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Translingual

Han character

(radical 99 +6, 11 strokes, cangjie input 竹口廿一 (HRTM), four-corner 24670, composition)

References

  • KangXi: page 754, character 13
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21656
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1161, character 6
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2414, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+751C

Chinese

simp. and trad.
alt. forms
 




𥑠
𦧩
𩚣

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Large seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*koːd, *slem, *l̥ʰeːmʔ
*koːd, *l̥ʰeːmʔ
*l̥ʰeːmʔ
*l'eːm
*l'eːm
*l'iːm
*l̥ʰaːb

Ideogrammic compound (會意) :  (tongue) +  (sweet).

Pronunciation



  • Dialectal data
Variety Location
Mandarin Beijing /tʰian³⁵/
Harbin /tʰian²⁴/
Tianjin /tʰian⁴⁵/
Jinan /tʰiã⁴²/
Qingdao /tʰiã⁴²/
Zhengzhou /tʰian⁴²/
Xi'an /tʰiã²⁴/
Xining /tʰiã²⁴/
Yinchuan /tʰian⁵³/
Lanzhou /tʰiɛ̃n⁵³/
Ürümqi /tʰian⁵¹/
Wuhan /tʰiɛn⁴²/
Chengdu /tʰian³¹/
Guiyang /tʰian²¹/
Kunming /tʰiɛ̃³¹/
Nanjing /tʰien²⁴/
Hefei /tʰiĩ⁵⁵/
Jin Taiyuan /tʰie¹¹/
Pingyao /tie̞¹³/
Hohhot /tʰie³¹/
Wu Shanghai /di²³/
Suzhou /diɪ¹³/
Hangzhou /diẽ̞²¹³/
Wenzhou /di³¹/
Hui Shexian /tʰe⁴⁴/
Tunxi /tiɛ⁴⁴/
Xiang Changsha /tiẽ¹³/
Xiangtan /diẽ¹²/
Gan Nanchang /tʰiɛn²⁴/
Hakka Meixian /tʰiam¹¹/
Taoyuan /tʰiɑm¹¹/
Cantonese Guangzhou /tʰim²¹/
Nanning /tʰim²¹/
Hong Kong /tʰim²¹/
Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /tiam³⁵/
/tĩ⁵⁵/
Fuzhou (Min Dong) /tieŋ⁴⁴/
Jian'ou (Min Bei) /taŋ²¹/
Shantou (Min Nan) /tiam⁵⁵/
Haikou (Min Nan) /ʔdiam³¹/

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (7)
Final () (157)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () IV
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/dem/
Pan
Wuyun
/dem/
Shao
Rongfen
/dɛm/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/dɛm/
Li
Rong
/dem/
Wang
Li
/diem/
Bernard
Karlgren
/dʱiem/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
tián
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 12408
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*l'iːm/

Definitions

  1. sweet
  2. sweetness
  3. (figuratively) pleasant; comfortable; happy
  4. (figuratively, of sleep) sound

Compounds

  • 人義水甜人义水甜
  • 口甜如蜜
  • 喫甜頭喫甜头
  • 嘗甜頭尝甜头
  • 嘴甜 (zuǐtián)
  • 嘴甜心苦
  • 嬌甜娇甜
  • 心甜意洽
  • 拗甜
  • 殺口甜杀口甜
  • 甘甜
  • 甜不唧
  • 甜不辣 (tiánbùlà)
  • 甜八寶甜八宝
  • 甜味 (tiánwèi)
  • 甜品
  • 甜嘴蜜舌
  • 甜心 (tiánxīn)
  • 甜根子草
  • 甜橙
  • 甜水
  • 甜水麵甜水面
  • 甜津津
  • 甜滋滋
  • 甜潤甜润
  • 甜爽
  • 甜瓜 (tiánguā)
  • 甜甘
  • 甜甜圈 (tiántiánquān)
  • 甜甜蜜蜜
  • 甜筒 (tiántǒng)
  • 甜絲絲甜丝丝
  • 甜美
  • 甜膩甜腻
  • 甜菜 (tiáncài)
  • 甜蘿蔔甜萝卜
  • 甜蜜 (tiánmì)
  • 甜言
  • 甜言媚語甜言媚语
  • 甜言美語甜言美语
  • 甜言蜜語甜言蜜语 (tiányánmìyǔ)
  • 甜言軟語甜言软语
  • 甜話兒甜话儿
  • 甜語花言甜语花言
  • 甜豆
  • 甜辣醬甜辣酱
  • 甜適甜适
  • 甜酒
  • 甜酸
  • 甜酸苦辣
  • 甜鞋淨襪甜鞋净袜
  • 甜頭甜头 (tiántóu)
  • 甜食 (tiánshí)
  • 甜香
  • 甜馨
  • 甜麵醬甜面酱 (tiánmiànjiàng)
  • 甜點甜点 (tiándiǎn)
  • 花甜蜜嘴
  • 葉甜菜叶甜菜
  • 酸甜兒酸甜儿
  • 酸甜苦辣 (suāntiánkǔlà)
  • 面甜
  • 香甜 (xiāngtián)
  • 黑甜
  • 黑甜鄉黑甜乡

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings


Korean

Hanja

(cheom) (hangeul , revised cheom, McCune-Reischauer ch'ŏm, Yale chem)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(điềm)

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