貪
See also: 贪
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Translingual
Han character
貪 (Kangxi radical 154, 貝+4, 11 strokes, cangjie input 人戈弓金 (OINC), four-corner 80806, composition ⿱今貝)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1205, character 16
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36680
- Dae Jaweon: page 1667, character 4
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3627, character 7
- Unihan data for U+8CAA
Chinese
| trad. | 貪 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 贪 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 貪 |
|---|
| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) |
| Small seal script |
Characters in the same phonetic series (今) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
| Old Chinese | |
|---|---|
| 貪 | *kʰl'uːm |
| 嗿 | *l̥ʰuːmʔ |
| 僋 | *l̥ʰuːms, *luːms |
| 酓 | *qʰɯːm, *qlamʔ, *qlɯːms |
| 馠 | *qʰɯːm |
| 谽 | *qʰɯːm |
| 唅 | *qʰɯːm, *ɡɯːms |
| 含 | *ɡɯːm |
| 肣 | *ɡɯːm, *ɡɯːmʔ |
| 頷 | *ɡɯːm, *ɡɯːmʔ |
| 筨 | *ɡɯːm |
| 梒 | *ɡɯːm |
| 鋡 | *ɡɯːm |
| 莟 | *ɡɯːmʔ, *ɡɯːms |
| 琀 | *ɡɯːms |
| 浛 | *ɡɯːms |
| 盦 | *qɯːm, *qaːb |
| 韽 | *qɯːm, *qrɯːms |
| 玪 | *krɯːm |
| 妗 | *qʰrɯːm, *kʰjam, *qʰlɯːm, *ɡrɯms |
| 欦 | *qʰrɯːmʔ, *qʰram, *kʰlam, *kʰlamʔ, *qʰlɯːm |
| 黔 | *ɡram, *ɡrɯm |
| 鈐 | *ɡram |
| 鳹 | *ɡram |
| 雂 | *ɡram, *ɡrɯm |
| 念 | *nɯːms |
| 梣 | *sɡɯm, *sɡrɯm |
| 枔 | *sɢrɯm |
| 岑 | *sɡrɯm |
| 笒 | *sɡrɯm, *ɡrɯms |
| 涔 | *sɡrɯm |
| 侺 | *ɡjɯms |
| 今 | *krɯm |
| 黅 | *krɯm |
| 衿 | *krɯm |
| 衾 | *kʰrɯm |
| 坅 | *kʰrɯmʔ |
| 搇 | *kʰrɯms |
| 琴 | *ɡrɯm |
| 禽 | *ɡrɯm |
| 芩 | *ɡrɯm |
| 庈 | *ɡrɯm |
| 耹 | *ɡrɯm |
| 靲 | *ɡrɯm |
| 擒 | *ɡrɯm |
| 檎 | *ɡrɯm |
| 紟 | *ɡrɯms |
| 吟 | *ŋɡrɯm, *ŋɡrɯms |
| 訡 | *ŋɡrɯm |
| 廞 | *qʰrɯm, *qʰrɯmʔ |
| 陰 | *qrɯm |
| 霠 | |
| 飲 | *qrɯmʔ, *qrɯms |
| 蔭 | *qrɯms |
| 廕 | *qrɯms |
| 矜 | *ɡrɯn, *ɡɯn, *kɯŋ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kʰl'uːm) and ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): phonetic 今 (OC *krɯm, “open mouth”) + semantic 貝 (“money”).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): taam1
- Hakka
- Northern Min (KCR): táng
- Eastern Min (BUC): tăng
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): tang1
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 1thoe
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: tān
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄢ
- Tongyong Pinyin: tan
- Wade–Giles: tʻan1
- Yale: tān
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tan
- Palladius: тань (tanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰän⁵⁵/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: tan1
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: tan
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰan⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: taam1
- Yale: tāam
- Cantonese Pinyin: taam1
- Guangdong Romanization: tam1
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰaːm⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thâm
- Hakka Romanization System: tamˊ
- Hagfa Pinyim: tam1
- Sinological IPA: /tʰam²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
- Hakka Romanization System: tamˋ
- Sinological IPA: /tʰam⁵³/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: táng
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰaŋ⁵⁴/
- (Jian'ou)
- Eastern Min
- Puxian Min
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tham
- Tâi-lô: tham
- Phofsit Daibuun: tafm
- IPA (Xiamen): /tʰam⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰam³³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰam⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /tʰam⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰam⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: tam1
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tham
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰam³³/
- (Hokkien)
- Wu
- Dialectal data
- Middle Chinese: thom
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*r̥ˤ[ə]m/
- (Zhengzhang): /*kʰl'uːm/
Definitions
貪
- to be greedy
- to be fond of; to have an insatiable desire for
- to pursue something (excessively or inappropriately)
- to embezzle
Synonyms
- (to embezzle):
Compounds
- 使貪使愚 / 使贪使愚
- 厭舊貪新 / 厌旧贪新 (yànjiùtānxīn)
- 好事貪功 / 好事贪功
- 怕死貪生 / 怕死贪生
- 愛勢貪財 / 爱势贪财
- 戀酒貪杯 / 恋酒贪杯
- 戀酒貪色 / 恋酒贪色
- 戀酒貪花 / 恋酒贪花
- 戒貪 / 戒贪
- 激貪厲俗 / 激贪厉俗
- 狼貪 / 狼贪
- 狼貪鼠竊 / 狼贪鼠窃
- 畏死貪生 / 畏死贪生
- 羊狠狼貪 / 羊狠狼贪
- 肅貪 / 肃贪
- 貪位取容 / 贪位取容
- 貪位慕祿 / 贪位慕禄
- 貪便宜 / 贪便宜 (tān piányi)
- 貪冒 / 贪冒
- 貪冒榮寵 / 贪冒荣宠
- 貪功起釁 / 贪功起衅
- 貪吏 / 贪吏 (tānlì)
- 貪吃 / 贪吃 (tānchī)
- 貪名圖利 / 贪名图利
- 貪吃懶做 / 贪吃懒做
- 貪吏猾胥 / 贪吏猾胥
- 貪名逐利 / 贪名逐利
- 貪嗇 / 贪啬
- 貪嘴 / 贪嘴 (tānzuǐ)
- 貪圖 / 贪图 (tāntú)
- 貪多務得 / 贪多务得
- 貪天之功 / 贪天之功
- 貪夫徇財 / 贪夫徇财
- 貪夫痴客 / 贪夫痴客
- 貪婪 / 贪婪 (tānlán)
- 貪婪無厭 / 贪婪无厌 (tānlánwúyàn)
- 貪安好逸 / 贪安好逸
- 貪官 / 贪官 (tānguān)
- 貪官汙吏 / 贪官污吏 (tānguān-wūlì)
- 貪官蠹役 / 贪官蠹役
- 貪小便宜 / 贪小便宜
- 貪小失大 / 贪小失大
- 貪得無厭 / 贪得无厌 (tāndéwúyàn)
- 貪心 / 贪心 (tānxīn)
- 貪心不足 / 贪心不足 (tānxīnbùzú)
- 貪心妄想 / 贪心妄想
- 貪心無厭 / 贪心无厌
- 貪念 / 贪念 (tānniàn)
- 貪情 / 贪情
- 貪愛 / 贪爱
- 貪慌 / 贪慌
- 貪慾 / 贪欲 (tānyù)
- 貪慾無藝 / 贪欲无艺
- 貪戀 / 贪恋 (tānliàn)
- 貪戾 / 贪戾 (tānlì)
- 貪昧 / 贪昧
- 貪杯 / 贪杯 (tānbēi)
- 貪榮冒寵 / 贪荣冒宠
- 貪榮慕利 / 贪荣慕利
- 貪權竊柄 / 贪权窃柄
- 貪欲 / 贪欲 (tānyù)
- 貪殘 / 贪残
- 貪殘酷烈 / 贪残酷烈
- 貪求 / 贪求 (tānqiú)
- 貪求無厭 / 贪求无厌
- 貪求無已 / 贪求无已
- 貪求無饜 / 贪求无餍
- 貪汙 / 贪污 (tānwū)
- 貪汙腐化 / 贪污腐化
- 貪汙舞弊 / 贪污舞弊
- 貪泉酌飲 / 贪泉酌饮
- 貪濁有狀 / 贪浊有状
- 貪瀆 / 贪渎
- 貪狠 / 贪狠
- 貪狼 / 贪狼
- 貪猥無厭 / 贪猥无厌
- 貪玩 / 贪玩 (tānwán)
- 貪生 / 贪生
- 貪生害義 / 贪生害义
- 貪生怕死 / 贪生怕死 (tānshēngpàsǐ)
- 貪生惡死 / 贪生恶死
- 貪生畏死 / 贪生畏死
- 貪生舍義 / 贪生舍义
- 貪睡 / 贪睡 (tānshuì)
- 貪而無信 / 贪而无信
- 貪聲逐色 / 贪声逐色
- 貪花 / 贪花
- 貪花戀酒 / 贪花恋酒
- 貪財 / 贪财 (tāncái)
- 貪財好色 / 贪财好色 (tāncáihàosè)
- 貪財好賄 / 贪财好贿
- 貪財慕勢 / 贪财慕势
- 貪賄 / 贪贿
- 貪贓 / 贪赃 (tānzāng)
- 貪贓壞法 / 贪赃坏法
- 貪贓枉法 / 贪赃枉法 (tānzāngwǎngfǎ)
- 貪路 / 贪路
- 貪鄙 / 贪鄙
- 貪酒 / 贪酒 (tānjiǔ)
- 貪酷 / 贪酷
- 貪青 / 贪青
- 貪靚 / 贪靓
- 貪頑 / 贪顽
- 貪食 / 贪食
- 貪饞 / 贪馋 (tānchán)
- 貪墨 / 贪墨 (tānmò)
- 貪墨之風 / 贪墨之风
- 貪墨敗度 / 贪墨败度
- 起早貪黑 / 起早贪黑 (qǐzǎomōhēi)
References
- 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long], 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu], 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying], 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019) “贪”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 192.
Japanese
Kanji
貪
Readings
Korean
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [tʰa̠m]
- Phonetic hangul: [탐]
Hanja
貪 (eumhun 탐(貪)할 탐 (tamhal tam))
- hanja form? of 탐 (“covetousness, avarice, greed”)
Vietnamese
Han character
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