磹

磹 U+78F9, 磹 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-78F9 ← 磸 [U+78F8] CJK Unified Ideographs 磺 → [U+78FA]

Translingual

Han character

磹 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+12, 17 strokes, cangjie input 一口一田十 (MRMWJ), four-corner 1164₆, composition ⿰石覃)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 836, character 32
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24484
• Dae Jaweon: page 1254, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2455, character 9
• Unihan data for U+78F9

Chinese

simp. and trad.		磹

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
鷣	*luː, *lɯm
撢	*l̥ʰɯːm, *l'ɯːms, *lɯm, *ʔl'aːnʔ
憛	*l̥ʰɯːms
潭	*l'ɯːm, *lɯmʔ
譚	*l'ɯːm, *l'ɯːmʔ
覃	*l'ɯːm
鐔	*l'ɯːm, *ljɯm, *lɯm
藫	*l'ɯːm
橝	*l'ɯːm, *l'ɯːmʔ
蟫	*l'ɯːm, *lɯm
燂	*l'ɯːm, *zlom, *ljum
醰	*l'ɯːm, *l'ɯːmʔ, *l'ɯːms
禫	*l'ɯːmʔ
嘾	*l'ɯːmʔ
贉	*l'ɯːmʔ, *l'ɯːms
瞫	*l'ɯːms, *hljɯmʔ
蕈	*zlɯmʔ
鱏	*ljɯm, *lɯm
簟	*l'ɯːmʔ
驔	*l'ɯːmʔ
磹	*l'ɯːms

Etymology 1

Possibly derived from 潭, as in 鷹潭／鹰潭 (Yīngtán), an adjacent city name.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tán (tan²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taam²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thâm

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tán
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tán
    • Wade–Giles: tʻan²
    • Yale: tán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tarn
    • Palladius: тань (tanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: taam²
    • Yale: táam
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taam²
    • Guangdong Romanization: tam²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːm³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thâm
    • Tâi-lô: thâm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: taam
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰam¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /tʰam²⁴/

Definitions

磹

1. Used in 磹口 (Tánkǒu, “place name in Fujian”).

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): diàn (dian⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tim⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tiām

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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: tim⁵
    • Yale: tíhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tim⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: tim⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːm¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiām
    • Tâi-lô: tiām
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diam
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiam⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tiam²²/

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• Middle Chinese: demH

Rime
Character	磹
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	添 (157)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	徒念切
Baxter	demH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/demH/
Pan Wuyun	/demH/
Shao Rongfen	/dɛmH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dɛmH/
Li Rong	/demH/
Wang Li	/diemH/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱiemH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	diàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	dim6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*l'ɯːms/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	磹
Reading #	1/1
No.	12350
Phonetic component	覃
Rime group	侵
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	磹
Old Chinese	/*l'ɯːms/

Definitions

磹 (obsolete)

1. Used in 䃸磹.
2. Alternative form of 簟 (diàn)
3. stone wedge