淀

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See also: 澱
淀 U+6DC0, 淀
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6DC0
← 涿
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 淁 →

Translingual

Han character

淀 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 水十一人 (EJMO), four-corner 33181, composition ⿰氵定)

  1. shallow water
  2. swamp
  3. swampy

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 628, character 28
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17610
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1030, character 17
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1661, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+6DC0

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (正) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
綻 *rdeːns
淀 *deːns
靛 *deːns
症 *tjɯŋs
竀 *rtʰeːŋ, *tʰeŋ
征 *tjeŋ
怔 *tjeŋ
正 *tjeŋ, *tjeŋs
鉦 *tjeŋ
鴊 *tjeŋ, *tjeŋs
眐 *tjeŋ
佂 *tjeŋ
整 *tjeŋʔ
政 *tjeŋs
証 *tjeŋs
定 *teːŋs, *deːŋs
顁 *teːŋs
錠 *teːŋs, *deːŋʔ, *deːŋs
掟 *deːŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *deːns) : semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 定 (OC *teːŋs, *deːŋs)

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 淀 – see 澱 (“to settle; to precipitate; sediment; dregs”).
(This character is the simplified form of 澱).
Notes:

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.
 淀

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 淀
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 定 (7)
Final (韻) 先 (85)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 堂練切
Baxter denH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/denH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/denH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/dɛnH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/dɛnH/
Li
Rong 		/denH/
Wang
Li 		/dienH/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/dʱienH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		diàn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		din6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 淀
Reading # 1/1
No. 17164
Phonetic
component 		正
Rime
group 		元
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		電
Old
Chinese 		/*deːns/

Definitions

淀

  1. shallow lake

Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

淀

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): てん (ten)、でん (den)
  • Kun: よど (yodo, 淀)、よどむ (yodomu, 淀む)

Korean

Hanja

淀 • (jeong) (hangeul 정, revised jeong, McCune–Reischauer chŏng, Yale ceng)

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Vietnamese

Han character

淀: Hán Nôm readings: điện

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References

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