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擔
擔
See also: 担
Translingual
Han character
擔 (radical 64 手+13, 16 strokes, cangjie input 手弓金口 (QNCR), four-corner 57061, composition ⿰扌詹)
Descendants
References
- KangXi: page 459, character 1
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12828
- Dae Jaweon: page 807, character 23
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1971, character 3
- Unihan data for U+64D4
Chinese
| trad. | 擔 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 担 | |
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (詹) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 甔 | *toːm, *taːm, *taːms |
| 擔 | *taːm, *taːms |
| 儋 | *ʔl'aːm |
| 聸 | *taːm |
| 膽 | *taːmʔ |
| 黵 | *taːmʔ, *tjamʔ |
| 澹 | *daːm, *daːmʔ, *daːms |
| 憺 | *daːmʔ, *daːms |
| 瞻 | *tjam |
| 詹 | *tjam |
| 蟾 | *tjam, *djam |
| 噡 | *tjam |
| 譫 | *tjam, *daːb, *tjaːb |
| 幨 | *tʰjam, *tʰjams |
| 襜 | *tʰjam, *tʰjams |
| 韂 | *tʰjams |
| 贍 | *djams |
| 檐 | *lam |
| 簷 | *lam |
| 舚 | *tʰeːm, *tʰeːms |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *taːm, *taːms) : semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 詹 (OC *tjam) – to carry by hand.
Pronunciation 1
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): daam1
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tâm
- Min Dong (BUC): dăng
- Min Nan (POJ): taⁿ / tam
- Wu (Wiktionary): te (T1); 'ne (T1)
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄢ
- Wade-Giles: tan1
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dan
- IPA (key): /ta̠n⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: daam1
- Yale: dāam
- Cantonese Pinyin: daam1
- IPA (key): /tɑːm⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tâm
- Hakka Romanization System: dam´
- Hagfa Pinyim: dam1
- IPA: /tam²⁴/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: dăng
- IPA (key): /taŋ⁵⁵/
- (Fuzhou)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: taⁿ / tam
- Tâi-lô: tann / tam
- Phofsit Daibuun: dvaf, dafm
- IPA (Xiamen): /tã⁴⁴/, /tam⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /tã³³/, /tam³³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /tã⁴⁴/, /tam⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /tã⁴⁴/, /tam⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /tã⁴⁴/, /tam⁴⁴/
- Note: taⁿ - vernacular; tam - literary.
- (Hokkien)
- Wu
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 擔 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 端 (5) |
| Final (韻) | 談 (143) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 都甘切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/tɑm/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/tɑm/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/tɑm/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/tam/ |
| Li Rong |
/tɑm/ |
| Wang Li |
/tɑm/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/tɑm/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
dān |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 擔 |
| Reading # | 1/3 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
dān |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ tam › |
| Old Chinese |
/*mə-tˤam/ |
| English | carry on the shoulder |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 擔 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 16747 |
| Phonetic component |
詹 |
| Rime group |
談 |
| Rime subdivision |
1 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
擔 |
| Old Chinese |
/*taːm/ |
| Notes | 見國語說文作儋 |
Definitions
擔
- to carry on a shoulder pole
- to bear; to shoulder; to undertake
Compounds
Derived terms from 擔
Pronunciation 2
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): daam3
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tam
- Min Dong (BUC): dáng
- Min Nan (POJ): tàⁿ
- Wu (Wiktionary): te (T2)
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄢˋ
- Wade-Giles: tan4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dann
- IPA (key): /ta̠n⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: daam3
- Yale: daam
- Cantonese Pinyin: daam3
- IPA (key): /tɑːm³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tam
- Hakka Romanization System: dam
- Hagfa Pinyim: dam4
- IPA: /tam⁵⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: dáng
- IPA (key): /tɑŋ²¹³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tàⁿ
- Tâi-lô: tànn
- Phofsit Daibuun: dvax
- IPA (Xiamen): /tã²¹/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /tã⁴¹/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /tã²¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /tã¹¹/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /tã²¹/
- (Hokkien)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: te (T2)
- IPA (key): /tᴇ³⁴/
- (Shanghainese)
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 擔 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 端 (5) |
| Final (韻) | 談 (143) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 都濫切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/tɑmH/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/tɑmH/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/tɑmH/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/tamH/ |
| Li Rong |
/tɑmH/ |
| Wang Li |
/tɑmH/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/tɑmH/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
dàn |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 擔 | 擔 |
| Reading # | 2/3 | 3/3 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
dàn | dàn |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ tam › | ‹ tamH › |
| Old Chinese |
/*tˤam/ | /*mə-tˤam-s/ |
| English | burden | burden |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | ||
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 擔 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 16753 |
| Phonetic component |
詹 |
| Rime group |
談 |
| Rime subdivision |
1 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
擔 |
| Old Chinese |
/*taːms/ |
Definitions
擔
- carrying pole with loads on both ends
- burden; load; responsibilities
- dan; a unit of weight equal to 50 kilograms
- Classifier for things carried on a shoulder pole: load
Compounds
Derived terms from 擔
Japanese
Kanji
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Readings
- Goon: たん (tan)
- Kan’on: たん (tan)
- On (unclassified): けつ (ketsu), せん (sen)
- Kun: になう (ninau), かつぐ (katsugu), おう (ou)
Korean
Hanja
擔 • (dam) (hangeul 담, revised dam, McCune-Reischauer tam, Yale tam)
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