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Translingual
Han character
饞 (Kangxi radical 184, 食+17, 26 strokes, cangjie input 人戈弓口戈 (OINRI), four-corner 87713, composition ⿰飠毚)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1427, character 22
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 44479
- Dae Jaweon: page 1952, character 30
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4479, character 4
- Unihan data for U+995E
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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纔
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*zlɯː, *zlɯːs, *sraːm
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讒
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*zrɯːm, *zraːms
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饞
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*zrɯːm
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毚
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*zrɯːm, *zraːm
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欃
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*zrɯːm, *zraːms
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攙
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*zrɯːm, *sʰraːm
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儳
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*zrɯːm, *zrɯːms, *sʰraːms
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酁
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*zrɯːm
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瀺
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*zrɯːmʔ
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嚵
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*sʰraːms, *zraːm, *zlamʔ
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巉
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*zraːm, *zraːmʔ
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劖
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*zraːm
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艬
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*zraːm, *zraːms
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鑱
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*zraːm, *zraːms
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *zrɯːm) : semantic 飠 (“to eat; food”) + phonetic 毚 (OC *zrɯːm, *zraːm).
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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饞
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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1222
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Phonetic component
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毚
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Rime group
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侵
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Rime subdivision
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1
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Corresponding MC rime
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讒
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Old Chinese
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/*zrɯːm/
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Notes
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見易林
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Definitions
饞
- gluttonous; greedy
- lewd; lecherous
Compounds
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Definitions
饞
- (Southern Min) gluttonous; ravenous
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
饞
(Hyōgai kanji)
- gluttonous
- greedy
- lewd
- lecher
Readings
Korean
Hanja
饞 • (cham) (hangeul 참, revised cham, McCune–Reischauer ch'am, Yale cham)
- gluttonous
- greedy
- lewd
- lecherous
Vietnamese
Han character
饞: Hán Việt readings: sàm[1][2][3][4][5][6]
饞: Nôm readings: thèm[6], thiểm[7]
- Nôm form of thèm (“to want; to crave”).
References