霑

See also: 沾

霑 U+9711, 霑 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9711 ← 霐 [U+9710] CJK Unified Ideographs 霒 → [U+9712]

Translingual

Han character

霑 (Kangxi radical 173, 雨+8, 16 strokes, Cangjie input 一月水卜口 (MBEYR), four-corner 1016₁, composition ⿱⻗沾)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1375, character 26
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42329
• Dae Jaweon: page 1884, character 26
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4069, character 1
• Unihan data for U+9711

Chinese

trad.		霑
simp.		沾*

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
頕	*taːm
煔	*ɦlaːm, *hljems, *hl'eːms
炶	*ɦlaːm
詀	*rteːm, *rdeːms, *teːm, *tʰjeb
站	*rteːms
檆	*sreːm
黏	*nem
粘	*nem
枮	*slem, *ʔl'ɯm
霑	*tem
沾	*tem, *teːms, *tʰeːm
覘	*tems, *tʰem
鉆	*tʰem, *ɡrem, *tʰeːb
占	*ʔljem, *tjems
颭	*tjemʔ
佔	*tjems, *teːm
苫	*hljem, *hljems
痁	*hljem, *teːms
蛅	*njem
阽	*lem
敁	*teːm
掂	*tiːm
點	*teːmʔ
玷	*teːmʔ, *teːms
店	*tiːms
坫	*tiːms, *tim
黇	*tʰeːm
扂	*deːmʔ
拈	*neːm
鮎	*neːm
砧	*ʔl'ɯm
笘	*teːb
跕	*teːb, *tʰeːb
貼	*tʰeːb
帖	*tʰeːb
怗	*tʰeːb
呫	*tʰeːb

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhān (zhan¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zim¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhān
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhan
    • Wade–Giles: chan¹
    • Yale: jān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jan
    • Palladius: чжань (čžanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zim¹
    • Yale: jīm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzim¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: jim¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːm⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: trjem

Rime
Character	霑
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	知 (9)
Final (韻)	鹽 (154)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	張廉切
Baxter	trjem
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈˠiᴇm/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈᵚiɛm/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶiæm/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈjiam/
Li Rong	/ȶjɛm/
Wang Li	/ȶĭɛm/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȶi̯ɛm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zim1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*tem/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	霑
Reading #	1/1
No.	16701
Phonetic component	占
Rime group	談
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	霑
Old Chinese	/*tem/

Definitions

霑

1. alternative form of 沾
2. (figurative) gratefulness of a lover

Compounds

• 均霑 / 均沾 (jūnzhān)
• 霑化 / 沾化 (Zhānhuà)
• 霑恩 / 沾恩
• 霑染 / 沾染
• 霑泥絮 / 沾泥絮
• 霑濡 / 沾濡
• 霑裳 / 沾裳
• 霑醉 / 沾醉 (zhānzuì)
• 霑體塗足 / 沾体涂足

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 霑 – see 沾 (“abundant; overflowing; brimming; to soak; to moisten; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 沾).

Japanese

Kanji

霑

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. moisten, soak, water

Readings

• Go-on: てん (ten)^{←てん (ten, historical)←てむ (temu, ancient)}
• Kan-on: てん (ten)^{←てん (ten, historical)←てむ (temu, ancient)}
• Kun: うるおい (uruoi, 霑い)^{←うるほひ (urufofi, 霑ひ, historical)}、うるおう (uruou, 霑う)^{←うるほふ (urufofu, 霑ふ, historical)}、しおる (shioru, 霑る)^{←しほる (siforu, 霑る, historical)}

Compounds

• 均霑(きんてん) (kinten)

Korean

Hanja

霑 • (jeom) (hangeul 점, revised jeom, McCune–Reischauer chŏm, Yale cem)

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Vietnamese

Han character

霑: Hán Nôm readings: dìm, triêm, chiêm

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