沾

Translingual

Han character

沾 (radical 85 水+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 水卜口 (EYR), four-corner 3116₀, composition ⿰氵占)

1. moisten, wet, soak
2. touch

References

• KangXi: page 614, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17259
• Dae Jaweon: page 1008, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1583, character 6
• Unihan data for U+6CBE

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		沾

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhān, tiān, diàn, chān (zhan¹, tian¹, dian⁴, chan¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄢ, ㄊㄧㄢ, ㄉㄧㄢˋ, ㄔㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zim¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhān
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄢ
    • Wade-Giles: chan¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jan
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂa̠n⁵⁵/

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  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: tiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ
    • Wade-Giles: t'ien¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tian
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
      
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: diàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄢˋ
    • Wade-Giles: tien⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diann
    • IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛn⁵¹/
      
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: chān
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄢ
    • Wade-Giles: ch'an¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chan
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰa̠n⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zim¹
    • Yale: jīm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzim¹
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡siːm⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (沾, reconstructed)
Character (沾), Pronunciation 1/3
Initial: 知 (9) Final: 鹽 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 張廉切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ʈiᴇm/	/ȶi̯ɛm/	/ȶiɛm/	/ʈiɛm/	/ʈiam/	/ȶĭɛm/	/ȶjæm/
Character (沾), Pronunciation 2/3
Initial: 透 (6) Final: 添 Division: IV			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 他兼切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/tʰem/	/tʰiem/	/tʰem/	/tʰem/	/tʰɛm/	/tʰiem/	/tʰɛm/
Character (沾), Pronunciation 3/3
Initial: 端 (5) Final: 添 Division: IV			Openness: Open Tone: Departing (H)			Fanqie: 都念切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/temH/	/tiemH/	/temH/	/temH/	/tɛmH/	/tiemH/	/tɛmH/

Old Chinese pronunciation (沾, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
沾								zhān								‹ trjem ›								/*[t]rem/								moisten
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
沾					16702					占					談					2					霑					/*tem/
沾					16725					占					談					2					店					/*teːms/
沾					16728					占					談					2					添					/*tʰeːm/

Definitions

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Japanese

Kanji

沾

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On: てん (ten)
• Kun: うるおう (uruou)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

沾 (chăm, trèm, triêm, chem, thêm)

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