濕

See also: 湿

濕 U+6FD5, 濕 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6FD5 ← 濔 [U+6FD4] CJK Unified Ideographs 濖 → [U+6FD6]

Translingual

Japanese	湿
Simplified	湿
Traditional	濕

Han character

濕 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+14, 17 strokes, cangjie input 水日女火 (EAVF), four-corner 3613₃, composition ⿰氵㬎)

Derived characters

• 𤒴

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 655, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18483
• Dae Jaweon: page 1065, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1769, character 8
• Unihan data for U+6FD5

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Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (濕) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
儑	*ŋɯːms, *ŋɯːb, *ŋaːb
濕	*ŋ̊ʰl'ɯːb, *hŋjɯb
漯	*tŋ̊ʰɯːb
礘	*ŋɯːb
隰	*ljɯb
溼	*hŋjɯb

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ŋ̊ʰl'ɯːb, *hŋjɯb) : semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 㬎 ().

Etymology 1

trad.		濕/溼
simp.		湿

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): shī (shi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): si²

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): sap¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): lhap¹

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): sṳp

  (Meixian, Guangdong): seb⁵

• Northern Min (KCR): chiĕ
• Eastern Min (BUC): sék
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sip

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sib⁴

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁷seq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shī
    • Zhuyin: ㄕ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shih
    • Wade–Giles: shih¹
    • Yale: shr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shy
    • Palladius: ши (ši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: si²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: s
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sap¹
    • Yale: sāp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sap⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: seb¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐp̚⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: lhap¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬap̚³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳp
    • Hakka Romanization System: siib`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sib⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨp̚²/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: seb⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /səp̚¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: chiĕ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiɛ²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: sék
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛiʔ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sip
    • Tâi-lô: sip
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sib
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sip̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sip̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sip̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sip̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sip̚³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sib⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sip
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sip̚²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁷seq
    • MiniDict: seh^入
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴seq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /səʔ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: syip

Rime
Character	濕
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	緝 (141)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	失入切
Baxter	syip
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕiɪp̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕip̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕjep̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕip̚/
Li Rong	/ɕiəp̚/
Wang Li	/ɕĭĕp̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɕi̯əp̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sap1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[qʰ]ip/

  (Zhengzhang): /*hŋjɯb/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	濕
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shī
Middle Chinese	‹ syip ›
Old Chinese	/*[qʰ]ip/
English	to flap (the ears)
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	濕
Reading #	2/2
No.	11447
Phonetic component	濕
Rime group	緝
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	溼
Old Chinese	/*hŋjɯb/
Notes	同溼見經典

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 濕

1. wet; damp; moist; humid
2. (traditional Chinese medicine) delayed; impassable
3. to wet; to dampen

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 濕 (“wet”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		濕
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		濕
Mandarin	Beijing	濕
	Taiwan	濕
	Yantai (Muping)	濕
	Jinan	濕
	Wanrong	濕
	Xi'an	濕
	Xining	濕
	Wuhan	濕
	Chengdu	濕
	Guiyang	濕
	Yangzhou	潮, 濕
	Hefei	潮
	Malaysia	濕
	Singapore	濕
Cantonese	Guangzhou	濕
	Hong Kong	濕
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	濕
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	濕
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	濕
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	濕
	Macau	濕
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	濕
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	濕
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	濕
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	濕
	Foshan	濕
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	濕
	Foshan (Shunde)	濕
	Foshan (Sanshui)	濕
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	濕
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	濕
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	濕
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	削
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	削
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	濕, 削
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	濕, 削
	Taishan	削
	Kaiping (Chikan)	濕, 削
	Enping (Niujiang)	削, 濕
	Heshan (Yayao)	濕
	Dongguan	濕
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	濕
	Shenzhen (Dapeng)	濕
	Qingyuan	濕
	Fogang	濕
	Yingde (Hanguang)	濕
	Yangshan	濕
	Lianshan (Butian)	濕
	Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)	濕
	Shaoguan	濕
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	濕
	Renhua	濕
	Lechang	濕
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	濕
	Sihui	濕
	Guangning	濕
	Deqing	濕
	Huaiji	濕
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	濕
	Yunfu	濕
	Xinxing	濕
	Luoding	濕
	Yunan (Pingtai)	濕
	Yangjiang	濕
	Xinyi	濕
	Lianjiang	濕
	Nanning	濕
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	濕
	Danzhou	濕
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	濕
	Singapore (Guangfu)	濕
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	濕
Gan	Nanchang	濕
Hakka	Meixian	濕
	Changting	濕
	Wuping	濕
	Liancheng	濕
	Ninghua	濕
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	濕
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	濕
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	濕
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	濕
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	濕
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	濕
	Hong Kong	濕
	Senai (Huiyang)	濕
Jin	Taiyuan	濕
Northern Min	Jian'ou	濕
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	濕
	Songxi	濕
	Zhenghe	濕
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	濕
	Jianyang	濕
	Wuyishan	濕
	Pucheng (Shibei)	濕
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	濫
	Changle	濫
	Lianjiang	濫
	Fuqing	濫
	Pingtan	濫
	Yongtai	濫
	Minqing	濫
	Gutian	濫
	Pingnan	濫
	Luoyuan	濫
	Fu'an	澹, 濫
	Ningde	澹, 濫
	Xiapu	澹
	Zherong	濫, 澹
	Shouning	澹
	Zhouning	澹
	Fuding	澹
	Matsu	濫
Southern Min	Xiamen	澹
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	澹
	Quanzhou	澹, 濕
	Jinjiang	澹
	Nan'an	澹
	Shishi	澹
	Hui'an	澹
	Anxi	澹
	Yongchun	澹, 濕
	Dehua	澹
	Zhangzhou	澹
	Zhangzhou (Longhai)	澹
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	澹
	Hua'an	澹
	Nanjing	澹
	Pinghe	澹
	Zhangpu	澹
	Yunxiao	澹
	Zhao'an	澹, 濕
	Dongshan	澹
	Taipei	澹
	Taipei (Wanhua)	澹
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	澹
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	澹
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	澹
	Kaohsiung	澹, 濕
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	澹, 濕
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	澹, 濕
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	澹, 濕
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	澹, 濕
	Yilan	澹
	Yilan (Toucheng)	澹, 濕
	Changhua (Lukang)	濕
	Tainan	澹
	Tainan (Anping)	澹
	Taitung	濕
	Hsinchu	澹
	Kinmen	澹
	Penghu (Magong)	澹
	Penghu (Xiyu)	澹
	Penang (Hokkien)	澹
	Singapore (Hokkien)	澹
	Manila (Hokkien)	澹
	Longyan	澹
	Zhangping	澹
	Datian	澹
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	濕
	Chaozhou	澹
	Shantou	澹
	Shantou (Chenghai)	澹
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	澹
	Jieyang	澹
	Haifeng	澹
	Bangkok (Teochew)	澹
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	澹
	Singapore (Teochew)	澹
	Leizhou	澹
	Wenchang	澹
	Haikou	澹
	Qionghai	澹
	Singapore (Hainanese)	澹
Puxian Min	Putian	澹, 澬
	Putian (Donghai)	泱
	Putian (Jiangkou)	澹
	Putian (Nanri)	澹
	Xianyou	泱, 澹 rare, 澬
	Xianyou (Fengting)	泱, 澹 rare, 澬
	Xianyou (Youyang)	泱, 澹
Central Min	Yong'an	濕
	Sanyuan	濕
	Shaxian	濕
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	澹
Shehua	Fu'an	濕
	Fuding	濕
	Luoyuan	濕
	Sanming	濕
	Shunchang	濕
	Hua'an	濕
	Guixi (Zhangping)	濕
	Cangnan	濕
	Jingning	濕
	Lishui	濕
	Longyou	濕
	Chaozhou	濕
	Fengshun	濕
Wu	Shanghai	濕
	Suzhou	濕, 潮
	Hangzhou	潮
	Wenzhou	濫, 濕
Xiang	Changsha	濕
	Shuangfeng	濕

Etymology 2

trad.		濕/溼
simp.		湿
alternative forms		漯

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tà (ta⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄚˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tà
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tà
    • Wade–Giles: tʻa⁴
    • Yale: tà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tah
    • Palladius: та (ta)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰä⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: thop

Rime
Character	濕
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	透 (6)
Final (韻)	合 (160)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	他合切
Baxter	thop
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tʰʌp̚/
Pan Wuyun	/tʰəp̚/
Shao Rongfen	/tʰɒp̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tʰəp̚/
Li Rong	/tʰᴀp̚/
Wang Li	/tʰɒp̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/tʰăp̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ta
Expected Cantonese Reflex	taap3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋ̊ʰl'ɯːb/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	濕
Reading #	1/2
No.	11440
Phonetic component	濕
Rime group	緝
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	錔
Old Chinese	/*ŋ̊ʰl'ɯːb/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 濕

1. An ancient river in Shandong

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 濕 – see 隰 (“low wet land; newly cultivated field; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 隰).

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Shinjitai	湿
Kyūjitai	濕

Kanji

濕

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 湿)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): しつ (shitsu); しゅう (shū)
• Kun: しめる (shimeru, 濕る)

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Korean

Hanja

濕 • (seup) (hangeul 습, revised seup, McCune–Reischauer sŭp, Yale sup)

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Vietnamese

Han character

濕: Hán Nôm readings: thấp

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