu
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Suzhou
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直, 豎
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| Wenzhou
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豎
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| Xiang
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Changsha
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敦, 直
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| Shuangfeng
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敦, 直
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Compounds
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
Definitions
掂 (Cantonese)
- to touch
唔好掂佢啲嘢 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]- m4 hou2 dim3 keoi5 di1 je5
- don't touch their stuff
Etymology 4
Pronunciation
Definitions
掂 (Hokkien)
- to weigh in the hand
- heavy
- (of colour) dark
Etymology 5
For pronunciation and definitions of 掂 – see 踮 (“to stand on one's tiptoes; to live; to stay; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 踮). |
References
Japanese
Kanji
掂
(Hyōgai kanji)
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Readings
Vietnamese
Han character
掂: Hán Nôm readings: giếm
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