Translingual[edit]
Stroke order
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Han character[edit]
淡 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 水火火 (EFF), four-corner 39189, composition ⿰氵炎)
References[edit]
- KangXi: page 630, character 18
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17660
- Dae Jaweon: page 1032, character 17
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1660, character 8
- Unihan data for U+6DE1
Chinese[edit]
Glyph origin[edit]
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Old Chinese
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倓
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*l'oːmʔ, *l'aːm, *l'aːms
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緂
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*l̥ʰaːm, *l̥ʰaːmʔ, *l̥ʰjam
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毯
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*l̥ʰaːmʔ
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菼
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*l̥ʰaːmʔ
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裧
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*l̥ʰaːmʔ, *l̥ʰjam, *l̥ʰjams
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賧
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*l̥ʰaːms
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睒
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*l̥ʰaːms, *hljamʔ
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舕
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*l̥ʰaːms
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談
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*l'aːm
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郯
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*l'aːm
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惔
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*l'aːm, *l'aːmʔ, *l'aːms
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錟
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*l'aːm
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淡
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*l'aːm, *l'aːmʔ, *l'aːms, *lamʔ
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痰
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*l'aːm
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餤
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*l'aːm
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啖
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*l'aːmʔ, *l'aːms
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腅
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*l'aːms
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剡
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*ɦljamʔ, *lamʔ
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覢
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*hljamʔ
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掞
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*hljams
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炎
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*ɦlam
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琰
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*lamʔ
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棪
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*lamʔ
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扊
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*lamʔ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *l'aːm, *l'aːmʔ, *l'aːms, *lamʔ): semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 炎 (OC *ɦlam)
Etymology 1[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Note:
- taam5 - vernacular;
- daam6 - literary.
Gan
Hakka
Jin
Min Dong
Min Nan
Note:
- tāⁿ - vernacular;
- tām - literary.
Note:
- dan6 - vernacular;
- dam6 - literary.
Wu
Xiang
Note:
- dan5 - vernacular;
- dan4 - literary.
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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淡
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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dàn
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Middle Chinese
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‹ damX ›
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Old Chinese
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/*[l]ˁamʔ/
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English
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insipid
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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.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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淡
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淡
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Reading #
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2/4
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3/4
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No.
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14300
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14305
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Phonetic component
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炎
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炎
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Rime group
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談
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談
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Rime subdivision
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1
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1
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Corresponding MC rime
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噉
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憺
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Old Chinese
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/*l'aːmʔ/
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/*l'aːms/
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Definitions[edit]
淡
- (of food) bland; tasteless
- 啲湯好淡 / 啲汤好淡 [Cantonese] ― di1 tong1 hou2 taam5 [Jyutping] ― the soup is very bland
- (of color) light; pale
- Synonym: 淺/浅 (qiǎn)
- Antonyms: 濃/浓 (nóng), 深 (shēn)
- (of liquid or gas) thin; low in density
- indifferent; cold
- slack; dull
- 淡季 ― dànjì ― slack season; off-season
- meaningless; trivial
Synonyms[edit]
Dialectal synonyms of
淡 (“bland; tasteless; not salty”)
[map]
Variety
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Location
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Words
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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淡
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Mandarin
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Beijing
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淡, 口輕
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Taiwan
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淡
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Harbin
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淡
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Muping
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善
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Jinan
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淡, 甜, 口輕
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Luoyang
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甜
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Wanrong
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甜
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Xi'an
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甜, 淡
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Xining
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甜, 淡
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Ürümqi
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淡
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Wuhan
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淡
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Chengdu
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淡
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Guiyang
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淡
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Liuzhou
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淡
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Xuzhou
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淡
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Yangzhou
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淡
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Nanjing
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淡
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Hefei
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淡
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Singapore
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淡
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Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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淡
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Hong Kong
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淡
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Dongguan
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淡
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Yangjiang
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淡
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Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
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淡
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Gan
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Nanchang
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淡
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Lichuan
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淡
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Pingxiang
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淡
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Hakka
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Meixian
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淡
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Yudu
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淡
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Miaoli (N. Sixian)
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淡
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Pingtung (Neipu, S. Sixian)
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淡
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Hsinchu County (Zhudong, Hailu)
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淡
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Taichung (Dongshi, Dabu)
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淡
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Hsinchu County (Qionglin, Raoping)
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淡
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Yunlin (Lunbei, Zhao'an)
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淡
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Senai (Huiyang)
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淡
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Jin
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Taiyuan
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淡, 甜
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Xinzhou
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甜
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Min Bei
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Jian'ou
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䭕
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Jian'ou (Dikou)
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䭕
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Zhenghe (Zhenqian)
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䭕
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Jianyang
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䭕
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Wuyishan
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䭕
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Pucheng (Shibei)
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䭕
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Min Dong
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Fuzhou
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䭕
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Changle
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䭕
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Fuqing
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䭕
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Yongtai
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䭕
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Gutian
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䭕
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Fu'an
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䭕
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Ningde
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䭕
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Shouning
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䭕
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Zhouning
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䭕
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Fuding
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䭕
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Min Nan
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Xiamen
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䭕
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Quanzhou
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䭕
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Yongchun
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䭕
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Zhangzhou
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䭕
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Zhangzhou (Longhai)
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䭕
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Zhangzhou (Changtai)
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䭕
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Zhangpu
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䭕
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Zhao'an
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䭕
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Penang (Hokkien)
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䭕
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Singapore (Hokkien)
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䭕
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Chaozhou
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䭕
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Shantou
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䭕
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Shantou (Chenghai)
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䭕
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Jieyang
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䭕
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Haifeng
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䭕
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Bangkok (Teochew)
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䭕
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Johor Bahru (Teochew)
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䭕
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Leizhou
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䭕
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Haikou
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䭕
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Puxian Min
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Putian
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䭕
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Min Zhong
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Yong'an
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䭕
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Shaxian
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䭕
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Southern Pinghua
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Nanning (Tingzi)
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淡
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Wu
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Shanghai
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淡
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Shanghai (Chongming)
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淡
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Suzhou
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淡
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Danyang
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淡
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Hangzhou
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淡
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Ningbo
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淡
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Wenzhou
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淡
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Jinhua
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淡
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Xiang
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Changsha
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淡
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Loudi
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淡
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Shuangfeng
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淡
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Compounds[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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淡
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Reading #
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4/4
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No.
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14319
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Phonetic component
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炎
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Rime group
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談
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Rime subdivision
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1
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Corresponding MC rime
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琰
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Old Chinese
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/*lamʔ/
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Notes
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見宋玉賦
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Definitions[edit]
淡
- Only used in 淡淡 (yǎnyǎn, yànyàn).
- ‡ appearance of water
Compounds[edit]
Etymology 3[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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淡
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Reading #
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1/4
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No.
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14296
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Phonetic component
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炎
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Rime group
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談
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Rime subdivision
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1
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Corresponding MC rime
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談
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Old Chinese
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/*l'aːm/
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Definitions[edit]
淡
- † Alternative form of 痰 (tán).
- ‡ appearance of water
- See also: 澹
Etymology 4[edit]
For pronunciation and definitions of 淡 – see 䭕 (“(Min) tasteless; insipid”). (This character, 淡, is a variant form of 䭕.)
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References[edit]
Japanese[edit]
淡
(common “Jōyō” kanji)
- diluted
- pale
Readings[edit]
Compounds[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Chinese 淡 (MC dɑmX, dɑmH). Recorded as Middle Korean 담〯 (tǎm) (Yale: tam) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.
Wikisource
淡 (eumhun 맑을 담 (malgeul dam))
- Hanja form? of 담 (“clean; clear; pure”).
Compounds[edit]
References[edit]
- 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典. [2]
Vietnamese[edit]
Han character[edit]
淡: Hán Nôm readings: đạm, đượm, vạm, đặm
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