曇

See also: 昙

曇	U+66C7, 曇 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-66C7

← 曆
[U+66C6]

CJK Unified Ideographs

曈 →
[U+66C8]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

曇 (Kangxi radical 72, 日+12, 16 strokes, cangjie input 日一月戈 (AMBI), four-corner 6073₁, composition ⿱日雲)

become cloudy, overcast

Derived characters

壜, 𭗮, 𪩿, 𤃅, 𪴘, 罎, 𦉡, 𲇬, 𩪺, 𪓂, 𤮦

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 500, character 13
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14172
Dae Jaweon: page 870, character 9
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1536, character 4
Unihan data for U+66C7

Chinese

trad.		曇
simp.		昙

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
曇	*duːm
壜	*duːm

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 日 + 雲, presumably “sun behind clouds”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tán (tan²)

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): taam⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): thàm

(Hailu, HRS): tam
Eastern Min (BUC): tàng
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): tang²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): thâm

(Teochew, Peng'im): tam⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tán
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tán
  - Wade–Giles: tʻan²
  - Yale: tán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tarn
  - Palladius: тань (tanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰän³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: taam⁴
  - Yale: tàahm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: taam⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: tam⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːm²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thàm
  - Hakka Romanization System: tam^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tam²
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰam¹¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: tam
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰam⁵⁵/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: tàng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaŋ⁵³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: tang²
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: táng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaŋ¹³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: tang²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaŋ²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thâm
  - Tâi-lô: thâm
  - Phofsit Daibuun: taam
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰam²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰam²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰam¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰam²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰam²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: tam⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thâm
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰam⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: dom

Rime
Character	曇
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	覃 (159)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	徒含切
Baxter	dom
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dʌm/
Pan Wuyun	/dəm/
Shao Rongfen	/dɒm/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dəm/
Li Rong	/dᴀm/
Wang Li	/dɒm/
Bernhard Karlgren	/dʱăm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	taam⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*duːm/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	曇
Reading #	1/1
No.	12353
Phonetic component
Rime group	侵
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	覃
Old Chinese	/*duːm/
Notes	與黕同源

Definitions

曇

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) cloudy; overcast
used in 曇花／昙花 (tánhuā, “Dutchman's pipe cactus”)

Compounds

優曇華 / 优昙华
悉曇 / 悉昙 (xītán)
曇曇 / 昙昙 (tántán)
曇花 / 昙花 (tánhuā)
曇花一現 / 昙花一现 (tánhuāyīxiàn)
曇鸞 / 昙鸾
毘曇宗 / 毗昙宗
阿毗曇 / 阿毗昙 (Āpítán)

Japanese

Kanji

曇

(Jōyō kanji)

cloudy weather
to cloud up

Readings

Go-on: どん (don, Jōyō)^{←どん (don, historical)}^{←どむ (domu, ancient)}
Kan-on: たん (tan)^{←たん (tan, historical)}^{←たむ (tamu, ancient)}
Kun: くもる (kumoru, 曇る, Jōyō)、くもり (kumori)

Derived terms

曇(くも)らす (kumorasu): to encloud; to make dim or dull
曇(くも)らせる (kumoraseru): to cloud; to make dim or dull;
曇(くも)り (kumori), 曇(くもり) (kumori): cloudiness; cloudy weather; shadow
曇(くも)りがち (kumorigachi): broken cloud; mainly cloudy
曇(くも)りガラス (kumorigarasu): frosted glass
曇(くも)り勝(が)ち (kumorigachi): mostly cloudy
曇(くも)り声(ごえ) (kumorigoe): depressed voice
曇(くも)り空(ぞら) (kumorizora): cloudy sky
曇(くも)る (kumoru): to become cloudy, to become dim
曇度(くもりど) (kumorido): opacity

Definitions

Kanji in this term
曇
くも(り) Grade: S
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 曇 – see the following entry.

【曇くもり】

[noun] cloudy weather, cloudiness

[verb] stem or continuative form of 曇る (kumoru) [godan]

(This term, 曇, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

曇 • (dam) (hangeul 담, revised dam, McCune–Reischauer tam, Yale tam)

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Vietnamese

Han character

曇: Hán Nôm readings: đàm

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