澹
See also: 淡
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Translingual
Han character
澹 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+13, 16 strokes, cangjie input 水弓金口 (ENCR), four-corner 37161, composition ⿰氵詹)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 653, character 36
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18421
- Dae Jaweon: page 1064, character 1
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1762, character 1
- Unihan data for U+6FB9
Chinese
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 澹 | |
|---|---|
| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
Characters in the same phonetic series (詹) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *daːm, *daːmʔ, *daːms): semantic 氵 + phonetic 詹 (OC *tjam).
Etymology 1
| trad. | 澹 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. # | 澹 | |
| alternative forms | 贍／赡 | |
Related to 淡 (OC *l'aːm, *l'aːmʔ, *l'aːms, *lamʔ).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: dàn
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄢˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: dàn
- Wade–Giles: tan4
- Yale: dàn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dann
- Palladius: дань (danʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tän⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: daam6 / taam5
- Yale: daahm / táahm
- Cantonese Pinyin: daam6 / taam5
- Guangdong Romanization: dam6 / tam5
- Sinological IPA (key): /taːm²²/, /tʰaːm¹³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tām
- Tâi-lô: tām
- Phofsit Daibuun: dam
- IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tam²²/
- IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tam³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tǎm
- Tâi-lô: tǎm
- IPA (Quanzhou): /tam²²/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: dan6
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tăⁿ
- Sinological IPA (key): /tã³⁵/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
- Middle Chinese: damX, damH
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*[l]ˤamʔ/
- (Zhengzhang): /*daːmʔ/, /*daːms/
Definitions
澹
- calm and indifferent to fame and fortune
- quiet; tranquil
- light (of taste); insipid
- (of water) to ripple
- a surname
Compounds
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- 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/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: taam4
- Yale: tàahm
- Cantonese Pinyin: taam4
- Guangdong Romanization: tam4
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰaːm²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tâm
- Tâi-lô: tâm
- Phofsit Daibuun: daam
- IPA (Xiamen): /tam²⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /tam²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /tam¹³/
- IPA (Taipei): /tam²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /tam²³/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: tam5
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thâm
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰam⁵⁵/
- (Hokkien)
- Middle Chinese: dam
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*daːm/
Definitions
澹
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: dān
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄢ
- Tongyong Pinyin: dan
- Wade–Giles: tan1
- Yale: dān
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dan
- Palladius: дань (danʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tän⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Definitions
澹
- only used in 澹林
Etymology 4
| trad. | 澹 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. # | 澹 | |
| alternative forms | ||
Possibly from Austroasiatic; compare Vietnamese đầm (“swamp; to be soaking; be sopping wet”) (Norman and Mei, 1976). Also compare Proto-Tai *domᴬ (“wet”), whence Zhuang dumz (“wet; soaked”) (Yue-Hashimoto, 1976).
Pronunciation
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tâm
- Tâi-lô: tâm
- Phofsit Daibuun: daam
- IPA (Xiamen): /tam²⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /tam²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /tam¹³/
- IPA (Taipei): /tam²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /tam²³/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: dam5
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tâm
- Sinological IPA (key): /tam⁵⁵/
- (Hokkien)
Definitions
澹
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 濕 (“wet”) [map]
Compounds
Etymology 5
| For pronunciation and definitions of 澹 – see 贍 (“to provide for; to support; to supply; sufficient; plentiful; rich; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 贍). |
Japanese
Kanji
澹
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
澹 • (dam, seom) (hangeul 담, 섬, revised dam, seom, McCune–Reischauer tam, sŏm, Yale tam, sem)
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Vietnamese
Han character
澹: Hán Nôm readings: đam, đàm, đạm
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