沕

沕	U+6C95, 沕 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6C95

← 沔
[U+6C94]

CJK Unified Ideographs

沖 →
[U+6C96]

Translingual

Han character

沕 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 水心竹竹 (EPHH), four-corner 3712₀, composition ⿰氵勿)

Derived characters

𫪏

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 611, character 17
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17208
Dae Jaweon: page 1004, character 7
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1570, character 2
Unihan data for U+6C95

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
脗	*minʔ
吻	*mɯnʔ
刎	*mɯnʔ
伆	mɯnʔ, mɯd
勽	buːs, mɯnʔ
沕	mrɯd, mɯd
忽	*hmɯːd
昒	hmɯːd, mɯd
惚	*hmɯːd
匫	*hmɯːd
笏	*hmɯːd
曶	*hmɯːd
淴	*ʔmɯːd
物	*mɯd
勿	*mɯd
芴	*mɯd
岉	*mɯd

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *mrɯd, *mɯd): semantic 氵 + phonetic 勿 (OC *mɯd).

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		沕
alternative forms		密 Hokkien

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mì (mi⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mat⁶
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): bi⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bi̍t

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mì
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mì
  - Wade–Giles: mi⁴
  - Yale: mì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mih
  - Palladius: ми (mi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: mat⁶
  - Yale: maht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mat⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: med⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐt̚²/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: bi⁶
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: bī
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi¹¹/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: bi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bi̍t
  - Tâi-lô: bi̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bit
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /bit̚⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bit̚¹²¹/

Middle Chinese: mit

Rime
Character	沕
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	質 (49)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	美畢切
Baxter	mit
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mˠiɪt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/mᵚit̚/
Shao Rongfen	/miet̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mjit̚/
Li Rong	/mjĕt̚/
Wang Li	/mĭĕt̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mi̯ĕt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mat⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*mrɯd/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	沕
Reading #	1/2
No.	13210
Phonetic component	勿
Rime group	物
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	密
Old Chinese	/*mrɯd/
Notes	見漢賦

Definitions

沕

(obsolete or Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien, Puxian Min) to submerge; to inundate; to drown
(Xiamen Hokkien) to secretly embezzle; to furtively misappropriate

Compounds

沕尾

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		沕

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wù (wu⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mat⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wù
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wù
  - Wade–Giles: wu⁴
  - Yale: wù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuh
  - Palladius: у (u)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: mat⁶
  - Yale: maht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mat⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: med⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐt̚²/

Middle Chinese: mjut

Rime
Character	沕
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	物 (60)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	文弗切
Baxter	mjut
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mɨut̚/
Pan Wuyun	/miut̚/
Shao Rongfen	/miuət̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mut̚/
Li Rong	/miuət̚/
Wang Li	/mĭuət̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mi̯uət̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mat⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*mɯd/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	沕
Reading #	2/2
No.	13223
Phonetic component	勿
Rime group	物
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	物
Old Chinese	/*mɯd/
Notes	見史記

Definitions

沕

Used in compounds.

Compounds

沕漠
沕穆

References

“沕”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
“沕”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

沕

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): ぶつ (butsu)、もち (mochi)、こつ (kotsu)、こち (kochi)
Kun: かすか (kasuka)

Korean

Hanja

沕 (eum 물 (mul))

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Vietnamese

Han character

沕: Hán Nôm readings: vắt

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