蘸

蘸	U+8638, 蘸 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8638

← 蘷
[U+8637]

CJK Unified Ideographs

蘹 →
[U+8639]

Translingual

Han character

蘸 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+19, 25 strokes, cangjie input 廿一土火 (TMGF) or 廿一田火 (TMWF) or 難廿一田火 (XTMWF), four-corner 4433₁ or 4463₁, composition ⿱艹醮 or ⿳艹醀灬)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1071, character 21
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32574
Dae Jaweon: page 1537, character 40
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3336, character 2
Unihan data for U+8638

Chinese

Glyph origin

Unknown.

Etymology 1

trad.		蘸
simp. ^#		蘸
2nd round simp.		沾
alternative forms		𧀡

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): zhàn (zhan⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄢˋ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): zan⁴
Cantonese (Jyutping): zaam³
Gan (Wiktionary): zan⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): chiám

(Meixian, Guangdong): jiam³
Jin (Wiktionary): zan³
Northern Min (KCR): dáing
Eastern Min (BUC): cáng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chàm

(Teochew, Peng'im): zam³ / ziao¹ / ziou¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵tse

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhàn
  - Wade–Giles: chan⁴
  - Yale: jàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jann
  - Palladius: чжань (čžanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂän⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: zan⁴
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: zan
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡san²¹³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: zaam³
  - Yale: jaam
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzaam³
  - Guangdong Romanization: zam³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saːm³³/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: zan⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡san³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chiám
  - Hakka Romanization System: jiam^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: jiam³
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡si̯am³¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: jiam³
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡ɕiam³¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: zan³
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡sæ̃⁴⁵/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: dáing
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taiŋ⁵⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: cáng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɑŋ²¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chàm
  - Tâi-lô: tsàm
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zaxm
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sam²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sam⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sam²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sam¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sam²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: zam³ / ziao¹ / ziou¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsàm / tsiau / tsiou
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sam²¹³/, /t͡siau³³/, /t͡siou³³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵tse
  - MiniDict: tse^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tse
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡se³⁴/

Middle Chinese: tsreamH

Rime
Character	蘸
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	莊 (18)
Final (韻)	咸 (151)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	莊陷切
Baxter	tsreamH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ʃˠɛm^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈ͡ʂᵚæm^H/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ʃɐm^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈ͡ʂəɨm^H/
Li Rong	/t͡ʃɐm^H/
Wang Li	/t͡ʃɐm^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʈ͡ʂăm^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zaam³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ʔsreːms/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蘸
Reading #	1/1
No.	16816
Phonetic component
Rime group	談
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*ʔsreːms/
Notes	見大招王注

Definitions

蘸

to dip in; to submerge in (sauce, ink, etc.)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 蘸 (“to dip in”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蘸₁
Northeastern Mandarin	Singapore	點
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	蘸₁
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	蘸₁
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	蘸₁
Cantonese	Guangzhou	蘸₂, 點
	Hong Kong	蘸₂, 點
	Taishan	蘸₃, 點
	Kaiping (Chikan)	點
Gan	Nanchang	蘸₁
Gan	Lichuan	蘸₁
Hakka	Meixian	蘸₁
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	蘸₁, 搵
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	蘸₁, 搵
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	蘸₁, 搵
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	蘸₁, 搵
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	蘸₁, 搵
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	搵
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	搵
Southern Min	Xiamen	搵
	Quanzhou	搵
	Zhangzhou	搵
	Tainan	搵, 滒
	Penang (Hokkien)	搵
	Singapore (Hokkien)	搵
	Manila (Hokkien)	搵
	Chaozhou	搵
	Shantou	搵
	Leizhou	搵
	Haikou	搵
Wu	Shanghai	蘸₁
	Shanghai (Chongming)	蘸₁
	Ningbo	搵, 蘸₁

Compounds

蘸汁
蘸火 (zhànhuǒ)
蘸筆 / 蘸笔
蘸墨

Etymology 2

trad.		蘸
simp. ^#		蘸
alternative forms		染

Vernacular reading of 染 (MC nyemX, “to dye; to be stained with”) (Bai, 2003).

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): jaam⁵ / jaam²

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: jaam⁵ / jaam²
  - Yale: yáahm / yáam
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jaam⁵ / jaam²
  - Guangdong Romanization: yam⁵ / yam²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jaːm¹³/, /jaːm³⁵/

Definitions

蘸

(Cantonese) to dip in (sauce, ink, etc.)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 蘸 (“to dip in”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蘸₁
Northeastern Mandarin	Singapore	點
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	蘸₁
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	蘸₁
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	蘸₁
Cantonese	Guangzhou	蘸₂, 點
	Hong Kong	蘸₂, 點
	Taishan	蘸₃, 點
	Kaiping (Chikan)	點
Gan	Nanchang	蘸₁
Gan	Lichuan	蘸₁
Hakka	Meixian	蘸₁
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	蘸₁, 搵
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	蘸₁, 搵
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	蘸₁, 搵
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	蘸₁, 搵
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	蘸₁, 搵
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	搵
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	搵
Southern Min	Xiamen	搵
	Quanzhou	搵
	Zhangzhou	搵
	Tainan	搵, 滒
	Penang (Hokkien)	搵
	Singapore (Hokkien)	搵
	Manila (Hokkien)	搵
	Chaozhou	搵
	Shantou	搵
	Leizhou	搵
	Haikou	搵
Wu	Shanghai	蘸₁
	Shanghai (Chongming)	蘸₁
	Ningbo	搵, 蘸₁

Etymology 3

trad.		蘸
simp. ^#		蘸

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Taishan, Wiktionary): lem¹

Cantonese
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: lem¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lem³³/

Definitions

蘸

(Taishanese) to dip in (sauce, ink, etc.)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 蘸 (“to dip in”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蘸₁
Northeastern Mandarin	Singapore	點
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	蘸₁
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	蘸₁
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	蘸₁
Cantonese	Guangzhou	蘸₂, 點
	Hong Kong	蘸₂, 點
	Taishan	蘸₃, 點
	Kaiping (Chikan)	點
Gan	Nanchang	蘸₁
Gan	Lichuan	蘸₁
Hakka	Meixian	蘸₁
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	蘸₁, 搵
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	蘸₁, 搵
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	蘸₁, 搵
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	蘸₁, 搵
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	蘸₁, 搵
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	搵
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	搵
Southern Min	Xiamen	搵
	Quanzhou	搵
	Zhangzhou	搵
	Tainan	搵, 滒
	Penang (Hokkien)	搵
	Singapore (Hokkien)	搵
	Manila (Hokkien)	搵
	Chaozhou	搵
	Shantou	搵
	Leizhou	搵
	Haikou	搵
Wu	Shanghai	蘸₁
	Shanghai (Chongming)	蘸₁
	Ningbo	搵, 蘸₁

Japanese

Kanji

蘸

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): さん (san)
Kun: ひたす (hitasu)