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Translingual
Han character
玷 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 一土卜口 (MGYR), four-corner 11160, composition ⿰𤣩占)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 728, character 30
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20895
- Dae Jaweon: page 1140, character 25
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1106, character 4
- Unihan data for U+73B7
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 *teːmʔ, *teːms) : semantic 𤣩 + phonetic 占 (OC *ʔljem, *tjems).
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Note: diam1 - Shantou, Chaozhou.
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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玷
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玷
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Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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diàn
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diàn
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Middle Chinese
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‹ temX ›
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‹ temH ›
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Old Chinese
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/*tˁemʔ/
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/*tˁemʔ-s/
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English
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black spot
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black spot, flaw
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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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玷
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玷
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Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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No.
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16722
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16727
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Phonetic component
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占
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占
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Rime group
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談
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談
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Rime subdivision
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2
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2
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Corresponding MC rime
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點
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店
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Old Chinese
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/*teːmʔ/
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/*teːms/
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Definitions
玷
- flaw in gem; defect in jade
- (figuratively, of a person) flaw in character
- to blemish; to stain
Compounds
Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 玷 – see 掂 (“to weigh in hand”). (This character is an obsolete form of 掂). |
References
- “玷”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database), 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
- 莆田市荔城区档案馆 , editor (2022), “玷”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 51.
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Japanese
Kanji
玷
(Hyōgai kanji)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
玷 • (jeom) (hangeul 점, revised jeom, McCune–Reischauer chŏm, Yale cem)
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Vietnamese
Han character
玷: Hán Nôm readings: điếm
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Readings
References
- Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
- Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
- Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm, NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville