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U+751C, 甜
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-751C

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 99, +6, 11 strokes, cangjie input 竹口廿一 (HRTM), four-corner 24670, composition )

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 754, character 13
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21656
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1161, character 6
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2414, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+751C

Chinese

trad.
simp. #
alternative forms
Wikipedia has articles on:
  • (Written Standard Chinese?)
  • (Cantonese)

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) : (tongue) + (sweet). Rearrangement of .

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ljam (sweet; fragrant) (STEDT). Compare Tibetan ཞིམ (zhim, tasty) (Coblin, 1986; Schuessler, 2007; Hill, 2019).

Pronunciation


Note:
  • tiⁿ - vernacular;
  • tiâm - literary.
Note:
  • diam5 - vernacular;
  • tieng5 - literary.

  • Dialectal data
Variety Location
Mandarin Beijing /tʰian³⁵/
Harbin /tʰian²⁴/
Tianjin /tʰian⁴⁵/
Jinan /tʰiã⁴²/
Qingdao /tʰiã⁴²/
Zhengzhou /tʰian⁴²/
Xi'an /tʰiã²⁴/
Xining /tʰiã²⁴/
Yinchuan /tʰian⁵³/
Lanzhou /tʰiɛ̃n⁵³/
Ürümqi /tʰian⁵¹/
Wuhan /tʰiɛn⁴²/
Chengdu /tʰian³¹/
Guiyang /tʰian²¹/
Kunming /tʰiɛ̃³¹/
Nanjing /tʰien²⁴/
Hefei /tʰiĩ⁵⁵/
Jin Taiyuan /tʰie¹¹/
Pingyao /tie̞¹³/
Hohhot /tʰie³¹/
Wu Shanghai /di²³/
Suzhou /diɪ¹³/
Hangzhou /diẽ̞²¹³/
Wenzhou /di³¹/
Hui Shexian /tʰe⁴⁴/
Tunxi /tiɛ⁴⁴/
Xiang Changsha /tiẽ¹³/
Xiangtan /diẽ¹²/
Gan Nanchang /tʰiɛn²⁴/
Hakka Meixian /tʰiam¹¹/
Taoyuan /tʰiɑm¹¹/
Cantonese Guangzhou /tʰim²¹/
Nanning /tʰim²¹/
Hong Kong /tʰim²¹/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /tiam³⁵/
/tĩ⁵⁵/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /tieŋ⁴⁴/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /taŋ²¹/
Shantou (Teochew) /tiam⁵⁵/
Haikou (Hainanese) /ʔdiam³¹/

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (7)
Final () (157)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () IV
Fanqie
Baxter dem
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/dem/
Pan
Wuyun
/dem/
Shao
Rongfen
/dɛm/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/dɛm/
Li
Rong
/dem/
Wang
Li
/diem/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/dʱiem/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
tián
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
tim4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 12408
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*l'iːm/

Definitions

  1. sweet
  2. (figurative) pleasant; comfortable; happy
  3. (figurative, of sleep) sound
  4. (dialectal) bland; tasteless; not salty
  5. (dialectal) delicious; tasty
  6. (neologism, of a price) cheap; inexpensive
  7. (figurative) romantic
  8. (Hong Kong Cantonese) Euphemistic form of  / (haam4, erotic).

Synonyms

Compounds

See also

Basic tastes in Chinese · 味道 (layout · text)
(tián) (suān)  / (xián) () 鮮味 / 鲜味 (xiānwèi)

References

Japanese

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): てん (ten)
  • Kun: うまい (umai)

Korean

Hanja

(eumhun (dal cheom))

  1. hanja form? of (sweet)

Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: điềm

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