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澱

澱

See also: 淀

Translingual

Han character

澱 (radical 85 水+13, 16 strokes, cangjie input 水尸金水 (ESCE), four-corner 3714₇, composition ⿰氵殿)

sediment, dregs, precipitate

References

KangXi: page 653, character 26

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18410

Dae Jaweon: page 1063, character 19

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1764, character 16

Unihan data for U+6FB1

Chinese

trad.		澱
simp.		淀

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (殿) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
殿	tɯːns, dɯːns
澱	*dɯːns
壂	*dɯːns
臀	*duːn

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): diàn (dian⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): din⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: diàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄢˋ
  - Wade-Giles: tien⁴
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diann
  - IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛn⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: din⁶
  - Yale: dihn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: din⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /tiːn²²/

Middle Chinese: /den^H/▼

Rime
Character	澱
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	堂練切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/den^H/
Pan Wuyun	/den^H/
Shao Rongfen	/dɛn^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dɛn^H/
Li Rong	/den^H/
Wang Li	/dien^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱien^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	diàn

Old Chinese▼
(Zhengzhang): /*dɯːns/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	澱
Reading #	1/1
No.	2357
Phonetic component	殿
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	電
Old Chinese	/*dɯːns/

Definitions

澱

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Compounds

沉澱／沉淀 (chéndiàn)

澱粉／淀粉 (diànfěn)

胰澱粉酶／胰淀粉酶

Japanese

Kanji

澱

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Goon: でん (den)

Kan’on: てん (ten)

Kun: おり (ori), どろ (doro), よどむ (yodomu)

Korean

Hanja

澱 • ‎(jeon) (hangeul 전, revised jeon, McCune-Reischauer chŏn, Yale cen)

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Vietnamese

Han character

澱 (điện, điến)

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