塡

See also: 填

Translingual

Han character

塡 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 土心月金 (GPBC), four-corner 4218₁, composition ⿰土眞)

Related characters

• 填 (Preferred form used in modern Chinese and Vietnamese Nôm)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 236, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5355
• Dae Jaweon: page 474, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 1, page 473, character 11
• Unihan data for U+5861

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Chinese

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 塡 – see 填 (“to fill; to fill up; to fill; to fill in; to make up; etc.”). (This character is a variant traditional form of 填).

Usage notes

This character is the original form of 填 (tián) found in the historical Kangxi dictionary.

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A00799-001

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Japanese

Kanji

塡

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. to fill in
2. to fill up

Readings

• On (unclassified): てん (ten, Jōyō); ちん (chin)
• Kun: ふさぐ (fusagu, 塡ぐ); うずめる (uzumeru, 塡める)

Compounds

• 装塡(そうてん) (sōten): to reload

Usage notes

This character was added to the 2010 Jōyō kanji reform instead of 填, despite 填 being part of the JIS X 0208 standard character set at that time.

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Korean

Hanja

塡 • (jeon, jin) (hangeul 전, 진, revised jeon, jin, McCune–Reischauer chŏn, chin)

1. to fill up