舔

Translingual

Han character

舔 (Kangxi radical 135, 舌+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 竹口竹大心 (HRHKP) or 竹口一大心 (HRMKP), four-corner 2263₃, composition ⿰舌忝)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1007, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30312
• Dae Jaweon: page 1464, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 2944, character 4
• Unihan data for U+8214

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Chinese

trad.		舔
simp. #		舔
alternative forms		㖭 舐 Cantonese vernacular

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
添	*tʰiːm
忝	*l̥ʰiːmʔ, *l̥ʰiːms
悿	*tʰiːmʔ
舔	*l̥ʰiːmʔ
菾	*diːm
天	*qʰl'iːn
吞	*qʰl'iːn, *qʰl'ɯːn
祆	*qʰliːn
蚕	*zluːm, *hl'iːnʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *l̥ʰiːmʔ) : semantic 舌 (“tongue”) + phonetic 忝 (OC *l̥ʰiːmʔ, *l̥ʰiːms).

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-ljam (“tongue; flame”). The Cantonese vernacular reading (Guangzhou lim² or lem²; Taishan liam²) preserves the Old Chinese lateral initial *l̥-.

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 舔

1. to lick
2. (figurative, slang) to suck up to (someone); to brownnose

Synonyms

• (to lick): 舐 (shì); (Min Nan) 哴 (liàng)

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Japanese

Kanji

舔

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): てん (ten)
• Kun: なめる (nameru)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 舔 (thiểm, liếm, thiêm)

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