浸

浸 U+2F904, 浸 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F904 ← 浩 [U+2F903] CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 涅 → [U+2F905]

Translingual

Han character

浸 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 水尸一水 (ESME), four-corner 3714₇, composition ⿰氵𠬶)

Derived characters

• 𠺸, 𢟖, 寖, 蓡, 䆮

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 625, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17505
• Dae Jaweon: page 1027, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1635, character 4
• Unihan data for U+6D78

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Chinese

trad.		浸
simp. #		浸
alternative forms		濅 寖 𥧲

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
鋟	*ʔsem, *sʰem, *sʰimʔ
綅	*sem, *ʔsim, *sʰim
祲	*ʔsim, *ʔsims
埐	*ʔsim, *zim
梫	*ʔsim, *sʰimʔ, *sʰrim
濅	*ʔsimʔ, *ʔsims
浸	*ʔsims, *sʰim
侵	*sʰim
駸	*sʰim, *sʰrim
寢	*sʰimʔ
寑	*sʰimʔ
薓	*srim

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ʔsims, *sʰim) : semantic 水 + phonetic 𡩠 ().

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Any relation with 沉 / 深?”)

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jìn (jin⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zam³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chim
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chìm

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jìn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jìn
    • Wade–Giles: chin⁴
    • Yale: jìn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinn
    • Palladius: цзинь (czinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zam³
    • Yale: jam
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzam³
    • Guangdong Romanization: zem³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐm³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chim
    • Hakka Romanization System: jim
    • Hagfa Pinyim: jim⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sim⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chìm
    • Tâi-lô: tsìm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cixm
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sim²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sim⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sim²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sim¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sim²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: tsimH

Rime
Character	浸
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	侵 (139)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	子鴆切
Baxter	tsimH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡siɪmH/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡simH/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sjemH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡simH/
Li Rong	/t͡siəmH/
Wang Li	/t͡sĭĕmH/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡si̯əmH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jìn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zam3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsims/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	浸
Reading #	1/2
No.	10482
Phonetic component	侵
Rime group	侵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	浸
Old Chinese	/*ʔsims/
Notes	說文作濅

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 浸

1. to soak; to sit in water (or liquid)
2. to immerse something in water (or liquid)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jìn, qīn (jin⁴, qin¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣˋ, ㄑㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cam¹ / zam³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jìn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jìn
    • Wade–Giles: chin⁴
    • Yale: jìn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinn
    • Palladius: цзинь (czinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, literary variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cin
    • Wade–Giles: chʻin¹
    • Yale: chīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chin
    • Palladius: цинь (cinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: cam¹ / zam³
    • Yale: chām / jam
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsam¹ / dzam³
    • Guangdong Romanization: cem¹ / zem³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐm⁵⁵/, /t͡sɐm³³/

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• Middle Chinese: tshim

Rime
Character	浸
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	侵 (139)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	七林切
Baxter	tshim
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰiɪm/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰim/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰjem/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰim/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰiəm/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰĭĕm/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sʰi̯əm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qīn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cam1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sʰim/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	浸
Reading #	2/2
No.	10485
Phonetic component	侵
Rime group	侵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	侵
Old Chinese	/*sʰim/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 浸

1. Used in compounds.

Compounds

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji

浸

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. immersed
2. soak
3. dip
4. steep
5. moisten
6. wet
7. dunk

Readings

• On (unclassified): しん (shin, Jōyō)
• Kun: ひたす (hitasu, 浸す, Jōyō); ひたる (hitaru, 浸る, Jōyō); やや (yaya)

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Korean

Hanja

浸 • (chim) (hangeul 침, revised chim, McCune–Reischauer ch'im, Yale chim)

1. soak, immerse, dip, percolate

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 浸 (tắm, rẫm, tẩm, thấm, thâm, trẫm)

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

References

• Nom Foundation