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Translingual
Han character
贍 (Kangxi radical 154, 貝+13, 20 strokes, cangjie input 月金弓金口 (BCNCR), four-corner 67861, composition ⿰貝詹)
- support, aid
- to be sufficient
- rich, elegant
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1212, character 28
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36945
- Dae Jaweon: page 1679, character 1
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3659, character 9
- Unihan data for U+8D0D
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 甔
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*toːm, *taːm, *taːms
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| 擔
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*taːm, *taːms
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| 儋
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*ʔl'aːm
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| 聸
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*taːm
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| 膽
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*taːmʔ
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| 黵
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*taːmʔ, *tjamʔ
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| 澹
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*daːm, *daːmʔ, *daːms
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| 憺
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*daːmʔ, *daːms
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| 瞻
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*tjam
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| 詹
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*tjam
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| 蟾
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*tjam, *djam
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| 噡
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*tjam
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| 譫
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*tjam, *daːb, *tjaːb
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| 幨
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*tʰjam, *tʰjams
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| 襜
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*tʰjam, *tʰjams
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| 韂
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*tʰjams
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| 贍
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*djams
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| 檐
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*lam
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| 簷
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*lam
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| 舚
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*tʰeːm, *tʰeːms
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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贍
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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shàn
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Middle
Chinese
|
‹ dzyemH ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*am-s/
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| English
|
sufficient
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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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贍
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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16772
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Phonetic
component
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詹
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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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贍
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Old
Chinese
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/*djams/
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Definitions
贍
- to provide for; to support; to supply
- (literary) sufficient; plentiful; rich
- (of writing) rich; magnificent; knowledgeable
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
贍
(Hyōgai kanji)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
贍 • (seom) (hangeul 섬, revised seom, McCune–Reischauer sŏm, Yale sem)
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