涔

涔 U+6D94, 涔 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6D94 ← 涓 [U+6D93] CJK Unified Ideographs 涕 → [U+6D95]

Translingual

Han character

涔 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 水山人弓 (EUON), four-corner 3212₇, composition ⿰氵岑)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 627, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17542
• Dae Jaweon: page 1029, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1625, character 2
• Unihan data for U+6D94

Chinese

trad.		涔
simp. #		涔

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
貪	*kʰl'uːm
嗿	*l̥ʰuːmʔ
僋	*l̥ʰuːms, *luːms
酓	*qʰɯːm, *qlamʔ, *qlɯːms
馠	*qʰɯːm
谽	*qʰɯːm
唅	*qʰɯːm, *ɡɯːms
含	*ɡɯːm
肣	*ɡɯːm, *ɡɯːmʔ
頷	*ɡɯːm, *ɡɯːmʔ
筨	*ɡɯːm
梒	*ɡɯːm
鋡	*ɡɯːm
莟	*ɡɯːmʔ, *ɡɯːms
琀	*ɡɯːms
浛	*ɡɯːms
盦	*qɯːm, *qaːb
韽	*qɯːm, *qrɯːms
玪	*krɯːm
妗	*qʰrɯːm, *kʰjam, *qʰlɯːm, *ɡrɯms
欦	*qʰrɯːmʔ, *qʰram, *kʰlam, *kʰlamʔ, *qʰlɯːm
黔	*ɡram, *ɡrɯm
鈐	*ɡram
鳹	*ɡram
雂	*ɡram, *ɡrɯm
念	*nɯːms
梣	*sɡɯm, *sɡrɯm
枔	*sɢrɯm
岑	*sɡrɯm
笒	*sɡrɯm, *ɡrɯms
涔	*sɡrɯm
侺	*ɡjɯms
今	*krɯm
黅	*krɯm
衿	*krɯm
衾	*kʰrɯm
坅	*kʰrɯmʔ
搇	*kʰrɯms
琴	*ɡrɯm
禽	*ɡrɯm
芩	*ɡrɯm
庈	*ɡrɯm
耹	*ɡrɯm
靲	*ɡrɯm
擒	*ɡrɯm
檎	*ɡrɯm
紟	*ɡrɯms
吟	*ŋɡrɯm, *ŋɡrɯms
訡	*ŋɡrɯm
廞	*qʰrɯm, *qʰrɯmʔ
陰	*qrɯm
霠
飲	*qrɯmʔ, *qrɯms
蔭	*qrɯms
廕	*qrɯms
矜	*ɡrɯn, *ɡɯn, *kɯŋ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cén (cen²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sam⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhâm

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cén
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cén
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻên²
    • Yale: tsén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsern
    • Palladius: цэнь (cɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sam⁴
    • Yale: sàhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sem⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐm²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhâm
    • Tâi-lô: tshâm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhaam
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰam²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰam²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰam¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰam²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰam²³/

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• Middle Chinese: dzrim

Rime
Character	涔
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	崇 (20)
Final (韻)	侵 (140)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	鋤針切
Baxter	dzrim
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʒˠiɪm/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖ͡ʐᵚim/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʒiem/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖ͡ʐjim/
Li Rong	/d͡ʒjəm/
Wang Li	/d͡ʒĭĕm/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɖ͡ʐʱi̯əm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chén
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cam4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sɡrɯm/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	涔
Reading #	1/1
No.	6596
Phonetic component	今
Rime group	侵
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	岑
Old Chinese	/*sɡrɯm/

Definitions

涔

1. (literary) rainy; to accumulate water because of heavy rain
2. (literary) tearful
3. (literary, of the sky) gloomy
4. (obsolete) puddle

Compounds

• 大汗涔涔
• 汗涔涔
• 涔旱
• 涔涔 (céncén)
• 涔蹄
• 淚涔涔／泪涔涔

 

Japanese

Kanji

涔

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): さん (san); ざん (zan); しん (shin)
• Kun: ひたす (hitasu)

Korean

Hanja

涔 (eum 잠 (jam))

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Vietnamese

Han character

涔: Hán Nôm readings: sầm

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References

• Nom Foundation