湛
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Translingual
Han character
湛 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 水廿一女 (ETMV), four-corner 34111, composition ⿰氵甚)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 637, character 16
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17846
- Dae Jaweon: page 1044, character 12
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1667, character 6
- Unihan data for U+6E5B
Chinese
| trad. | 湛 | |
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| simp. # | 湛 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 湛 | |||
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| Western Zhou | Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Bronze inscriptions | Chu slip and silk script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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| 湛 | *ʔl'uːm, *r'uːmʔ, *l'um |
| 媅 | *ʔl'uːm |
| 黮 | *l̥ʰuːmʔ, *l'uːmʔ |
| 糂 | *sluːmʔ |
| 堪 | *kʰluːm |
| 戡 | *kʰluːm, *ʔl'umʔ |
| 嵁 | *kʰluːm, *ŋɡluːm, *ŋɡluːmʔ, *sɡruːmʔ, *kʰruːm |
| 歁 | *kʰluːmʔ, *kʰluːb |
| 勘 | *kʰluːms |
| 磡 | *kʰuːms |
| 墈 | *kʰuːms |
| 偡 | *r'uːmʔ |
| 碪 | *ʔl'um |
| 椹 | *ʔl'um |
| 揕 | *ʔl'ums |
| 踸 | *l̥ʰumʔ |
| 鍖 | *l̥ʰumʔ |
| 斟 | *kljum |
| 諶 | *ɡljum |
| 愖 | *ɡljum |
| 瘎 | *ɡljum |
| 煁 | *ɡljum |
| 甚 | *ɡljumʔ, *ɡljums |
| 葚 | *ɦljumʔ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ʔl'uːm, *r'uːmʔ, *l'um) : semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 甚 (OC *ɡljumʔ, *ɡljums).
Pronunciation 1
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄓㄢˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jhàn
- Wade–Giles: chan4
- Yale: jàn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jann
- Palladius: чжань (čžanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂän⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: zaam3
- Yale: jaam
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzaam3
- Guangdong Romanization: zam3
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡saːm³³/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: zam1
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sam³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tām
- Tâi-lô: tām
- Phofsit Daibuun: dam
- IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tam²²/
- IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tam³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tǎm
- Tâi-lô: tǎm
- IPA (Quanzhou): /tam²²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: zam6 / dam1 / kam1
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsăm / tam / kham
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sam³⁵/, /tam³³/, /kʰam³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
Note: kam1 - used in 湛江.
- Middle Chinese: dreamX
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*r'uːmʔ/
Definitions
湛
- profound
- 精湛 ― jīngzhàn ― consummate
- clear
- a surname
- 湛若水 ― Zhàn Ruòshuǐ ― Zhan Ruoshui (Ming dynasty philosopher)
Compounds
Pronunciation 2
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄓㄢˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jhàn
- Wade–Giles: chan4
- Yale: jàn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jann
- Palladius: чжань (čžanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂän⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄢ
- Tongyong Pinyin: dan
- Wade–Giles: tan1
- Yale: dān
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dan
- Palladius: дань (danʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tän⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: daam1
- Yale: dāam
- Cantonese Pinyin: daam1
- Guangdong Romanization: dam1
- Sinological IPA (key): /taːm⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Southern Min
- Middle Chinese: tom
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*ʔl'uːm/
Definitions
湛
Pronunciation 3
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄔㄣˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: chén
- Wade–Giles: chʻên2
- Yale: chén
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chern
- Palladius: чэнь (čɛnʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: cam4
- Yale: chàhm
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsam4
- Guangdong Romanization: cem4
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰɐm²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Southern Min
- Middle Chinese: drim
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*l'um/
Definitions
湛
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Japanese
Kanji
湛
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Readings
- Go-on: じん (jin)←ぢむ (dimu, historical)、でん (den)←でむ (demu, historical)、とん (ton)←とむ (tomu, historical)
- Kan-on: たん (tan)←たむ (tamu, historical)、ちん (chin)←ちむ (timu, historical)
- Kun: しずむ (shizumu, 湛む)、たたえる (tataeru, 湛える)
Korean
Hanja
湛 • (dam, chim) (hangeul 담, 침, revised dam, chim, McCune–Reischauer tam, ch'im, Yale tam, chim)
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Vietnamese
Han character
湛: Hán Nôm readings: đậm, giặm, sậm, sặm, thấm, trạm, xạm, xẩm
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