尖

Translingual

Etymology

From 小 ‘small’ + 大 ‘big’ (a pointed object moving from one to the other).

Han character

尖 (radical 42 小+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 火大 (FK), four-corner 9043₀)

1. sharp, pointed, acute, keen

References

• KangXi: page 297, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7480
• Dae Jaweon: page 591, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 562, character 9
• Unihan data for U+5C16

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Cantonese

Hanzi

尖 (Yale jim1)

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Japanese

Kanji

尖

Readings

• On: せん (sen)
• Kun: とがる (togaru), するどい (surudoi)

Compounds

• 尖鋭
• 尖端

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Korean

Hanja

尖 (hangeul 첨, revised cheom, McCune-Reischauer ch'ŏm)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

尖 (pinyin jiān (jian1), Wade-Giles chien¹)

Compounds

• 尖兵
• 尖脆
• 尖刀
• 尖顶
• 尖端
• 尖端放电
• 尖叫
• 尖刻
• 尖冷
• 尖厉
• 尖利
• 尖溜溜, 尖溜溜的
• 尖峭, 尖俏
• 尖锐
• 尖酸
• 尖头
• 尖团音
• 尖细
• 尖啸
• 尖削
• 尖音
• 尖子
• 尖嘴薄舌
• 尖嘴猴腮

Adjective

尖 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin jiān)

1. (Elementary Mandarin) sharp, pointed
2. acute
3. shrewd

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Vietnamese

Han character

尖 (tiêm, nhọn, tem)