擔

See also: 担

擔 U+64D4, 擔 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-64D4 ← 擓 [U+64D3] CJK Unified Ideographs 擕 → [U+64D5]

Contents

Translingual

Japanese	担
Simplified	担
Traditional	擔

Han character

擔 (radical 64, 手+13, 16 strokes, cangjie input 手弓金口 (QNCR), four-corner 5706₁, composition ⿰扌詹)

Descendants

• 担

References

• KangXi: page 459, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12828
• Dae Jaweon: page 807, character 23
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1971, character 3
• Unihan data for U+64D4

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Chinese

trad.		擔
simp.		担*

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (詹) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
甔	*toːm, *taːm, *taːms
擔	*taːm, *taːms
儋	*ʔl'aːm
聸	*taːm
膽	*taːmʔ
黵	*taːmʔ, *tjamʔ
澹	*daːm, *daːmʔ, *daːms
憺	*daːmʔ, *daːms
瞻	*tjam
詹	*tjam
蟾	*tjam, *djam
噡	*tjam
譫	*tjam, *daːb, *tjaːb
幨	*tʰjam, *tʰjams
襜	*tʰjam, *tʰjams
韂	*tʰjams
贍	*djams
檐	*lam
簷	*lam
舚	*tʰeːm, *tʰeːms

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *taːm, *taːms): semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 詹 (OC *tjam) – to carry by hand.

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dān (dan¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daam¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tâm
• Min Dong (BUC): dăng
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): taⁿ / tam

  (Teochew, Peng'im): dam¹ / dang¹ / dan¹

• Wu (Wiktionary): te (T1); 'ne (T1)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: dān
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄢ
    • Wade–Giles: tan¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dan
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dan
    • IPA ^(key): /tän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: daam¹
    • Yale: dāam
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dam¹
    • IPA ^(key): /täːm⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tâm
    • Hakka Romanization System: dam´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: dam¹
    • IPA: /tam²⁴/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: dăng
    • IPA ^(key): /taŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: taⁿ / tam
    • Tâi-lô: tann / tam
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dvaf, dafm
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tã⁴⁴/, /tam⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tã³³/, /tam³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tã⁴⁴/, /tam⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tã⁴⁴/, /tam⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tã⁴⁴/, /tam⁴⁴/

Note:

• taⁿ - vernacular;
• tam - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: dam¹ / dang¹ / dan¹
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tam / tang / taⁿ
  • IPA ^(key): /tam³³/, /taŋ³³/, /tã³³/

Note:

• dam1/dang1 - literary (dang1 - Chenghai);
• dan1 - vernacular.

Wu

• (Shanghainese)
  • Wiktionary: te (T1); 'ne (T1)
  • IPA ^(key): /te̞⁵³/, /ʔne̞⁵³/

Note: 1'ne - variant, possibly influenced by 拿, used in e.g. 擔伊做脫.

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• Middle Chinese: /tɑm/▼

Rime
Character	擔
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	端 (5)
Final (韻)	談 (143)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	都甘切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tɑm/
Pan Wuyun	/tɑm/
Shao Rongfen	/tɑm/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tam/
Li Rong	/tɑm/
Wang Li	/tɑm/
Bernard Karlgren	/tɑm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dān

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*mə-tˤam/

  (Zhengzhang): /*taːm/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	擔
Reading #	1/3
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	dān
Middle Chinese	‹ tam ›
Old Chinese	/*mə-tˁam/
English	carry on the shoulder
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	擔
Reading #	1/2
No.	16747
Phonetic component	詹
Rime group	談
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	擔
Old Chinese	/*taːm/
Notes	見國語說文作儋

Definitions

擔

1. to carry on a shoulder pole
2. to bear; to shoulder; to undertake

Compounds

Derived terms from 擔

• 分擔／分担 (fēndān)
• 受怕擔憂／受怕担忧
• 慷慨擔承／慷慨担承
• 承擔／承担 (chéngdān)
• 擔不是／担不是
• 擔不起／担不起
• 擔人情／担人情
• 擔仗／担仗
• 擔任／担任 (dānrèn)
• 擔保／担保 (dānbǎo)
• 擔保品／担保品
• 擔保放款／担保放款
• 擔保權／担保权
• 擔保物權／担保物权
• 擔免／担免
• 擔夫／担夫
• 擔孤受寡／担孤受寡
• 擔帶／担带
• 擔干係／担干系
• 擔干紀／担干纪
• 擔待／担待 (dāndài)
• 擔心／担心 (dānxīn)

• 擔憂／担忧 (dānyōu)
• 擔戴／担戴
• 擔扶／担扶
• 擔承／担承
• 擔擱／担搁
• 擔架／担架 (dānjià)
• 擔水／担水
• 擔湯擔水／担汤担水
• 擔湯運水／担汤运水
• 擔當／担当 (dāndāng)
• 擔當不起／担当不起
• 擔當不過／担当不过
• 擔簦／担簦
• 擔糞／担粪
• 擔綱／担纲 (dāngāng)
• 擔肩／担肩
• 擔荷／担荷
• 擔誤／担误
• 擔負／担负 (dānfù)
• 擔負公徒／担负公徒
• 擔酒牽羊／担酒牵羊
• 擔錯／担错

• 擔閣／担阁
• 擔隔夜憂／担隔夜忧
• 擔險／担险
• 擔雪塞井／担雪塞井
• 擔雪填井／担雪填井
• 擔雪填河／担雪填河
• 擔風袖月／担风袖月
• 擔飢受凍／担饥受冻
• 擔饒／担饶
• 擔驚／担惊
• 擔驚受怕／担惊受怕
• 擔驚受恐／担惊受恐
• 枉擔虛名／枉担虚名
• 析圭擔爵／析圭担爵
• 沒擔當／没担当
• 牽羊擔酒／牵羊担酒
• 荷擔／荷担
• 訴訟擔保／诉讼担保
• 負擔／负担 (fùdān)
• 負笈擔簦／负笈担簦
• 躡蹻擔簦／蹑蹻担簦
• 連帶負擔／连带负担

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàn (dan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daam³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tam
• Min Dong (BUC): dáng
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): tàⁿ / tàm

  (Teochew, Peng'im): dan³

• Wu (Wiktionary): te (T2)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: dàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄢˋ
    • Wade–Giles: tan⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dann
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàn
    • IPA ^(key): /tän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: daam³
    • Yale: daam
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daam³
    • Guangdong Romanization: dam³
    • IPA ^(key): /täːm³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tam
    • Hakka Romanization System: dam
    • Hagfa Pinyim: dam⁴
    • IPA: /tam⁵⁵/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: dáng
    • IPA ^(key): /tɑŋ²¹³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tàⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tànn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dvax
    • IPA (Taipei): /tã¹¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tã⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /tã²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tàm
    • Tâi-lô: tàm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: daxm
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tam²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tam⁴¹/

Note:

• tàⁿ - vernacular;
• tàm - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: dan³
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tàⁿ
  • IPA ^(key): /tã²¹³/

Wu

• (Shanghainese)
  • Wiktionary: te (T2)
  • IPA ^(key): /te̞³⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /tɑm^H/▼

Rime
Character	擔
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	端 (5)
Final (韻)	談 (143)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	都濫切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tɑmH/
Pan Wuyun	/tɑmH/
Shao Rongfen	/tɑmH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tamH/
Li Rong	/tɑmH/
Wang Li	/tɑmH/
Bernard Karlgren	/tɑmH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dàn

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*tˤam/, /*mə-tˤam-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*taːms/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	擔	擔
Reading #	2/3	3/3
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	dàn	dàn
Middle Chinese	‹ tam ›	‹ tamH ›
Old Chinese	/*tˁam/	/*mə-tˁam-s/
English	burden	burden
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	擔
Reading #	2/2
No.	16753
Phonetic component	詹
Rime group	談
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	擔
Old Chinese	/*taːms/

Definitions

擔

1. carrying pole with loads on both ends
2. burden; load; responsibilities
3. dan; a unit of weight equal to 50 kilograms
4. Classifier for things carried on a shoulder pole: load

Compounds

Derived terms from 擔

• 仙人擔／仙人担
• 公擔／公担
• 剃頭擔子／剃头担子
• 卸擔子／卸担子
• 家無擔石／家无担石
• 扁擔／扁担 (biǎndan)
• 挑擔／挑担
• 挑擔子／挑担子
• 挑重擔／挑重担
• 擔仔／担仔 (tàⁿ-á)

• 擔仔麵／担仔面 (dànzǐmiàn)
• 擔兒／担儿
• 擔子／担子 (dànzi)
• 擔子菌／担子菌
• 擔擔麵／担担面 (dàndànmiàn)
• 擔杖／担杖 (dànzhàng)
• 擔石／担石
• 擔腳／担脚
• 春盛擔子／春盛担子

• 生意擔子／生意担子
• 石擔／石担
• 磨擔／磨担
• 籮擔／箩担
• 肩擔之家／肩担之家
• 調書擔兒／调书担儿
• 貨郎擔兒／货郎担儿
• 趕飯擔／赶饭担
• 重擔／重担 (zhòngdàn)

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Japanese

Shinjitai	担
Kyūjitai	擔

Kanji

擔

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 担)

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Readings

• Go-on: たん (tan)
• Kan-on: たん (tan)
• On: けつ (ketsu); せん (sen)
• Kun: になう (ninau, 擔う); かつぐ (katsugu, 擔ぐ)

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Korean

Hanja

擔 (eum 담 (dam))

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Vietnamese

Han character

擔: Hán Nôm readings: đâm, đảm, tạ

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