滇

滇	U+6EC7, 滇 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6EC7

← 滆
[U+6EC6]

CJK Unified Ideographs

滈 →
[U+6EC8]

滇	U+2F90C, 滇 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F90C

← 滋
[U+2F90B]

CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement

𣻑 →
[U+2F90D]

Translingual

Han character

滇 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 水十月金 (EJBC), four-corner 3418₁, composition ⿰氵真 or ⿰氵眞)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 642, character 5
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18010
Dae Jaweon: page 1049, character 11
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1694, character 6
Unihan data for U+6EC7

Unihan data for U+2F90C

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
寘	*tjels
䡩	*kʰriːn
黰	ʔriːn, ʔljinʔ
顛	tiːn, tʰiːns
滇	tiːn, tʰiːns, *diːn
齻	*tiːn
槙	tiːn, tjinʔ
瘨	*tiːn
傎	*tiːn
蹎	*tiːn
厧	*tiːn
巔	*tiːn
癲	*tiːn
瑱	tʰiːns, tins
填	diːn, diːns, tin, tins
窴	diːn, diːns
闐	diːn, diːns
磌	diːn, tjin
鷏	*diːn
嗔	diːn, tʰjin
搷	*diːn
鎮	tin, tins
縝	tʰin, ʔljinʔ, *tʰjin
真	*ʔljin
禛	*tjin
稹	ʔljin, ʔljinʔ
蒖	*tjin
鬒	*ʔljinʔ
瞋	*tʰjin
謓	*tʰjin
慎	*djins

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *tiːn, *tʰiːns, *diːn): semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 真 (OC *ʔljin).

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		滇
2nd round simp.		𰛬

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Diān (Dian¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): din¹ / tin⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): Tiên

(Hailu, HRS): dien^ˋ
Eastern Min (BUC): Diĕng
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): deng¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): Tian

(Teochew, Peng'im): diang¹ / diêng¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹ti; ⁶di

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Diān
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Dian
  - Wade–Giles: Tien¹
  - Yale: Dyān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dian
  - Palladius: Дянь (Djanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: din¹ / tin⁴
  - Yale: dīn / tìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: din¹ / tin⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: din¹ / tin⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːn⁵⁵/, /tʰiːn²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Tiên
  - Hakka Romanization System: dien^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: dian¹
  - Sinological IPA: /ti̯en²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: dien^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /tien⁵³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: Diĕng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tieŋ⁵⁵/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: deng¹
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: Deng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɛŋ⁵³³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: deng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɛŋ⁵⁴⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tian
  - Tâi-lô: Tian
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diefn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tiɛn⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɛn³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɛn⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tiɛn⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɛn⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: diang¹ / diêng¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tiang / tieng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiaŋ³³/, /tieŋ³³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹ti; ⁶di
  - MiniDict: ti^平; di^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹ti; ³di
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ti⁵³/, /di²³/

Middle Chinese: ten

Rime
Character	滇
Reading #	2/3
Initial (聲)	端 (5)
Final (韻)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	都年切
Baxter	ten
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ten/
Pan Wuyun	/ten/
Shao Rongfen	/tɛn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tɛn/
Li Rong	/ten/
Wang Li	/tien/
Bernhard Karlgren	/tien/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	diān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	din¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*tiːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	滇
Reading #	1/3
No.	17039
Phonetic component	眞
Rime group	眞
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	顚
Old Chinese	/*tiːn/

Definitions

滇

(～池) Lake Dian (lake near Kunming, Yunnan, China)
(～國) (historical) Dian Kingdom
short for 雲南／云南 (Yúnnán)
a surname

Compounds

滇劇 / 滇剧 (diānjù)
滇南 (Diānnán)
滇池 (Diānchí)
滇紅 / 滇红 (diānhóng)
滇緬 / 滇缅
滇緬公路 / 滇缅公路 (Diān Miǎn Gōnglù)
滇西 (Diānxī)

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		滇

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tián (tian²)

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tin⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tián
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tián
  - Wade–Giles: tʻien²
  - Yale: tyán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tyan
  - Palladius: тянь (tjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: tin⁴
  - Yale: tìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tin⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: tin⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn²¹/

Middle Chinese: den, thenH

Rime
Character	滇	滇
Reading #	1/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	透 (6)
Final (韻)	先 (85)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	IV
Fanqie	徒年切	他甸切
Baxter	den	thenH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/den/	/tʰen^H/
Pan Wuyun	/den/	/tʰen^H/
Shao Rongfen	/dɛn/	/tʰɛn^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dɛn/	/tʰɛn^H/
Li Rong	/den/	/tʰen^H/
Wang Li	/dien/	/tʰien^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/dʱien/	/tʰien^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tián	tiàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	tin⁴	tin³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*diːn/, /*tʰiːns/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	滇	滇
Reading #	3/3	2/3
No.	17057	17050
Phonetic component	眞	眞
Rime group	眞	眞
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	田	瑱
Old Chinese	/*diːn/	/*tʰiːns/

Definitions

滇

only used in 滇滇 and 滇㴐

Etymology 3

simp. and trad.		滇

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhēn (zhen¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄣ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhēn
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhen
  - Wade–Giles: chên¹
  - Yale: jēn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jen
  - Palladius: чжэнь (čžɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵/

Definitions

滇

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) a river in Henan

Compounds

滇陽 / 滇阳

Etymology 4

simp. and trad.		滇
alternative forms		淀闐／阗甸𣂎滿／满

Pronunciation

Eastern Min (BUC): diêng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): tīⁿ / tǐⁿ

(Teochew, Peng'im): din⁶

Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: diêng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiɛŋ²⁴²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung, Hsinchu, Sanxia, Yilan, Kinmen, Magong)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tīⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: tīnn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dvi
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Yilan): /tĩ³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kinmen): /tĩ²²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Lukang, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tǐⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: tǐnn
  - IPA (Lukang, Philippines): /tĩ³³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tĩ²²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: din⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tĭⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tĩ³⁵/

Definitions

滇

(Min) full
(Southern Min, of water) to rise

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 滿 (“full”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		滿
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	滿
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	滿
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	滿
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	滿
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	滿
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	滿
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	滿
Jianghuai Mandarin	Hefei	滿
Cantonese	Guangzhou	滿
	Hong Kong	滿
	Yangjiang	瀰
Gan	Nanchang	滿
Hakka	Meixian	滿
Jin	Taiyuan	滿
Northern Min	Jian'ou	滿
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	滿, 滇
Southern Min	Xiamen	滿, 滇
	Quanzhou	滇
	Zhangzhou	滇
	Taipei	滇, 滿
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	滇, 滿
	Kaohsiung	滇, 滿
	Yilan	滇, 滿
	Changhua (Lukang)	滇, 滿
	Taichung	滇
	Tainan	滇, 滿
	Hsinchu	滇
	Kinmen	滇
	Penghu (Magong)	滇
	Singapore (Hokkien)	滇, 滿
	Chaozhou	滿, 滇
Wu	Suzhou	滿
Wu	Wenzhou	滿
Xiang	Changsha	滿
Xiang	Shuangfeng	滿