淀

See also: 澱

淀 U+6DC0, 淀 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6DC0 ← 涿 [U+6DBF] CJK Unified Ideographs 淁 → [U+6DC1]

Translingual

Han character

淀 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 水十一人 (EJMO), four-corner 3318₁, composition ⿰氵定)

1. shallow water, swamp
2. swampy

References

• KangXi: page 628, character 28
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17610
• Dae Jaweon: page 1030, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1661, character 2
• Unihan data for U+6DC0

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Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
綻	*rdeːns
淀	*deːns
靛	*deːns
症	*tjɯŋs
竀	*rtʰeːŋ, *tʰeŋ
征	*tjeŋ
怔	*tjeŋ
正	*tjeŋ, *tjeŋs
鉦	*tjeŋ
鴊	*tjeŋ, *tjeŋs
眐	*tjeŋ
佂	*tjeŋ
整	*tjeŋʔ
政	*tjeŋs
証	*tjeŋs
定	*teːŋs, *deːŋs
顁	*teːŋs
錠	*teːŋs, *deːŋʔ, *deːŋs
掟	*deːŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *deːns): semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 定 (OC *teːŋs, *deːŋs)

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 淀 – see 澱 (“to settle; to precipitate; sediment; dregs”). (This character, 淀, is the simplified form of 澱.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		淀

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): diàn (dian⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): din⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: diàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄢˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diann
    • Tongyong Pinyin: diàn
    • Wade–Giles: tien4
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tjɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: din⁶
    • Yale: dihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: din⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: din⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːn²²/

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• Middle Chinese: /den^H/

Rime
Character	淀
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	堂練切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/denH/
Pan Wuyun	/denH/
Shao Rongfen	/dɛnH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dɛnH/
Li Rong	/denH/
Wang Li	/dienH/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱienH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	diàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	din6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*deːns/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	淀
Reading #	1/1
No.	17164
Phonetic component	正
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	電
Old Chinese	/*deːns/

Definitions

淀

1. shallow lake

Compounds

• 水淀 (shuǐdiàn)

• 海淀 (Hǎidiàn)

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B02125

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Japanese

Kanji

淀

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): てん (ten); でん (den)
• Kun: よど (yodo, 淀); よどむ (yodomu, 淀む)

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Korean

Hanja

淀 • (jeong) (hangeul 정, revised jeong, McCune–Reischauer chŏng, Yale ceng)

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Vietnamese

Han character

淀: Hán Nôm readings: điện

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References

• Nom Foundation