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Translingual
Han character
浸 (Kangxi radical 85, 水 +7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 水尸一水 (ESME ), four-corner 37147 , composition ⿰氵 𠬶 )
Derived characters
References
Kangxi Dictionary: page 625 , character 15
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17505
Dae Jaweon: page 1027, character 1
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1635, character 4
Unihan data for U+6D78
Chinese
Glyph origin
Old Chinese
鋟
*ʔsem, *sʰem, *sʰimʔ
綅
*sem, *ʔsim, *sʰim
祲
*ʔsim, *ʔsims
埐
*ʔsim, *zim
梫
*ʔsim, *sʰimʔ, *sʰrim
濅
*ʔsimʔ, *ʔsims
浸
*ʔsims, *sʰim
侵
*sʰim
駸
*sʰim, *sʰrim
寢
*sʰimʔ
寑
*sʰimʔ
薓
*srim
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声 , OC *ʔsims, *sʰim ) : semantic 水 + phonetic 𡩠 ( ) .
Etymology 1
Cognate with Burmese စိမ် ( cim , “ to steep; to soak ” ) , Burmese စိမ့် ( cim. , “ to seep; to ooze ” ) (Schuessler, 2007 ). Probably unrelated to 沉 (OC *l'um ).
Pronunciation
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
浸
Reading #
1/2
No.
10482
Phonetic component
侵
Rime group
侵
Rime subdivision
2
Corresponding MC rime
浸
Old Chinese
/*ʔsims/
Notes
說 文 作 濅
Definitions
浸
to soak ; to sit in water (or liquid)
to immerse something in water (or liquid)
( literary ) gradually
Synonyms
泡 ( pào ) 浸泡 ( jìnpào ) 浸漬 / 浸渍 ( jìnzì ) 浸潯 / 浸浔 ( qīnyín ) ( literary )
( to immerse ) : 滲入 / 渗入 (shènrù ), 滲透 / 渗透 (shèntòu )
( gradually ) :
Compounds
Etymology 2
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Pronunciation
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
浸
Reading #
2/2
No.
10485
Phonetic component
侵
Rime group
侵
Rime subdivision
2
Corresponding MC rime
侵
Old Chinese
/*sʰim/
Definitions
浸
Used in compounds.
Compounds
Etymology 3
From 沉 (MC drimH ).
Pronunciation
Definitions
浸
( Cantonese ) to drown
Compounds
Etymology 4
Pronunciation
Definitions
浸
( Cantonese ) Classifier for layers/sections.
Etymology 5
For pronunciation and definitions of 浸 – see 𠹻 (“classifier for smells (Cantonese)”). (This character is a variant form of 𠹻 ).
Japanese
Shinjitai
浸
Kyūjitai [ 1]
浸󠄁 浸 +󠄁
? (Adobe-Japan1 )
浸󠄃 浸 +󠄃
? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji
浸
(Jōyō kanji )
immersed
soak
dip
steep
moisten
wet
dunk
Readings
Go-on : しん ( shin , Jōyō ) ←しむ ( simu , historical )
Kan-on : しん ( shin , Jōyō ) ←しむ ( simu , historical )
Kun : ひたす ( hita su , 浸す , Jōyō ) 、ひたる ( hita ru , 浸る , Jōyō ) 、したし ( shitashi , 浸 ) 、しみる ( shi miru , 浸みる ) 、つかる ( tsu karu , 浸かる ) 、つける ( tsu keru , 浸ける ) 、やや ( yaya , 浸 ) 、ようやく ( yōya ku , 浸く ) ←やうやく ( yauya ku , 浸く , historical )
References
^ Haga, Gōtarō (1914 ) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary ] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō : Kōbunsha, →DOI , page 1282 (paper), page 692 (digital)
Korean
Hanja
浸 • (chim ) (hangeul 침 , revised chim, McCune–Reischauer ch'im, Yale chim)
soak , immerse , dip , percolate
Vietnamese
Han character
浸 : Hán Nôm readings: tắm , rẫm , tẩm , thấm , thâm , trẫm , tẳm
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