尖

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尖 U+5C16, 尖
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5C16
← 尕
[U+5C15] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 尗 →
[U+5C17]

Translingual[edit]

Han character[edit]

尖 (Kangxi radical 42, 小+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 火大 (FK), four-corner 90430, composition ⿱⿻丨八大(GTV) or ⿱小大(HJK))

Derived characters[edit]

References[edit]

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 297, character 2
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7480
  • Dae Jaweon: page 591, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 562, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+5C16

Chinese[edit]

simp. and trad.
 尖
alternative forms 鋟／锓
鑯／𰿈

Glyph origin[edit]

小 (“small”) + 大 (“large”) – the width of an object gradually changing from small to large.

Etymology[edit]

Schuessler (2007) relates it to Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sjam (“iron”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Note:
  • ziam1 - Chaozhou;
  • ziang1 - Chenghai.
Rime
Character 尖
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 精 (13)
Final (韻) 鹽 (153)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 子廉切
Baxter tsjem
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/t͡siᴇm/
Pan
Wuyun 		/t͡siɛm/
Shao
Rongfen 		/t͡sjæm/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/t͡siam/
Li
Rong 		/t͡siɛm/
Wang
Li 		/t͡sĭɛm/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/t͡si̯ɛm/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		jiān
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		zim1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 尖
Reading # 1/1
No. 5977
Phonetic
component 		尖
Rime
group 		談
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		尖
Old
Chinese 		/*ʔslem/
Notes 鑯之後起字

Definitions[edit]

尖

  1. sharp; having a sharp tip; pointy
    Antonym: 鈍／钝 (dùn)
  2. acute
  3. shrewd
  4. point; tip
    筆尖／笔尖  ―  bǐjiān  ―  tip of a pen
  5. (card games) ace

Synonyms[edit]

Dialectal synonyms of 尖兒 (“ace (playing cards)”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Mandarin Beijing 尖兒, 叉, 老叉
Xi'an 尖子
Wuhan 尖子, 尖, 耶司
Guiyang 尖, 尖尖, 帽
Liuzhou 煙洗, 煙
Xuzhou 老幺, 老帽兒, 尖子
Nanjing 愛斯
Cantonese Guangzhou 煙士, 煙
Hong Kong 煙士, 煙
Taishan 一士
Wuzhou 煙
Yulin 煙
Gan Nanchang 尖
Pengze 尖
Lichuan 尖子
Pingxiang 尖子, 尖
Hakka Meixian 煙仔
Yudu 尖子
Huizhou Jixi 尖子, 尖心
Jin Taiyuan 幺尖兒
Southern Min Xiamen A
Shantou 幺, 一
Wu Shanghai 愛斯
Shanghai (Chongming) 愛斯
Suzhou A, 愛斯

Compounds[edit]

References[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

尖

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Korean[edit]

Etymology[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

Pronunciation[edit]

Hanja[edit]

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

尖 • (cheom) (hangeul 첨, revised cheom, McCune–Reischauer ch'ŏm)

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Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

尖: Hán Nôm readings: tiêm

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