甜

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See also: 甛
甜 U+751C, 甜
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-751C
← 甛
[U+751B] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 甝 →
[U+751D]

Translingual

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Han character

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甜 (Kangxi radical 99, 甘+6, 11 strokes, cangjie input 竹口廿一 (HRTM), four-corner 24670, composition ⿰舌甘)

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 754, character 13
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21656
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1161, character 6
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2414, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+751C

Chinese

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trad. 甜
simp. # 甜
alternative forms
甛
䑚
𭥹
䣶
餂／𱃺
甛
䑚
𭥹
䣶
餂／𱃺
𩚵
𥑠
𦧩
 
Wikipedia has articles on:
  • 甜 (Written Standard Chinese?)
  • 甜 (Cantonese)

Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character 甜
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (甜) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
銛 *koːd, *slem, *l̥ʰeːmʔ
栝 *koːd, *l̥ʰeːmʔ
餂 *l̥ʰeːmʔ
恬 *l'eːm
湉 *l'eːm
甜 *l'iːm
狧 *l̥ʰaːb

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 舌 (“tongue”) + 甘 (“sweet”). Rearrangement of 甛.

Etymology

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From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ljam (“sweet; fragrant”) (STEDT). Compare Tibetan ཞིམ (zhim, “tasty”) (Coblin, 1986; Schuessler, 2007; Hill, 2019).

Pronunciation

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Note:
  • tiⁿ - vernacular;
  • tiâm - literary.
  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 甜
Mandarin Beijing /tʰian³⁵/
Harbin /tʰian²⁴/
Tianjin /tʰian⁴⁵/
Jinan /tʰiã⁴²/
Qingdao /tʰiã⁴²/
Zhengzhou /tʰian⁴²/
Xi'an /tʰiã²⁴/
Xining /tʰiã²⁴/
Yinchuan /tʰian⁵³/
Lanzhou /tʰiɛ̃n⁵³/
Ürümqi /tʰian⁵¹/
Wuhan /tʰiɛn⁴²/
Chengdu /tʰian³¹/
Guiyang /tʰian²¹/
Kunming /tʰiɛ̃³¹/
Nanjing /tʰien²⁴/
Hefei /tʰiĩ⁵⁵/
Jin Taiyuan /tʰie¹¹/
Pingyao /tie̞¹³/
Hohhot /tʰie³¹/
Wu Shanghai /di²³/
Suzhou /diɪ¹³/
Hangzhou /diẽ̞²¹³/
Wenzhou /di³¹/
Hui Shexian /tʰe⁴⁴/
Tunxi /tiɛ⁴⁴/
Xiang Changsha /tiẽ¹³/
Xiangtan /diẽ¹²/
Gan Nanchang /tʰiɛn²⁴/
Hakka Meixian /tʰiam¹¹/
Taoyuan /tʰiɑm¹¹/
Cantonese Guangzhou /tʰim²¹/
Nanning /tʰim²¹/
Hong Kong /tʰim²¹/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /tiam³⁵/
/tĩ⁵⁵/ 俗
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /tieŋ⁴⁴/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /taŋ²¹/
Shantou (Teochew) /tiam⁵⁵/
Haikou (Hainanese) /ʔdiam³¹/
Rime
Character 甜
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 定 (7)
Final (韻) 添 (157)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 徒兼切
Baxter dem
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/dem/
Pan
Wuyun 		/dem/
Shao
Rongfen 		/dɛm/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/dɛm/
Li
Rong 		/dem/
Wang
Li 		/diem/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/dʱiem/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		tián
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		tim4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 甜
Reading # 1/1
No. 12408
Phonetic
component 		甜
Rime
group 		侵
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		甜
Old
Chinese 		/*l'iːm/

Definitions

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甜

  1. sweet
  2. (figurative) pleasant; comfortable; happy
  3. (figurative, of sleep) sound
  4. (dialectal) bland; tasteless; not salty
  5. (dialectal) delicious; tasty
  6. (neologism, of a price) cheap; inexpensive
  7. (figurative) romantic
  8. (Hong Kong Cantonese) Euphemistic form of 鹹／咸 (haam4, “erotic”).

Synonyms

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Dialectal synonyms of 甜 (“sweet”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 甘, 甜
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 甜
Northeastern Mandarin Chengde 甜
Chifeng 甜
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 甜
Heihe 甜
Qiqihar 甜
Harbin 甜
Jiamusi 甜
Baicheng 甜
Changchun 甜
Tonghua 甜
Shenyang 甜
Jinzhou 甜
Singapore 甜
Jilu Mandarin Tianjin 甜
Tangshan 甜
Cangzhou 甜
Baoding 甜
Shijiazhuang 甜
Lijin 甜
Jinan 甜
Jiaoliao Mandarin Dalian 甜
Dandong 甜
Yantai 甜
Yantai (Muping) 甜
Qingdao 甜
Zhucheng 甜
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 甜
Lingbao 甜
Jining 甜
Wanrong 甜
Linfen 甜
Shangqiu 甜
Yuanyang 甜
Zhengzhou 甜
Xinyang 甜
Baihe 甜
Xi'an 甜
Baoji 甜
Tianshui 甜
Xining 甜
Xuzhou 甜
Fuyang 甜
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 甜
Lanzhou 甜
Dunhuang 甜
Hami 甜
Ürümqi 甜
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 甜
Nanchong 甜
Dazhou 甜
Hanyuan 甜
Xichang 甜
Zigong 甜
Chongqing 甜
Wuhan 甜
Yichang 甜
Xiangyang 甜
Tianmen 甜
Guiyang 甜
Zunyi 甜
Bijie 甜
Liping 甜
Zhaotong 甜
Dali 甜
Kunming 甜
Mengzi 甜
Guilin 甜
Liuzhou 甜
Jishou 甜
Changde 甜
Hanzhong 甜
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 甜
Yangzhou 甜
Lianyungang 甜
Lianshui 甜
Nantong 甜
Anqing 甜
Wuhu 甜
Hefei 甜
Hong'an 甜
Cantonese Guangzhou 甜
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 甜
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 甜
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 甜
Dongguan 甜
Singapore (Guangfu) 甜
Gan Nanchang 甜
Lichuan 甜
Pingxiang 甜
Hakka Meixian 甜
Yudu 甜
Hong Kong 甜
Huizhou Jixi 甜
Shexian 甜
Jin Taiyuan 甜
Yangyuan 甜
Datong 甜
Xinzhou 甜
Lüliang (Lishi) 甜
Changzhi 甜
Linhe 甜
Jining 甜
Hohhot 甜
Erenhot 甜
Pingshan 甜
Zhangjiakou 甜
Handan 甜
Linzhou 甜
Suide 甜
Northern Min Jian'ou 甜
Eastern Min Fuzhou 甜
Southern Min Xiamen 甜
Tainan 甜
Singapore (Hokkien) 甜
Manila (Hokkien) 甜
Chaozhou 甜
Singapore (Teochew) 甜
Leizhou 甜
Haikou 甜
Singapore (Hainanese) 甜
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 甜
Wu Shanghai 甜
Shanghai (Chongming) 甜
Suzhou 甜
Danyang 甜
Hangzhou 甜
Ningbo 甜
Wenzhou 甜
Jinhua 甜
Xiang Changsha 甜
Xiangxiang 甜
Loudi 甜
Shuangfeng 甜
Dialectal synonyms of 淡 (“bland; tasteless; not salty”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 淡
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 淡, 口輕
Taiwan 淡
Harbin 淡
Singapore 淡
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 淡, 甜, 口輕
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 善
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 甜
Wanrong 甜
Xi'an 甜, 淡
Xining 甜, 淡
Xuzhou 淡
Lanyin Mandarin Ürümqi 淡
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 淡
Wuhan 淡
Guiyang 淡
Guilin 淡
Liuzhou 淡
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 淡
Yangzhou 淡
Hefei 淡
Cantonese Guangzhou 淡
Hong Kong 淡
Dongguan 淡
Yangjiang 淡
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 淡
Gan Nanchang 淡
Lichuan 淡
Pingxiang 淡
Hakka Meixian 淡
Yudu 淡
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 淡
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 淡
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 淡
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 淡
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 淡
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 淡
Senai (Huiyang) 淡
Jin Taiyuan 淡, 甜
Xinzhou 甜
Northern Min Jian'ou 䭕
Jian'ou (Dikou) 䭕
Zhenghe (Zhenqian) 䭕
Jianyang 䭕
Wuyishan 䭕
Pucheng (Shibei) 䭕
Eastern Min Fuzhou 䭕
Fuzhou (Changle) 䭕
Fuqing 䭕
Yongtai 䭕
Gutian 䭕
Fu'an 䭕
Ningde 䭕
Shouning 䭕
Zhouning 䭕
Fuding 䭕
Southern Min Xiamen 䭕
Quanzhou 䭕
Yongchun 䭕
Zhangzhou 䭕
Zhangzhou (Longhai) 䭕
Zhangzhou (Changtai) 䭕
Zhangpu 䭕
Zhao'an 䭕
Penang (Hokkien) 䭕
Singapore (Hokkien) 䭕
Chaozhou 䭕
Shantou 䭕
Shantou (Chenghai) 䭕
Jieyang 䭕
Haifeng 䭕
Bangkok (Teochew) 䭕
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 䭕
Leizhou 䭕
Haikou 䭕
Puxian Min Putian 䭕
Central Min Yong'an 䭕
Sanming (Shaxian) 䭕
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 淡
Wu Shanghai 淡
Shanghai (Chongming) 淡
Suzhou 淡
Danyang 淡
Hangzhou 淡
Ningbo 淡
Wenzhou 淡
Jinhua 淡
Xiang Changsha 淡
Loudi 淡
Shuangfeng 淡

Compounds

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See also

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Basic tastes in Chinese · 味道 (layout · text)
甜 (tián) 酸 (suān) 鹹／咸 (xián) 苦 辣 (là) 鮮味／鲜味 (xiānwèi)

References

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Japanese

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Kanji

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甜

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

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  • On (unclassified): てん (ten)
  • Kun: うまい (umai)

Korean

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Hanja

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甜 (eumhun 달 첨 (dal cheom))

  1. hanja form? of 첨 (“sweet”)

Vietnamese

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Han character

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甜: Hán Nôm readings: điềm

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