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Translingual
Han character
沉 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 水月竹弓 (EBHN) or 水月竹山 (EBHU), four-corner 37110, composition ⿰氵冗(GJKV) or ⿰氵⿱冖儿(HT))
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 610, character 7
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17190
- Dae Jaweon: page 1003, character 1
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1574, character 1
- Unihan data for U+6C89
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 冘
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*lu, *lum
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| 抌
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*lu, *ʔl'uːmʔ, *loʔ
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| 狖
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*lus
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| 貁
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*lus
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| 耽
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*ʔl'uːm
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| 眈
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*ʔl'uːm, *ʔl'uːmʔ, *l'uːm
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| 酖
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*ʔl'uːm
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| 妉
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*ʔl'uːm
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| 黕
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*ʔl'uːmʔ
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| 衴
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*ʔl'uːmʔ
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| 瓭
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*ʔl'uːmʔ
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| 馾
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*ʔl'uːms
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| 髧
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*l'uːmʔ
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| 紞
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*ʔl'oːmʔ
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| 鈂
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*zlum, *l'um
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| 沈
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*l'um, *l'ums, *hljumʔ
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| 沉
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*l'um
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| 枕
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*l'um, *ʔljumʔ, *ʔljums
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| 莐
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*l'um
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| 霃
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*l'um
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| 鴆
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*l'ums
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| 訦
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*ɦljum, *ɦljumʔ
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| 忱
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*ɦljum
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| 邥
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*hljumʔ
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| 魫
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*hljumʔ
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Variant of 沈, see there for more.
Etymology
MSEA areal etymon: similar words exist in Austroasiatic, Kra-Dai, & Tibeto-Burman; yet those are difficult to match with potential OC relations (Schuessler, 2007).
Possible allofams are 淫 (OC *lɯm), 瀋 (OC *l̥ʰjɯmʔ), 函 (OC *ɡuːm, *ɡruːm), & 湛 (OC *ʔl'uːm, *r'uːmʔ, *l'um) (ibid.).
Pronunciation
Note:
- cam4 - literary;
- zam6 - vernacular.
- Gan
- Hakka
- Jin
- Northern Min
- Eastern Min
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, Nan'an, Yongchun, Changtai, Zhangpu, General Taiwanese, Klang)
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Nan'an, Zhangpu, General Taiwanese)
- (Hokkien: Hui'an)
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, Nan'an, Changtai, Zhangpu)
Note: thiām - "to put and submerge people or objects into water".
Note:
- ding7 - Chenghai;
- tim7 - dialectal usage ("to put and submerge people or objects into water").
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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沉
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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15256
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Phonetic
component
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冘
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Rime
group
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侵
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Rime
subdivision
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3
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Corresponding
MC rime
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沈
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Old
Chinese
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/*l'um/
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| Notes
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俗沈字見易林漢碑
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Definitions
沉
- to sink; to submerge (into water)
我頂泳帽沉咗落水底。 [Cantonese, trad.]
我顶泳帽沉咗落水底。 [Cantonese, simp.]- ngo5 deng2 wing6 mou6-2 cam4 zo2 lok6 seoi2 dai2.
- My swimming cap sank to the bottom of the pool.
- to fall; to sink; to subside
- to settle; to make sink
- to suppress; to stifle; to neglect
- to be neglected
- to indulge in; to be given to
- to hide; to be hidden
- heavy; weighty
- dark; gloomy
- deep; profound
- 睡得很沉 ― shuì de hěn chén ― to sleep soundly
- long (duration); prolonged; lengthy
- deeply; profoundly
- (Cantonese) Alternative form of 浸 (zam6, “to drown”)
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
重 (“heavy”)
Dialectal synonyms of
沉 (“deep; sound (sleep)”)
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
沉
(Hyōgai kanji)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
沉 • (chim, sim) (hangeul 침, 심, revised chim, sim, McCune–Reischauer ch'im, sim, Yale chim, sim)
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Vietnamese
Han character
沉: Hán Nôm readings: tròm, chằm, chìm, đắm, đẫm, ngằm, ngầm, trằm, trầm, đẵm
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