㐁

㐁 U+3401, 㐁 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-3401 ← 㐀 [U+3400] CJK Unified Ideographs Extension A 㐂 → [U+3402]

Translingual

Han character

㐁 (Kangxi radical 1, 一+5, 6 strokes, cangjie input 一人田 (MOW), four-corner 1060₀, composition ⿻𠆣囗)

Derived characters

• 𠀬 𠈇 𢙖 𣐸 䄼 𦧖 弻 𢐀 𤌜 𦭮 䇧 𡭋

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 78, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 19, character 2
• Unihan data for U+3401

Chinese

simp. and trad.		㐁
alternative forms		𠀬 䑙

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 㐁
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiàn (tian⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tim²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tiàn
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien⁴
    • Yale: tyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tiann
    • Palladius: тянь (tjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: tim²
    • Yale: tím
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tim²
    • Guangdong Romanization: tim²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːm³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: thomH, themH

Rime
Character	㐁	㐁
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	透 (6)	透 (6)
Final (韻)	覃 (159)	添 (157)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	IV
Fanqie	他紺切	他念切
Baxter	thomH	themH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tʰʌmH/	/tʰemH/
Pan Wuyun	/tʰəmH/	/tʰemH/
Shao Rongfen	/tʰɒmH/	/tʰɛmH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tʰəmH/	/tʰɛmH/
Li Rong	/tʰᴀmH/	/tʰemH/
Wang Li	/tʰɒmH/	/tʰiemH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/tʰămH/	/tʰiemH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tàn	tiàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	taam3	tim3

Definitions

㐁

1. (historical dictionaries only) to lick
2. (historical dictionaries only) woven mat
3. (historical dictionaries only) green bamboo sheath
4. (historical dictionaries only) unilluminated

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 㐁 – see 西 (“west; western; occidental; etc.”). (This character is an obsolete form of 西).

Japanese

Kanji

㐁

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. To lick
2. To taste
3. A mat
4. Bamboo bark

Readings

• Go-on: てん (ten)^{←てん (ten, historical)←てむ (temu, ancient)}
• Kan-on: てん (ten)^{←てん (ten, historical)←てむ (temu, ancient)}

Korean

Hanja

㐁 (eumhun 핥을 첨 (halteul cheom))

1. to lick
2. to have a thin tongue
3. a bamboo sheath