黮

黮 U+9EEE, 黮 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9EEE ← 黭 [U+9EED] CJK Unified Ideographs 黯 → [U+9EEF]

Translingual

Han character

黮 (Kangxi radical 203, 黑+9, 21 strokes, cangjie input 田火廿一女 (WFTMV), four-corner 6431₁, composition ⿰黑甚)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1521, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48156
• Dae Jaweon: page 2056, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4752, character 6
• Unihan data for U+9EEE

Chinese

trad.		黮
simp. #		黮
alternative forms		𪑓 𪓂

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 黮
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
湛	*ʔl'uːm, *r'uːmʔ, *l'um
媅	*ʔl'uːm
黮	*l̥ʰuːmʔ, *l'uːmʔ
糂	*sluːmʔ
堪	*kʰluːm
戡	*kʰluːm, *ʔl'umʔ
嵁	*kʰluːm, *ŋɡluːm, *ŋɡluːmʔ, *sɡruːmʔ, *kʰruːm
歁	*kʰluːmʔ, *kʰluːb
勘	*kʰluːms
磡	*kʰuːms
墈	*kʰuːms
偡	*r'uːmʔ
碪	*ʔl'um
椹	*ʔl'um
揕	*ʔl'ums
踸	*l̥ʰumʔ
鍖	*l̥ʰumʔ
斟	*kljum
諶	*ɡljum
愖	*ɡljum
瘎	*ɡljum
煁	*ɡljum
甚	*ɡljumʔ, *ɡljums
葚	*ɦljumʔ

Etymology

From Kra-Dai. Compare Proto-Tai *C̥.damᴬ (“black”) (whence Thai ดำ (dam, “black”)) (Schuessler, 2003). See also 黔 and 紺.

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dǎn, dàn (dan³, dan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄢˇ, ㄉㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daam⁶, taam², taam⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dǎn
    • Wade–Giles: tan³
    • Yale: dǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daan
    • Palladius: дань (danʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tän²¹⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàn
    • Wade–Giles: tan⁴
    • Yale: dàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dann
    • Palladius: дань (danʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daam⁶, taam², taam⁵
    • Yale: daahm, táam, táahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daam⁶, taam², taam⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: dam⁶, tam², tam⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːm²²/, /tʰaːm³⁵/, /tʰaːm¹³/

Note:

• daam6 - colloquial;
• taam2,taam5 - variant.

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• Middle Chinese: domX

Rime
Character	黮
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	覃 (159)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	徒感切
Baxter	domX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dʌmX/
Pan Wuyun	/dəmX/
Shao Rongfen	/dɒmX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dəmX/
Li Rong	/dᴀmX/
Wang Li	/dɒmX/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱămX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	daam6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*l'uːmʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	黮
Reading #	2/2
No.	11269
Phonetic component	甚
Rime group	侵
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	禫
Old Chinese	/*l'uːmʔ/

Definitions

黮

1. (of mulberry fruit) blackness
2. unclean
3. genitalia

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tàn, tǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄢˋ, ㄊㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taam³, taan²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tàn
    • Wade–Giles: tʻan⁴
    • Yale: tàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tann
    • Palladius: тань (tanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰän⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tǎn
    • Wade–Giles: tʻan³
    • Yale: tǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taan
    • Palladius: тань (tanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰän²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: taam³, taan²
    • Yale: taam, táan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taam³, taan²
    • Guangdong Romanization: tam³, tan²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːm³³/, /tʰaːn³⁵/

Note:

• taam3 - colloquial;
• taan2 - variant.

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• Middle Chinese: thomX

Rime
Character	黮
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	透 (6)
Final (韻)	覃 (159)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	他感切
Baxter	thomX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tʰʌmX/
Pan Wuyun	/tʰəmX/
Shao Rongfen	/tʰɒmX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tʰəmX/
Li Rong	/tʰᴀmX/
Wang Li	/tʰɒmX/
Bernard Karlgren	/tʰămX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	taam2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*l̥ʰuːmʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	黮
Reading #	1/2
No.	11268
Phonetic component	甚
Rime group	侵
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	襑
Old Chinese	/*l̥ʰuːmʔ/

Definitions

黮

1. Used in 黮闇／黮暗 (“unclear appearance”).
2. Used in 黯黮 (“dim; gloomy”).

Compounds

• 黤黮 (yǎntǎn)
• 黮闇／黮暗
• 黯黮
• 黭黮

 

Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shèn (shen⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sam⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shèn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shèn
    • Wade–Giles: shên⁴
    • Yale: shèn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenn
    • Palladius: шэнь (šɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂən⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sam⁶
    • Yale: sahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sam⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: sem⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐm²²/

Definitions

黮

1. Alternative form of 葚 (“mulberry fruit”)

Pronunciation 4

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhèn (zhen⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄣˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhèn
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhèn
    • Wade–Giles: chên⁴
    • Yale: jèn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenn
    • Palladius: чжэнь (čžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵¹/

Definitions

黮

1. ^‡ dirt; filth

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B06250
• “黮”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

黮

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. black
2. dark
3. unclear
4. genitalia

Readings

• On (unclassified): たん (tan); どん (don); だん (dan); ちん (chin); じん (jin)
• Kun: くろい (kuroi)

Korean

Hanja

黮 • (dam) (hangeul 담, revised dam, McCune–Reischauer tam, Yale tam)

1. black
2. dark