䭕

䭕 U+4B55, 䭕 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4B55 ← 䭔 [U+4B54] CJK Unified Ideographs Extension A 䭖 → [U+4B56]

Translingual

Han character

䭕 (Kangxi radical 184, 食+11, 20 strokes, cangjie input 十中人戈女 (JLOIV), composition ⿱斬食)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1424, character 33
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4470, character 5
• Unihan data for U+4B55

Chinese

trad.		䭕
simp.		𬲕
alternative forms		𩟗／𫗚 汫 Min Nan 淡 semantic loan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǎn, zǎn (jian³, zan³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˇ, ㄗㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zaam²
• Northern Min (KCR): ciǎng
• Eastern Min (BUC): ciāng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chiáⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zian²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎn
    • Wade–Giles: chien³
    • Yale: jyǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jean
    • Palladius: цзянь (czjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zǎn
    • Wade–Giles: tsan³
    • Yale: dzǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzaan
    • Palladius: цзань (czanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sän²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zaam²
    • Yale: jáam
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzaam²
    • Guangdong Romanization: zam²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saːm³⁵/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ciǎng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siaŋ²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ciāng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siaŋ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiáⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tsiánn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cviar
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siã⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siã⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siã⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siã⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siã⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zian²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsiáⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sĩã⁵²/

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• Middle Chinese: tsamX

Rime
Character	䭕
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	談 (143)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	子敢切
Baxter	tsamX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sɑmX/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sɑmX/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sɑmX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡samX/
Li Rong	/t͡sɑmX/
Wang Li	/t͡sɑmX/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sɑmX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zaam2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*Cə.ts[a]mʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	䭕
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jiǎn
Middle Chinese	‹ tsjemX ›
Old Chinese	/*Cə.ts[a]mʔ/
English	insipid [not in GSR]
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Definitions

䭕

1. (Min) tasteless; insipid; dull
2. ^† to taste; to try

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 淡 (“bland; tasteless; not salty”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		淡
Mandarin	Beijing	淡, 口輕
	Taiwan	淡
	Harbin	淡
	Yantai (Muping)	善
	Jinan	淡, 甜, 口輕
	Luoyang	甜
	Wanrong	甜
	Xi'an	甜, 淡
	Xining	甜, 淡
	Ürümqi	淡
	Wuhan	淡
	Chengdu	淡
	Guiyang	淡
	Guilin	淡
	Liuzhou	淡
	Xuzhou	淡
	Yangzhou	淡
	Nanjing	淡
	Hefei	淡
	Singapore	淡
Cantonese	Guangzhou	淡
	Hong Kong	淡
	Dongguan	淡
	Yangjiang	淡
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	淡
Gan	Nanchang	淡
	Lichuan	淡
	Pingxiang	淡
Hakka	Meixian	淡
	Yudu	淡
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	淡
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	淡
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	淡
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	淡
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	淡
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	淡
	Senai (Huiyang)	淡
Jin	Taiyuan	淡, 甜
	Xinzhou	甜
Northern Min	Jian'ou	䭕
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	䭕
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	䭕
	Jianyang	䭕
	Wuyishan	䭕
	Pucheng (Shibei)	䭕
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	䭕
	Changle	䭕
	Fuqing	䭕
	Yongtai	䭕
	Gutian	䭕
	Fu'an	䭕
	Ningde	䭕
	Shouning	䭕
	Zhouning	䭕
	Fuding	䭕
Southern Min	Xiamen	䭕
	Quanzhou	䭕
	Yongchun	䭕
	Zhangzhou	䭕
	Zhangzhou (Longhai)	䭕
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	䭕
	Zhangpu	䭕
	Zhao'an	䭕
	Penang (Hokkien)	䭕
	Singapore (Hokkien)	䭕
	Chaozhou	䭕
	Shantou	䭕
	Shantou (Chenghai)	䭕
	Jieyang	䭕
	Haifeng	䭕
	Bangkok (Teochew)	䭕
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	䭕
	Leizhou	䭕
	Haikou	䭕
Puxian Min	Putian	䭕
Central Min	Yong'an	䭕
	Shaxian	䭕
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	淡
Wu	Shanghai	淡
	Shanghai (Chongming)	淡
	Suzhou	淡
	Danyang	淡
	Hangzhou	淡
	Ningbo	淡
	Wenzhou	淡
	Jinhua	淡
Xiang	Changsha	淡
	Loudi	淡
	Shuangfeng	淡

Compounds

• 無鹹無䭕／无咸无𬲕 (Min Nan)
• 白䭕無味／白𬲕无味 (Min Nan)
• 白䭕䭕／白𬲕𬲕 (Eastern Min)
• 白鯽䭕／白鲫𬲕 (Eastern Min)
• 褪䭕／褪𬲕 (Eastern Min)
• 軟䭕／软𬲕 (Min Nan)
• 飲䭕／饮𬲕 (Eastern Min)
• 䭕冓冓／𬲕冓冓 (Min Nan)
• 䭕味／𬲕味 (Min Nan)
• 䭕哱哱／𬲕哱哱 (Min Nan)
• 䭕水／𬲕水 (Min Nan)
• 䭕糜／𬲕糜 (Min Nan)
• 䭕身／𬲕身 (Min Nan)
• 䭕閉哱／𬲕闭哱 (Min Nan)
• 鹹酸苦䭕／咸酸苦𬲕 (Min Nan)
• 鹹䭕／咸𬲕 (Min Nan)

 

See also

• 𩉍／𬰣

Pronunciation 2

• Northern Min (KCR): cǎing

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• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: cǎing
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saiŋ²¹/

Definitions

䭕

1. (Northern Min) dilute; thin

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 稀 (“dilute; thin”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		稀
Mandarin	Beijing	稀
	Taiwan	稀
	Jinan	稀
	Xi'an	稀
	Wuhan	稀, 清
	Chengdu	清, 稀
	Yangzhou	稀, 消
	Hefei	稀, 消
Cantonese	Guangzhou	稀
	Hong Kong	稀
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	稀
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	清
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	鮮
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	稀
	Macau	稀
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	稀
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	稀
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	稀
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	青
	Foshan	稀
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	稀
	Foshan (Shunde)	稀
	Foshan (Sanshui)	稀
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	稀
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	稀
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	稀
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	稀
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	稀
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	稀
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	稀
	Taishan	稀
	Kaiping (Chikan)	稀
	Enping (Niujiang)	稀
	Heshan (Yayao)	稀
	Dongguan	青
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	青
	Yangjiang	清
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	稀
Gan	Nanchang	清, 稀
Hakka	Meixian	鮮
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	稀
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	鮮
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	鮮
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	稀
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	鮮
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	鮮
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	鮮
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	鮮
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	鮮
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	鮮
	Hong Kong	鮮
	Senai (Huiyang)	鮮
Jin	Taiyuan	稀
Northern Min	Jian'ou	䭕
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	清
Southern Min	Xiamen	漖, 飲
	Quanzhou	漖
	Zhangzhou	漖
	Chaozhou	漖, 𬓤
	Shantou	𬓤
	Shantou (Chenghai)	𬓤
	Jieyang	漖, 𬓤
	Bangkok (Teochew)	𬓤
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	𬓤
	Leizhou	浮
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	稀
Wu	Suzhou	薄
	Yuyao	薄, 朗
	Wenzhou	薄
Xiang	Changsha	清, 稀
	Shuangfeng	清, 稀

Derived terms

• 䭕䭕粥／𬲕𬲕粥