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See also:
U+751C, 甜
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-751C

[U+751B]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+751D]

Translingual[edit]

Han character[edit]

(Kangxi radical 99, +6, 11 strokes, cangjie input 竹口廿一 (HRTM), four-corner 24670, composition )

Derived characters[edit]

Related characters[edit]

References[edit]

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 754, character 13
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21656
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1161, character 6
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2414, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+751C

Chinese[edit]

trad.
simp. #
alternative forms
Wikipedia has articles on:
  • (Written Standard Chinese?)
  • (Cantonese)

Glyph origin[edit]

Historical forms of the character
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

Ideogrammic compound (會意会意): (tongue) + (sweet). Rearrangement of .

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ljam (sweet; fragrant) (STEDT). Compare Tibetan ཞིམ (zhim, tasty) (Coblin, 1986; Schuessler, 2007; Hill, 2019).

Pronunciation[edit]


Note:
  • tiⁿ - vernacular;
  • tiâm - literary.
  • Wu
  • Xiang

    • Dialectal data
    Variety Location
    Mandarin Beijing /tʰian³⁵/
    Harbin /tʰian²⁴/
    Tianjin /tʰian⁴⁵/
    Jinan /tʰiã⁴²/
    Qingdao /tʰiã⁴²/
    Zhengzhou /tʰian⁴²/
    Xi'an /tʰiã²⁴/
    Xining /tʰiã²⁴/
    Yinchuan /tʰian⁵³/
    Lanzhou /tʰiɛ̃n⁵³/
    Ürümqi /tʰian⁵¹/
    Wuhan /tʰiɛn⁴²/
    Chengdu /tʰian³¹/
    Guiyang /tʰian²¹/
    Kunming /tʰiɛ̃³¹/
    Nanjing /tʰien²⁴/
    Hefei /tʰiĩ⁵⁵/
    Jin Taiyuan /tʰie¹¹/
    Pingyao /tie̞¹³/
    Hohhot /tʰie³¹/
    Wu Shanghai /di²³/
    Suzhou /diɪ¹³/
    Hangzhou /diẽ̞²¹³/
    Wenzhou /di³¹/
    Hui Shexian /tʰe⁴⁴/
    Tunxi /tiɛ⁴⁴/
    Xiang Changsha /tiẽ¹³/
    Xiangtan /diẽ¹²/
    Gan Nanchang /tʰiɛn²⁴/
    Hakka Meixian /tʰiam¹¹/
    Taoyuan /tʰiɑm¹¹/
    Cantonese Guangzhou /tʰim²¹/
    Nanning /tʰim²¹/
    Hong Kong /tʰim²¹/
    Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /tiam³⁵/
    /tĩ⁵⁵/
    Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /tieŋ⁴⁴/
    Jian'ou (Northern Min) /taŋ²¹/
    Shantou (Teochew) /tiam⁵⁵/
    Haikou (Hainanese) /ʔdiam³¹/

    Rime
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial () (7)
    Final () (157)
    Tone (調) Level (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division () IV
    Fanqie
    Baxter dem
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang
    /dem/
    Pan
    Wuyun
    /dem/
    Shao
    Rongfen
    /dɛm/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank
    /dɛm/
    Li
    Rong
    /dem/
    Wang
    Li
    /diem/
    Bernard
    Karlgren
    /dʱiem/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex
    tián
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex
    tim4
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 12408
    Phonetic
    component
    Rime
    group
    Rime
    subdivision
    2
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    Old
    Chinese
    /*l'iːm/

    Definitions[edit]

    1. sweet
    2. (figurative) pleasant; comfortable; happy
    3. (figurative, of sleep) sound
    4. (dialectal) bland; tasteless; not salty
    5. (dialectal) delicious; tasty
    6. (neologism, of a price) cheap; inexpensive
    7. (figurative) romantic
    8. (Hong Kong Cantonese) Euphemistic form of (haam4, erotic).

    Synonyms[edit]

    Compounds[edit]

    Japanese[edit]

    Kanji[edit]

    (uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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    Readings[edit]

    • On (unclassified): てん (ten)
    • Kun: うまい (umai)

    Korean[edit]

    Hanja[edit]

    (eumhun (dal cheom))

    1. Hanja form? of (sweet).

    Vietnamese[edit]

    Han character[edit]

    : Hán Nôm readings: điềm

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