滇

滇 U+6EC7, 滇 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6EC7 ← 滆 [U+6EC6] CJK Unified Ideographs 滈 → [U+6EC8]

滇 U+2F90C, 滇 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F90C ← 滋 [U+2F90B] CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 𣻑 → [U+2F90D]

Translingual

Han character

滇 (radical 85, 水+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 水十月金 (EJBC), four-corner 3418₁, composition ⿰氵真)

References

• KangXi: page 642, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18010
• Dae Jaweon: page 1049, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1694, character 6
• Unihan data for U+6EC7

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Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
寘	*tjels
䡩	*kʰriːn
黰	*ʔriːn, *ʔljinʔ
顛	*tiːn, *tʰiːns
滇	*tiːn, *tʰiːns, *diːn
齻	*tiːn
槙	*tiːn, *tjinʔ
瘨	*tiːn
傎	*tiːn
蹎	*tiːn
厧	*tiːn
巔	*tiːn
癲	*tiːn
瑱	*tʰiːns, *tins
填	*diːn, *diːns, *tin, *tins
窴	*diːn, *diːns
闐	*diːn, *diːns
磌	*diːn, *tjin
鷏	*diːn
嗔	*diːn, *tʰjin
搷	*diːn
鎮	*tin, *tins
縝	*tʰin, *ʔljinʔ, *tʰjin
真	*ʔljin
禛	*tjin
稹	*ʔljin, *ʔljinʔ
蒖	*tjin
鬒	*ʔljinʔ
瞋	*tʰjin
謓	*tʰjin
慎	*djins

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *tiːn, *tʰiːns, *diːn): semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 真 (OC *ʔljin).

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		滇

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Diān (Dian¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): din¹, tin⁴
• Min Dong (BUC): Diĕng
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): Tian

  (Teochew, Peng'im): diang¹ / diêng¹

• Wu (Wiktionary): ti (T1)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: Diān
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄢ
    • Wade–Giles: tien1
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dian
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Dian
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tjɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: din¹, tin⁴
    • Yale: dīn, tìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: din¹, tin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: din¹, tin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːn⁵⁵/, /tʰiːn²¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Diĕng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tieŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tian
    • Tâi-lô: Tian
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diefn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɛn³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɛn⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: diang¹ / diêng¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tiang / tieng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiaŋ³³/, /tieŋ³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: ti (T1)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: /ten/

Rime
Character	滇
Reading #	2/3
Initial (聲)	端 (5)
Final (韻)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	都年切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ten/
Pan Wuyun	/ten/
Shao Rongfen	/tɛn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tɛn/
Li Rong	/ten/
Wang Li	/tien/
Bernard Karlgren	/tien/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	diān

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*tiːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	滇
Reading #	1/3
No.	17039
Phonetic component	眞
Rime group	眞
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	顚
Old Chinese	/*tiːn/

Definitions

滇

1. (～池) Lake Dian (lake near Kunming, Yunnan, China)
2. (～國) (historical) Dian Kingdom
3. Short for 雲南／云南 (Yúnnán).
4. A surname​.

Compounds

• 滇劇／滇剧 (diānjù)
• 滇南 (Diānnán)

• 滇池 (Diānchí)
• 滇紅／滇红

• 滇緬／滇缅
• 滇緬公路／滇缅公路 (Diān Miǎn Gōnglù)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tián (tian²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: tián
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢˊ
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien2
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tyan
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tián
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰjɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: tin⁴
    • Yale: tìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /den/, /tʰen^H/

Rime
Character	滇	滇
Reading #	1/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	透 (6)
Final (韻)	先 (85)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	IV
Fanqie	徒年切	他甸切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/den/	/tʰenH/
Pan Wuyun	/den/	/tʰenH/
Shao Rongfen	/dɛn/	/tʰɛnH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dɛn/	/tʰɛnH/
Li Rong	/den/	/tʰenH/
Wang Li	/dien/	/tʰienH/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱien/	/tʰienH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tián	tiàn

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*diːn/, /*tʰiːns/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	滇	滇
Reading #	3/3	2/3
No.	17057	17050
Phonetic component	眞	眞
Rime group	眞	眞
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	田	瑱
Old Chinese	/*diːn/	/*tʰiːns/

Definitions

滇

1. Only used in 滇滇 and 滇㴐.

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhēn (zhen¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄣ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄣ
    • Wade–Giles: chên1
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jen
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhen
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵/

Definitions

滇

1. ^† A river in Henan

Compounds

• 滇陽／滇阳

Etymology 4

simp. and trad.		滇
alternative forms		淀 闐／阗 甸 𣂎 滿／满

Pronunciation

• Min Dong (BUC): diêng
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): tīⁿ / tǐⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): din⁶

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• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: diêng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiɛŋ²⁴²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung, Hsinchu, Sanxia, Yilan, Kinmen, Magong)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tīⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tīnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dvi
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tĩ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kinmen): /tĩ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Lukang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tǐⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tǐnn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tĩ²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: din⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tĭⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tĩ³⁵/

Definitions

滇

1. (Min) full
2. (Min Nan, of water) to rise

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Japanese

Kanji

滇

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): てん (ten), しん (shin)

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Vietnamese

Han character

滇: Hán Nôm readings: điền, chan, tràn, dàn, giàn

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