滲

滲

See also: 渗

滲 U+6EF2, 滲 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6EF2 ← 滱 [U+6EF1] CJK Unified Ideographs 滳 → [U+6EF3]

Translingual

Han character

滲 (radical 85, 水+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 水戈戈竹 (EIIH), four-corner 3312₂, composition ⿰氵參)

1. soak through, seep, infiltrate
2. horrify

References

• KangXi: page 643, character 35
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18081
• Dae Jaweon: page 1051, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1734, character 3
• Unihan data for U+6EF2

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Chinese

trad.		滲
simp.		渗

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 滲
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (參) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
篸	*ʔsluːm, *ʔsluːms
參	*sʰluːm, *sʰluːms, *sloːm, *sʰrum, *srum
驂	*sʰluːm
傪	*sʰluːm, *sʰluːmʔ
慘	*sʰluːmʔ
黲	*sʰluːmʔ, *sʰloːmʔ
謲	*sʰluːms
毿	*sluːm
蔘	*sluːm, *srum
犙	*sluːm, *sru, *srɯu
糝	*sluːmʔ
槮	*sluːmʔ, *sʰrum, *srum, *srumʔ
鬖	*sloːm
摻	*sruːm, *sruːmʔ
醦	*sruːmʔ, *sʰrumʔ
縿	*sroːm
穇	*sroːm
嵾	*sʰrum
磣	*sʰrumʔ
墋	*sʰrumʔ
曑	*srum
瘮	*srumʔ
滲	*srums

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shèn (shen⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sam³
• Min Nan (POJ): siàm / sìm

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: shèn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄣˋ
    • Wade–Giles: shên⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenn
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shèn
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂən⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sam³
    • Yale: sam
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sam³
    • Guangdong Romanization: sem³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐm³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siàm / sìm
    • Tâi-lô: siàm / sìm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siaxm, sixm
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiam²¹/, /ɕim²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiam⁴¹/, /ɕim⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiam²¹/, /ɕim²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕiam¹¹/, /ɕim¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiam²¹/, /ɕim²¹/

Note:

• siàm - vernacular;
• sìm - literary.

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• Middle Chinese: /ʃˠiɪm^H/▼

Rime
Character	滲
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	侵 (140)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	Chongniu III
Fanqie	所禁切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʃˠiɪmH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʃᵚimH/
Shao Rongfen	/ʃiemH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʂjimH/
Li Rong	/ʃjəmH/
Wang Li	/ʃĭĕmH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʂi̯əmH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shèn

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*srums/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	滲
Reading #	1/1
No.	1114
Phonetic component	參
Rime group	侵
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	滲
Old Chinese	/*srums/

Definitions

滲

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Compounds

偽裝滲透／伪装渗透 反滲透／反渗透 海上滲透／海上渗透 滲入／渗入 (shènrù)

滲出／渗出 (shènchū) 滲坑／渗坑 滲水／渗水 (shènshuǐ) 滲溝／渗沟

滲漉／渗漉 滲漏／渗漏 滲瀨／渗濑 滲透／渗透 (shèntòu)

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Japanese

Kanji

滲

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: しん (shin)^{←しむ (simu, historical)}
• Kan-on: しん (shin)^{←しむ (simu, historical)}
• Kun: にじむ (nijimu, 滲む); しみる (shimiru, 滲みる)

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Korean

Hanja

滲 • (cham) (hangeul 참)

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Vietnamese

Han character

滲 (rướm)

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