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Translingual
Han character
沾 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 水卜口 (EYR), four-corner 31160, composition ⿰氵占)
Derived characters
Further reading
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 614, character 12
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17259
- Dae Jaweon: page 1008, character 3
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1583, character 6
- Unihan data for U+6CBE
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 *tem, *teːms, *tʰeːm) : semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 占 (OC *ʔljem, *tjems).
Ganlu Zishu considers this glyph to be an unorthodox variant of 霑 (zhān).
Etymology 1
Austroasiatic; compare Khmer ត្រាំ (tram, “to soak”), តំរាំ (tɑmrŏəm, “soaking; immersion; something which has been soaked”), ជ្រាំ (crŏəm, “muddy water”), Proto-Bahnaric *tram (“to soak”), *kram (“to sink”), Proto-Katuic *tram (“to soak”) (Schuessler, 2007).
Pronunciation
Note:
- tiam, chiam - literary;
- cham - vernacular.
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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沾
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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zhān
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Middle Chinese
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‹ trjem ›
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Old Chinese
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/*rem/
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English
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moisten
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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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沾
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Reading #
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1/3
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No.
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16702
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Phonetic component
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占
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Rime group
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談
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Rime subdivision
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2
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Corresponding MC rime
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霑
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Old Chinese
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/*tem/
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Definitions
沾
- † abundant; overflowing; brimming
- to soak; to moisten
- to share in (a benefit); to benefit through association
- † to influence; to edify
- to be stained with; to be contaminated by
我的鞋子沾到泥巴了。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]- Wǒ de xiézi zhān dào níbā le.
- My shoes are stained with mud.
- to touch; to come into contact with
- (dialectal) to be good; to be okay
Synonyms
- 受用
- 受益 (shòuyì)
- 得利 (délì) (literary)
- 得力 (délì) (from someone's assistance)
- 得益 (déyì)
- 守 (shǒu)
- 挨 (āi)
- 挨著/挨着 (āizhe)
- 接觸/接触 (jiēchù)
- 搭倚 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 攏/拢 (lǒng) (literary, or in compounds)
- 攏邊/拢边 (long3 bienn1) (Xiang)
- 涉獵/涉猎 (shèliè)
- 湊/凑 (còu)
- 觸及/触及 (chùjí)
- 近前 (jìnqián) (literary)
- 靠攏/靠拢 (kàolǒng)
- 靠近 (kàojìn)
Compounds
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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沾
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Reading #
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1/3
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No.
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16702
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Phonetic component
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占
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Rime group
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談
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Rime subdivision
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2
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Corresponding MC rime
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霑
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Old Chinese
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/*tem/
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Definitions
沾
- (~水) an ancient river that flows from Huguan County, Shanxi into the Qi (淇) River in Henan, China
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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沾
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Reading #
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3/3
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No.
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16728
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Phonetic component
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占
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Rime group
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談
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Rime subdivision
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2
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Corresponding MC rime
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添
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Old Chinese
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/*tʰeːm/
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Definitions
沾
- † Alternative form of 添 (tiān, “to increase”)
- † thin
Etymology 4
Pronunciation
Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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沾
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Reading #
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2/3
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No.
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16725
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Phonetic component
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占
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Rime group
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談
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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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/*teːms/
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Definitions
沾
- (~水) an ancient river flowing from Xiyang County, Shanxi into Ye (冶) River in Hebei
- (~縣) (historical) a county in the Han dynasty southwest of Xiyang County
Etymology 5
For pronunciation and definitions of 沾 – see 覘. (This character is a variant form of 覘). |
Etymology 6
For pronunciation and definitions of 沾 – see 蘸 (“to dip in; to submerge in; to dip in; etc.”). (This character is the second-round simplified form of 蘸). |
Notes: |
Japanese
Kanji
沾
(Hyōgai kanji)
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Readings
Compounds
Korean
Etymology 1
From Middle Chinese 沾 (MC trjem).
Hanja
Wikisource
沾 (eumhun 시다 첨 (sida cheom))
- hanja form? of 첨 (“to soak; to moisten”)
Compounds
Etymology 2
From Middle Chinese 沾 (MC them).
Hanja
沾 (eumhun 더할 첨 (deohal cheom))
- Alternative form of 添 (“hanja form? of 첨 (“to append; to increase”)”)
Etymology 3
Hanja
沾 (eumhun 경망할 첩 (gyeongmanghal cheop))
- hanja form? of 첩 (“frivolous; discourteous; smug”)
Compounds
References
- 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典.
Vietnamese
Han character
沾: Hán Nôm readings: chăm, trèm, triêm, chem, thêm
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