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Translingual
Han character
漸 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 水十十中 (EJJL), four-corner 32121, composition ⿰氵斬)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 647, character 14
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18179
- Dae Jaweon: page 1057, character 13
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1717, character 3
- Unihan data for U+6F38
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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慚
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*zaːm
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慙
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*zaːm
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鏨
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*zaːm, *zaːmʔ, *zaːms, *zeːm, *zamʔ
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槧
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*zaːmʔ, *sʰam, *sʰams, *zamʔ
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暫
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*zaːms
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蹔
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*zaːms
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斬
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*ʔsreːmʔ
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獑
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*zeːm, *zaːm
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嶃
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*zreːmʔ, *zaːm
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覱
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*ʔsraːms
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摲
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*sʰraːms
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漸
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*ʔsam, *zamʔ
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塹
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*sʰams
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壍
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*sʰams
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嬱
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*sʰams
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螹
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*zam, *zamʔ
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蔪
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*zamʔ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *ʔsam, *zamʔ) : semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 斬 (OC *ʔsreːmʔ).
Etymology 1
Compare Khmer ជាំ (cŏəm, “wet; soaked; steeped”) (Schuessler, 2007).
Pronunciation 1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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漸
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Reading #
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2/2
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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jiàn
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Middle Chinese
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‹ dzjemX ›
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Old Chinese
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/*amʔ/
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English
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gradually; advance
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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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漸
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Reading #
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2/2
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No.
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16811
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Phonetic component
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斬
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Rime group
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談
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Rime subdivision
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1
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Corresponding MC rime
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漸
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Old Chinese
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/*zamʔ/
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Definitions
漸
- † Qiantang River
- † to advance gradually
- † gradual process
- † (of an illness) to aggravate; to worsen
- † to dredge; to open a path
- † omen
- † condition; prerequisite
- † sequence; order
- gradually
- † just when
- † immediately; soon after
- † when; until
- 53rd hexagram of the I Ching
- a surname
Compounds
Pronunciation 2
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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漸
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Reading #
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1/2
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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jiān
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Middle Chinese
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‹ tsjem ›
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Old Chinese
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/*am/
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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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漸
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Reading #
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1/2
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No.
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16804
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Phonetic component
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斬
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Rime group
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談
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Rime subdivision
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1
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Corresponding MC rime
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尖
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Old Chinese
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/*ʔsam/
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Definitions
漸
- † to flow into
- † to bedew
- † to soak
- † to moisten
- † to influence
- † to cheat
Compounds
Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 漸 – see 潛 (“to go under water; to move under water; to hide; to conceal; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 潛). |
Etymology 3
Etymology 4
Pronunciation
Definitions
漸
- (Teochew) just; just now
Japanese
Kanji
漸
(Jōyō kanji)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
漸 • (jeom, cham) (hangeul 점, 참, revised jeom, cham, McCune–Reischauer chŏm, ch'am, Yale cem, cham)
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Vietnamese
Han character
漸: Hán Nôm readings: tiệm, tràn, tiêm, tiềm
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