掂

掂

掂 U+6382, 掂 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6382 ← 掁 [U+6381] CJK Unified Ideographs 掃 → [U+6383]

Translingual

Han character

掂 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 手戈卜口 (QIYR), four-corner 5006₁, composition ⿰扌店)

Derived characters

• 𫫓

References

• KangXi: page 436, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12235
• Dae Jaweon: page 785, character 23
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1903, character 4
• Unihan data for U+6382

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Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
頕	*taːm
煔	*ɦlaːm, *hljems, *hl'eːms
炶	*ɦlaːm
詀	*rteːm, *rdeːms, *teːm, *tʰjeb
站	*rteːms
檆	*sreːm
黏	*nem
粘	*nem
枮	*slem, *ʔl'ɯm
霑	*tem
沾	*tem, *teːms, *tʰeːm
覘	*tems, *tʰem
鉆	*tʰem, *ɡrem, *tʰeːb
占	*ʔljem, *tjems
颭	*tjemʔ
佔	*tjems, *teːm
苫	*hljem, *hljems
痁	*hljem, *teːms
蛅	*njem
阽	*lem
敁	*teːm
掂	*tiːm
點	*teːmʔ
玷	*teːmʔ, *teːms
店	*tiːms
坫	*tiːms, *tim
黇	*tʰeːm
扂	*deːmʔ
拈	*neːm
鮎	*neːm
砧	*ʔl'ɯm
笘	*teːb
跕	*teːb, *tʰeːb
貼	*tʰeːb
帖	*tʰeːb
怗	*tʰeːb
呫	*tʰeːb

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *tiːm) : semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 店 (OC *tiːms).

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		掂
alternative forms		敁

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): diān (dian¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dim¹
• Min Nan (POJ): tiam

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: diān
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dian
    • Wade–Giles: tien¹
    • Yale: dyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dian
    • Palladius: дянь (djanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tjɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: dim¹
    • Yale: dīm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dim¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dim¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːm⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiam
    • Tâi-lô: tiam
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diafm
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tiam⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiam³³/

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*tiːm/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	掂
Reading #	1/1
No.	16720
Phonetic component	占
Rime group	侵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	𩬑
Old Chinese	/*tiːm/
Notes	敁晚起分化字

Definitions

掂

1. to weigh in the hand
2. to break; to snap off
3. to haggle over; to bother about
4. to take

Synonyms

• (to weigh in the hand): (colloquial) 掂掇 (diānduo), 掂量 (diānliáng)

Compounds

掂折 掂掇 (diānduo) 掂提 掂梢折本 掂量 (diānliáng)

扎掂 掂倈／掂俫 掂對／掂对 掂斤估兩／掂斤估两 掂斤抹兩／掂斤抹两

掂斤播兩／掂斤播两 掂腳舒腰／掂脚舒腰 掂詳／掂详 掂過兒／掂过儿 沒掂三／没掂三

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		掂
alternative forms		𠶧

Matisoff (2006) considers it to be from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *l-(t/d)jam (“full; straight; flat”).

Pronunciation

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou, Jyutping): dim⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): iam⁵

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: dim⁶
    • Yale: dihm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dim⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: dim⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːm²²/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: iam⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iam³²/

Definitions

掂 (Cantonese)

1. straight; upright
2. (of matters) settled; steady; OK
3. (of speech) clear and smooth

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 豎 (“vertical; upright”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		豎
Mandarin	Beijing	豎
	Jinan	豎
	Xi'an	豎, 順, 立
	Wuhan	豎, 直
	Chengdu	豎, 立
	Guiyang	豎, 直
	Yangzhou	豎
	Hefei	豎
Cantonese	Guangzhou	掂, 戙
	Hong Kong	直, 掂, 戙
	Yangjiang	掂, 直
Gan	Nanchang	敦, 直
Hakka	Meixian	直
Jin	Taiyuan	豎
Min Bei	Jian'ou	直
Min Dong	Fuzhou	直, 徛
Min Nan	Xiamen	徛
	Chaozhou	徛, 直
Wu	Suzhou	直, 豎
	Wenzhou	豎
Xiang	Changsha	敦, 直
	Shuangfeng	敦, 直

Compounds

唔得掂 唔掂 搞掂 斟掂

傾掂／倾掂 掂當／掂当 掂行掂過／掂行掂过

掂過轆蔗／掂过辘蔗 橫掂／横掂 橫睇掂睇／横睇掂睇

Etymology 3

simp. and trad.		掂
alternative forms		玷

Pronunciation

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou, Jyutping): dim³

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): iam¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: dim³
    • Yale: dim
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dim³
    • Guangdong Romanization: dim³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːm³³/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: iam¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iam³³/

Definitions

掂 (Cantonese)

1. to touch

   唔好掂佢啲嘢 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]

   m⁴ hou² dim³ keoi⁵ di¹ je⁵ [Jyutping]

   don't touch their stuff

Etymology 4

simp. and trad.		掂
alternative forms		敁 鈂／𬬵

Pronunciation

• Min Nan (POJ): tìm

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• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tìm
    • Tâi-lô: tìm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dixm
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tim²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tim⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tim²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tim¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tim²¹/

Definitions

掂 (Hokkien)

1. to weigh in the hand
2. heavy
3. (of colour) dark

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Japanese

Kanji

掂

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): てん (ten)
• Kun: はかる (hakaru)

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Vietnamese

Han character

掂: Hán Nôm readings: giếm

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