蘸

蘸 U+8638, 蘸 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8638 ← 蘷 [U+8637] CJK Unified Ideographs 蘹 → [U+8639]

Translingual

Han character

蘸 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+19, 25 strokes, cangjie input 廿一土火 (TMGF) or 廿一田火 (TMWF) or 難廿一田火 (XTMWF), four-corner 4433₁ or 4463₁, composition ⿱艹醮 or ⿳艹醀灬)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1071, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32574
• Dae Jaweon: page 1537, character 40
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3336, character 2
• Unihan data for U+8638

Chinese

Glyph origin

Unknown.

Etymology 1

trad.		蘸
simp. #		蘸
2nd round simp.		沾
alternative forms		𧀡

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): zhàn (zhan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄢˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): zan⁴

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zaam³
• Gan (Wiktionary): zan⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): chiám

  (Meixian, Guangdong): jiam³

• Jin (Wiktionary): zan³
• Northern Min (KCR): dáing
• Eastern Min (BUC): cáng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chàm

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zam³ / ziao¹ / ziou¹

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵tse

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhàn
    • Wade–Giles: chan⁴
    • Yale: jàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jann
    • Palladius: чжань (čžanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂän⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: zan⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: zan
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡san²¹³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zaam³
    • Yale: jaam
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzaam³
    • Guangdong Romanization: zam³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saːm³³/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: zan⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡san³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chiám
    • Hakka Romanization System: jiam`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: jiam³
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡si̯am³¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: jiam³
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡siam³¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: zan³
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡sæ̃⁴⁵/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: dáing
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taiŋ⁵⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: cáng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɑŋ²¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chàm
    • Tâi-lô: tsàm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zaxm
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sam²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sam⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sam²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sam¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sam²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zam³ / ziao¹ / ziou¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsàm / tsiau / tsiou
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sam²¹³/, /t͡siau³³/, /t͡siou³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵tse
    • MiniDict: tse^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tse
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡se³⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: tsreamH

Rime
Character	蘸
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	莊 (18)
Final (韻)	咸 (151)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	莊陷切
Baxter	tsreamH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ʃˠɛmH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈ͡ʂᵚæmH/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ʃɐmH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈ͡ʂəɨmH/
Li Rong	/t͡ʃɐmH/
Wang Li	/t͡ʃɐmH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʈ͡ʂămH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zaam3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsreːms/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蘸
Reading #	1/1
No.	16816
Phonetic component	蘸
Rime group	談
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	蘸
Old Chinese	/*ʔsreːms/
Notes	見大招王注

Definitions

蘸

1. to dip in; to submerge in (sauce, ink, etc.)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 蘸 (“to dip in”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蘸1
Northeastern Mandarin	Singapore	點
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	蘸1
	Xi'an	蘸1
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	蘸1
Cantonese	Guangzhou	蘸2, 點
	Hong Kong	蘸2, 點
	Taishan	蘸3, 點
	Kaiping (Chikan)	點
Gan	Nanchang	蘸1
	Lichuan	蘸1
Hakka	Meixian	蘸1
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	蘸1, 搵
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	蘸1, 搵
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	蘸1, 搵
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	蘸1, 搵
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	蘸1, 搵
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	搵
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	搵
Southern Min	Xiamen	搵
	Quanzhou	搵
	Zhangzhou	搵
	Tainan	搵, 滒
	Penang (Hokkien)	搵
	Singapore (Hokkien)	搵
	Manila (Hokkien)	搵
	Chaozhou	搵
	Shantou	搵
	Leizhou	搵
	Haikou	搵
Wu	Shanghai	蘸1
	Shanghai (Chongming)	蘸1
	Ningbo	搵, 蘸1

Compounds

• 蘸汁
• 蘸火 (zhànhuǒ)
• 蘸筆／蘸笔
• 蘸墨

 

Etymology 2

trad.		蘸
simp. #		蘸
alternative forms		染

Vernacular reading of 染 (MC nyemX, “to dye; to be stained with”) (Bai, 2003).

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jaam⁵ / jaam²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jaam⁵ / jaam²
    • Yale: yáahm / yáam
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jaam⁵ / jaam²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yam⁵ / yam²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jaːm¹³/, /jaːm³⁵/

Definitions

蘸

1. (Cantonese) to dip in (sauce, ink, etc.)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 蘸 (“to dip in”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蘸1
Northeastern Mandarin	Singapore	點
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	蘸1
	Xi'an	蘸1
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	蘸1
Cantonese	Guangzhou	蘸2, 點
	Hong Kong	蘸2, 點
	Taishan	蘸3, 點
	Kaiping (Chikan)	點
Gan	Nanchang	蘸1
	Lichuan	蘸1
Hakka	Meixian	蘸1
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	蘸1, 搵
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	蘸1, 搵
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	蘸1, 搵
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	蘸1, 搵
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	蘸1, 搵
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	搵
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	搵
Southern Min	Xiamen	搵
	Quanzhou	搵
	Zhangzhou	搵
	Tainan	搵, 滒
	Penang (Hokkien)	搵
	Singapore (Hokkien)	搵
	Manila (Hokkien)	搵
	Chaozhou	搵
	Shantou	搵
	Leizhou	搵
	Haikou	搵
Wu	Shanghai	蘸1
	Shanghai (Chongming)	蘸1
	Ningbo	搵, 蘸1

Etymology 3

trad.		蘸
simp. #		蘸

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Taishan, Wiktionary): lem¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: lem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lem³³/

Definitions

蘸

1. (Taishanese) to dip in (sauce, ink, etc.)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 蘸 (“to dip in”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蘸1
Northeastern Mandarin	Singapore	點
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	蘸1
	Xi'an	蘸1
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	蘸1
Cantonese	Guangzhou	蘸2, 點
	Hong Kong	蘸2, 點
	Taishan	蘸3, 點
	Kaiping (Chikan)	點
Gan	Nanchang	蘸1
	Lichuan	蘸1
Hakka	Meixian	蘸1
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	蘸1, 搵
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	蘸1, 搵
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	蘸1, 搵
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	蘸1, 搵
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	蘸1, 搵
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	搵
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	搵
Southern Min	Xiamen	搵
	Quanzhou	搵
	Zhangzhou	搵
	Tainan	搵, 滒
	Penang (Hokkien)	搵
	Singapore (Hokkien)	搵
	Manila (Hokkien)	搵
	Chaozhou	搵
	Shantou	搵
	Leizhou	搵
	Haikou	搵
Wu	Shanghai	蘸1
	Shanghai (Chongming)	蘸1
	Ningbo	搵, 蘸1

Japanese

Kanji

蘸

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): さん (san)
• Kun: ひたす (hitasu)