淡

淡	U+6DE1, 淡 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6DE1

See also: 澹

Translingual[edit]

Stroke order

Han character[edit]

淡 (radical 85 水+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 水火火 (EFF), four-corner 3918₉, composition ⿰氵炎)

watered down, bland, modest, essential

References[edit]

KangXi: page 630, character 18
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17660
Dae Jaweon: page 1032, character 17
Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1660, character 8
Unihan data for U+6DE1

Chinese[edit]

Glyph origin[edit]

Characters in the same phonetic series (炎) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
倓	l'oːmʔ, l'aːm, *l'aːms
緂	l̥ʰaːm, l̥ʰaːmʔ, *l̥ʰjam
毯	*l̥ʰaːmʔ
菼	*l̥ʰaːmʔ
裧	l̥ʰaːmʔ, l̥ʰjam, *l̥ʰjams
賧	*l̥ʰaːms
睒	l̥ʰaːms, hljamʔ
舕	*l̥ʰaːms
談	*l'aːm
郯	*l'aːm
惔	l'aːm, l'aːmʔ, *l'aːms
錟	*l'aːm
淡	l'aːm, l'aːmʔ, l'aːms, lamʔ
痰	*l'aːm
餤	*l'aːm
啖	l'aːmʔ, l'aːms
腅	*l'aːms
剡	ɦljamʔ, lamʔ
覢	*hljamʔ
掞	*hljams
炎	*ɦlam
琰	*lamʔ
棪	*lamʔ
扊	*lamʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *l'aːm, *l'aːmʔ, *l'aːms, *lamʔ): semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 炎 (OC *ɦlam)

Etymology 1[edit]

simp. and trad.		淡

Pronunciation[edit]

Mandarin

(Standard)

(Pinyin): dàn (dan⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄢˋ

(Chengdu, SP): dan⁴
Cantonese

(Guangzhou, Jyutping): taam⁵, daam⁶

(Taishan, Wiktionary): am⁴
Gan (Wiktionary): tan⁵
Hakka

(Sixian, PFS): thâm / tham

(Meixian, Guangdong): tam¹ / tam⁴
Jin (Wiktionary): dan³
Min Dong (BUC): dâng
Min Nan

(Hokkien, POJ): tāⁿ / tām

(Teochew, Peng'im): dan⁶ / dam⁶
Wu (Wiktionary): de (T3)
Xiang (Wiktionary): dan⁵ / dan⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: dàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄢˋ
  - Wade-Giles: tan⁴
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dann
  - IPA ^(key): /ta̠n⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: dan⁴
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: dan
  - IPA ^(key): /tan²¹³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: taam⁵, daam⁶
  - Yale: táahm, daahm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: taam⁵, daam⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: tam⁵, dam⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰɑːm¹³/, /tɑːm²²/

Note:

taam5 - vernacular;
daam6 - literary.

(Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: am⁴
- IPA ^(key): /am²¹/

Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: tan⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰan¹¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thâm / tham
  - Hakka Romanization System: tam´ / tam
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tam¹ / tam⁴
  - IPA: /tʰam²⁴/, /tʰam⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: tam¹ / tam⁴
  - IPA: /tʰam⁴⁴/, /tʰam⁵³/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: dan³
  - IPA (old-style): /tæ̃⁴⁵/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: dâng
  - IPA ^(key): /tɑŋ²⁴²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāⁿ / tām
  - Tâi-lô: tānn / tām
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dva, dam
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tã²²/, /tam²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tã⁴¹/, /tam⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tã²²/, /tam²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tã³³/, /tam³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tã³³/, /tam³³/

Note:

tāⁿ - vernacular;
tām - literary.

(Teochew)
- Peng'im: dan⁶ / dam⁶
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tăⁿ / tăm
- IPA ^(key): /tã³⁵/, /tam³⁵/

Note:

dan6 - vernacular;
dam6 - literary.

Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: de (T3)
  - IPA ^(key): /d̻e̞²³/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: dan⁵ / dan⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /tan²¹/, /tan⁴⁵/

Note:

dan5 - vernacular;
dan4 - literary.

Middle Chinese: /dɑm^X/, /dɑm^H/▼

Rime
Character	淡	淡
Reading #	2/4	4/4
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	談 (143)	談 (143)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	徒敢切	徒濫切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dɑm^X/	/dɑm^H/
Pan Wuyun	/dɑm^X/	/dɑm^H/
Shao Rongfen	/dɑm^X/	/dɑm^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dam^X/	/dam^H/
Li Rong	/dɑm^X/	/dɑm^H/
Wang Li	/dɑm^X/	/dɑm^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱɑm^X/	/dʱɑm^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dàn	dàn

Old Chinese▼

(Baxter-Sagart): /*[l]ˤamʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*l'aːmʔ/, /*l'aːms/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	淡
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	dàn
Middle Chinese	‹ dam^X ›
Old Chinese	/*[l]ˤamʔ/
English	insipid
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	淡	淡
Reading #	2/4	3/4
No.	14300	14305
Phonetic component	炎	炎
Rime group	談	談
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	噉	憺
Old Chinese	/*l'aːmʔ/	/*l'aːms/

Definitions[edit]

淡

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Compounds[edit]

Derived terms from 淡

下淡水溪
冷淡 (lěngdàn)
喫淡酒
平和恬淡
平淡 (píngdàn)
平淡無奇／平淡无奇
恬淡 (tiándàn)
恬淡寡欲
恬淡無欲／恬淡无欲
恬淡無為／恬淡无为
扯淡 (chědàn)
攻苦食淡
暗淡 (àndàn)
暗淡無光／暗淡无光 (àndànwúguāng)
民患淡食
沖淡／冲淡
泔淡
海水淡化 (hǎishuǐ dànhuà)
淡不剌
淡不淡
淡交
淡入
淡冷處／淡冷处
淡出 (dànchū)
淡化 (dànhuà)
淡妝／淡妆
淡妝濃抹／淡妆浓抹
淡妝素服／淡妆素服
淡季 (dànjì)
淡巴菰 (dànbāgū)
淡廝／淡厮

Etymology 2[edit]

simp. and trad.		淡

Pronunciation[edit]

Mandarin

(Pinyin): yǎn, yàn (yan³, yan⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˇ, ㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jim⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: yǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˇ
  - Wade-Giles: yen³
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yean
  - IPA ^(key): /i̯ɛn²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: yàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˋ
  - Wade-Giles: yen⁴
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yann
  - IPA ^(key): /i̯ɛn⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jim⁵
  - Yale: yíhm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jim⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: yim⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /jiːm¹³/

Middle Chinese: /jiᴇm^X/▼

Rime
Character	淡
Reading #	3/4
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	鹽 (153)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	以冉切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jiᴇm^X/
Pan Wuyun	/jiɛm^X/
Shao Rongfen	/jæm^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jiam^X/
Li Rong	/iɛm^X/
Wang Li	/jĭɛm^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯ɛm^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yǎn

Old Chinese▼

(Zhengzhang): /*lamʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	淡
Reading #	4/4
No.	14319
Phonetic component	炎
Rime group	談
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	琰
Old Chinese	/*lamʔ/
Notes	見宋玉賦

Definitions[edit]

淡

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Compounds[edit]

流水淡淡

Etymology 3[edit]

simp. and trad.		淡

Pronunciation[edit]

Mandarin

(Pinyin): tán (tan²)

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): taam⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: tán
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄢˊ
  - Wade-Giles: t'an²
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tanr
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰa̠n³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: taam⁴
  - Yale: tàahm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: taam⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: tam⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰɑːm²¹/

Middle Chinese: /dɑm/▼

Rime
Character	淡
Reading #	1/4
Initial (聲)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	談 (143)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	徒甘切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dɑm/
Pan Wuyun	/dɑm/
Shao Rongfen	/dɑm/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dam/
Li Rong	/dɑm/
Wang Li	/dɑm/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱɑm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tán

Old Chinese▼

(Zhengzhang): /*l'aːm/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	淡
Reading #	1/4
No.	14296
Phonetic component	炎
Rime group	談
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	談
Old Chinese	/*l'aːm/

Definitions[edit]

淡

Alternative form of 痰 (tán).

Etymology 4[edit]

simp. and trad.		淡
alt. forms		汫 Taiwan prescribed 𩟗

Pronunciation[edit]

Min Nan (POJ): chiáⁿ

Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiáⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: tsiánn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cviar
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiã⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiã⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiã⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiã⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiã⁴¹/

Definitions[edit]

淡

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References[edit]

(Cantonese) Multi-function Chinese Character Database (漢語多功能字庫)

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

Readings[edit]

Goon: だん (dan)^{←だん (dan, historical)}^{←だむ (damu, ancient)}
Kan’on: たん (tan, Jōyō)^{←たん (tan, historical)}^{←たむ (tamu, ancient)}
Kun: あわい (awai, 淡い, Jōyō); うすい (usui, 淡い)

Compounds[edit]

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

淡 • (dam) (hangeul 담, revised dam, McCune-Reischauer tam, Yale tam)

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Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

淡 (đạm, đượm, vạm, đặm)

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淡

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Chinese[edit]

Glyph origin[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Definitions[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Definitions[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Definitions[edit]

Etymology 4[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Definitions[edit]

References[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

Readings[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

Vietnamese[edit]

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