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Translingual
Han character
舔 (Kangxi radical 135, 舌+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 竹口竹大心 (HRHKP) or 竹口一大心 (HRMKP), four-corner 22633, composition ⿰舌忝)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1007, character 18
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30312
- Dae Jaweon: page 1464, character 21
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 2944, character 4
- Unihan data for U+8214
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 添
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*tʰiːm
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| 忝
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*l̥ʰiːmʔ, *l̥ʰiːms
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| 悿
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*tʰiːmʔ
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| 舔
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*l̥ʰiːmʔ
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| 菾
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*diːm
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| 天
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*qʰl'iːn
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| 吞
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*qʰl'iːn, *qʰl'ɯːn
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| 祆
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*qʰliːn
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| 蚕
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*zluːm, *hl'iːnʔ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *l̥ʰiːmʔ) : semantic 舌 (“tongue”) + phonetic 忝 (OC *l̥ʰiːmʔ, *l̥ʰiːms).
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-ljam (“tongue; flame”). The Cantonese vernacular reading (Guangzhou lim2 or lem2; Taishan liam2) preserves the Old Chinese lateral initial *l̥-.
Pronunciation
Note:
- tim2 - literary;
- lim2, lem2 - vernacular.
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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舔
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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tiǎn
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ themX ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*l̥ˁmʔ/
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| English
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to lick, to lap
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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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舔
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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12384
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Phonetic
component
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天
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Rime
group
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侵
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Rime
subdivision
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2
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Corresponding
MC rime
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Old
Chinese
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/*l̥ʰiːmʔ/
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| Notes
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餂晚起字
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Definitions
舔
- (transitive) to lick
- (figurative, slang, transitive) to suck up to; to brownnose
- 舔共 ― tiǎn Gòng ― to suck up to the Communist Party of China
- 舔日 ― tiǎn Rì ― to suck up to Japan
- 舔美 ― tiǎn Měi ― to suck up to the United States
Usage notes
- (to suck up to): Often takes objects that are abbreviated forms, as shown in the examples.
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
舔 (“to lick”)
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
舔
(Hyōgai kanji)
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Readings
Vietnamese
Han character
舔: Hán Nôm readings: thiểm, liếm, thiêm
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