靛

靛 U+975B, 靛 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-975B ← 靚 [U+975A] CJK Unified Ideographs 靜 → [U+975C]

Translingual

Han character

靛 (Kangxi radical 174, 靑+8, 16 strokes, cangjie input 手月十一人 (QBJMO), four-corner 5328₁, composition ⿰青定)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1382, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42577
• Dae Jaweon: page 1893, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4049, character 2
• Unihan data for U+975B

Chinese

trad.		靛
simp. #		靛
2nd round simp.		𰍎

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
綻	*rdeːns
淀	*deːns
靛	*deːns
症	*tjɯŋs
竀	*rtʰeːŋ, *tʰeŋ
征	*tjeŋ
怔	*tjeŋ
正	*tjeŋ, *tjeŋs
鉦	*tjeŋ
鴊	*tjeŋ, *tjeŋs
眐	*tjeŋ
佂	*tjeŋ
整	*tjeŋʔ
政	*tjeŋs
証	*tjeŋs
定	*teːŋs, *deːŋs
顁	*teːŋs
錠	*teːŋs, *deːŋʔ, *deːŋs
掟	*deːŋs

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): diàn (dian⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): din⁶
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): tiên⁴
• Eastern Min (BUC): dâing
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tiān / tiāⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): doin⁷ / diang⁶ / diêng⁶

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶di

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: diàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: diàn
    • Wade–Giles: tien⁴
    • Yale: dyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diann
    • Palladius: дянь (djanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: din⁶
    • Yale: dihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: din⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: din⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːn²²/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: tiên⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰiɛn⁵³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: dâing
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taiŋ²⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiān / tiāⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tiān / tiānn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dien, dvia
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiɛn²²/, /tiã²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɛn⁴¹/, /tiã⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɛn²²/, /tiã²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiɛn³³/, /tiã³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɛn³³/, /tiã³³/

Note:

• tiān - literary;
• tiāⁿ - vernacular.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: doin⁷ / diang⁶ / diêng⁶
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tōiⁿ / tiăng / tiĕng
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tõĩ¹¹/, /tiaŋ³⁵/, /tieŋ³⁵/

Note:

• doin7 - vernacular;
• diang6/diêng6 - literary.

• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶di
    • MiniDict: di^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³di
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /di²³/

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*deːns/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	靛
Reading #	1/1
No.	17165
Phonetic component	正
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	電
Old Chinese	/*deːns/

Definitions

靛

1. indigo (dye)
2. indigo (colour)

   彩虹七色是紅橙黃綠藍靛紫。 [MSC, trad.]
   彩虹七色是红橙黄绿蓝靛紫。 [MSC, simp.]

   Cǎihóng qī sè shì hóng chéng huáng lǜ lán diàn zǐ. [Pinyin]

   The seven colours of the rainbow are red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet.

Compounds

• 藍靛／蓝靛 (lándiàn)
• 靛油 (diànyóu)
• 靛藍／靛蓝 (diànlán)
• 靛青 (diànqīng)

 

Japanese

Kanji

靛

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): てん (ten); でん (den)
• Kun: あい (ai)

Korean

Hanja

靛 • (jeon) (hangeul 전, revised jeon, McCune–Reischauer chŏn, Yale cen)

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