淡
See also: 澹
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Translingual
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Han character
淡 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 水火火 (EFF), four-corner 39189, composition ⿰氵炎)
References
- KangXi: page 630, character 18
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17660
- Dae Jaweon: page 1032, character 17
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1660, character 8
- Unihan data for U+6DE1
Chinese
Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (炎) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
Old Chinese | |
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倓 | *l'oːmʔ, *l'aːm, *l'aːms |
緂 | *l̥ʰaːm, *l̥ʰaːmʔ, *l̥ʰjam |
毯 | *l̥ʰaːmʔ |
菼 | *l̥ʰaːmʔ |
裧 | *l̥ʰaːmʔ, *l̥ʰjam, *l̥ʰjams |
賧 | *l̥ʰaːms |
睒 | *l̥ʰaːms, *hljamʔ |
舕 | *l̥ʰaːms |
談 | *l'aːm |
郯 | *l'aːm |
惔 | *l'aːm, *l'aːmʔ, *l'aːms |
錟 | *l'aːm |
淡 | *l'aːm, *l'aːmʔ, *l'aːms, *lamʔ |
痰 | *l'aːm |
餤 | *l'aːm |
啖 | *l'aːmʔ, *l'aːms |
腅 | *l'aːms |
剡 | *ɦljamʔ, *lamʔ |
覢 | *hljamʔ |
掞 | *hljams |
炎 | *ɦlam |
琰 | *lamʔ |
棪 | *lamʔ |
扊 | *lamʔ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *l'aːm, *l'aːmʔ, *l'aːms, *lamʔ) : semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 炎 (OC *ɦlam)
Etymology 1
trad. | 淡 | |
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simp. # | 淡 |
Pronunciation
Definitions
淡
- (of food) bland; tasteless
- 啲湯好淡/啲汤好淡 [Cantonese] ― di1 tong1 hou2 taam5 [Jyutping] ― the soup is very bland
- (of color) light; pale
- Synonym: 淺/浅 (qiǎn)
- Antonyms: 濃/浓 (nóng), 深 (shēn)
- (of liquid or gas) thin; low in density
- indifferent; cold
- slack; dull
- 淡季 ― dànjì ― slack season; off-season
- meaningless; trivial
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 淡 (“bland; tasteless; not salty”) [map]
Variety | Location | Words edit |
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 淡 | |
Mandarin | Beijing | 淡, 口輕 |
Taiwan | 淡 | |
Harbin | 淡 | |
Yantai (Muping) | 善 | |
Jinan | 淡, 甜, 口輕 | |
Luoyang | 甜 | |
Wanrong | 甜 | |
Xi'an | 甜, 淡 | |
Xining | 甜, 淡 | |
Ürümqi | 淡 | |
Wuhan | 淡 | |
Chengdu | 淡 | |
Guiyang | 淡 | |
Guilin | 淡 | |
Liuzhou | 淡 | |
Xuzhou | 淡 | |
Yangzhou | 淡 | |
Nanjing | 淡 | |
Hefei | 淡 | |
Singapore | 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 | |
Min Bei | Jian'ou | 䭕 |
Jian'ou (Dikou) | 䭕 | |
Zhenghe (Zhenqian) | 䭕 | |
Jianyang | 䭕 | |
Wuyishan | 䭕 | |
Pucheng (Shibei) | 䭕 | |
Min Dong | Fuzhou | 䭕 |
Changle | 䭕 | |
Fuqing | 䭕 | |
Yongtai | 䭕 | |
Gutian | 䭕 | |
Fu'an | 䭕 | |
Ningde | 䭕 | |
Shouning | 䭕 | |
Zhouning | 䭕 | |
Fuding | 䭕 | |
Min Nan | 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 |
Min Zhong | Yong'an | 䭕 |
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
Derived terms from 淡
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Etymology 2
trad. | 淡 | |
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simp. # | 淡 |
Pronunciation
Definitions
淡
- Only used in 淡淡 (yǎnyǎn, yànyàn).
- ‡ appearance of water
Compounds
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Etymology 3
trad. | 淡 | |
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simp. # | 淡 |
Pronunciation
Definitions
淡
- † Alternative form of 痰 (tán).
- ‡ appearance of water
- See also: 澹
Etymology 4
For pronunciation and definitions of 淡 – see 䭕 (“(Min) tasteless; insipid”). (This character, 淡, is a variant form of 䭕.) |
References
- “淡”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database), 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
Japanese
Kanji
淡
(common “Jōyō” kanji)
- diluted
- pale
Readings
- Go-on: だん (dan)←だん (dan, historical)←だむ (damu, ancient)
- Kan-on: たん (tan, Jōyō)←たん (tan, historical)←たむ (tamu, ancient)
- Kun: あわい (awai, 淡い, Jōyō); うすい (usui, 淡い)
Compounds
- 淡白 (tanpaku)
- 冷淡 (reitan)
- 淡々 (tantan)
Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 淡 (MC dɑmX, dɑmH). Recorded as Middle Korean 담〯 (tǎm) (Yale: tam) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.
Hanja
Wikisource淡 (eumhun 맑을 담 (malgeul dam))
- Hanja form? of 담 (“clean; clear; pure”).
Compounds
Compounds
- 담수 (淡水, damsu, “fresh water”)
- 냉담 (冷淡, naengdam, “cold; indifferent”)
- 농담 (濃淡, nongdam)
- 담백 (淡白, dambaek)
- 아담 (雅淡, adam)
- 담담 (淡淡, damdam)
References
- 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典.
Vietnamese
Han character
淡: Hán Nôm readings: đạm, đượm, vạm, đặm
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