濕

濕

See also: 湿

濕 U+6FD5, 濕 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6FD5 ← 濔 [U+6FD4] CJK Unified Ideographs 濖 → [U+6FD6]

Translingual

Japanese	湿
Simplified	湿
Traditional	濕

Han character

濕 (radical 85, 水+14, 17 strokes, cangjie input 水日女火 (EAVF), four-corner 3613₃, composition ⿰氵㬎)

References

• KangXi: page 655, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18483
• Dae Jaweon: page 1065, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1769, character 8
• Unihan data for U+6FD5

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Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (濕) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
儑	*ŋɯːms, *ŋɯːb, *ŋaːb
濕	*ŋ̊ʰl'ɯːb, *hŋjɯb
漯	*tŋ̊ʰɯːb
礘	*ŋɯːb
隰	*ljɯb
溼	*hŋjɯb

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ŋ̊ʰl'ɯːb, *hŋjɯb) : semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 㬎.

Etymology 1

trad.		濕/溼
simp.		湿

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shī (shi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sap¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): sṳp

  (Meixian, Guangdong): seb⁵

• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): sip

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sib⁴

• Wu (Wiktionary): seq (T4)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: shī
    • Zhuyin: ㄕ
    • Wade–Giles: shih¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shy
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sap¹
    • Yale: sāp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sap⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: seb¹
    • IPA ^(key): /sɐp̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳp
    • Hakka Romanization System: siib`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sib⁵
    • IPA: /sɨp̚²/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: seb⁵
    • IPA: /səp̚¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sip
    • Tâi-lô: sip
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sib
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕip̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕip̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕip̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕip̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕip̚³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sib⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sip
    • IPA ^(key): /sip̚²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: seq (T4)
    • IPA ^(key): /səʔ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɕiɪp̚/▼

Rime
Character	濕
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	緝 (141)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	失入切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕiɪp̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕip̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕjep̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕip̚/
Li Rong	/ɕiəp̚/
Wang Li	/ɕĭĕp̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɕi̯əp̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shi

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[qʰ]ip/

  (Zhengzhang): /*hŋjɯb/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	濕
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shī
Middle Chinese	‹ syip ›
Old Chinese	/*[qʰ]ip/
English	to flap (the ears)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	濕
Reading #	2/2
No.	11447
Phonetic component	濕
Rime group	緝
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	溼
Old Chinese	/*hŋjɯb/
Notes	同溼見經典

Definitions

濕

1. wet; damp; moist; humid
2. (traditional Chinese medicine) delayed; impassable
3. to wet; to dampen

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 濕 (“wet”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		濕
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		濕
Mandarin	Beijing	濕
	Taiwan	濕
	Jinan	濕
	Xi'an	濕
	Wuhan	濕
	Chengdu	濕
	Yangzhou	潮, 濕
	Hefei	潮
Cantonese	Guangzhou	濕
	Hong Kong	濕
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	濕
	Taishan	濕
	Yangjiang	濕
Gan	Nanchang	濕
Hakka	Meixian	濕
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	濕
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	濕
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	濕
	Dongshi (Dabu)	濕
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	濕
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	濕
	Hong Kong	濕
Jin	Taiyuan	濕
Min Bei	Jian'ou	濕
Min Dong	Fuzhou	濫
	Matsu	濫
Min Nan	Xiamen	澹
	Quanzhou	澹
	Zhangzhou	澹
	Taipei	澹
	Kaohsiung	濕
	Tainan	澹
	Taichung	濕濕
	Wuqi	濕濕
	Hsinchu	澹
	Taitung	濕
	Lukang	濕
	Yilan	澹
	Magong	澹
	Penang	澹
	Singapore	澹
	Chaozhou	澹
Puxian Min	Putian	澹
	Xianyou	泱
Wu	Suzhou	濕, 潮
	Wenzhou	濫, 濕
Xiang	Changsha	濕
	Shuangfeng	濕

Compounds

乾啼濕哭／干啼湿哭 偎乾就濕／偎干就湿 惡濕居下／恶湿居下 推燥居濕／推燥居湿 攬濕布衫／揽湿布衫

浸濕／浸湿 (jìnshī) 潮濕／潮湿 (cháoshī) 濕津津／湿津津 濕浸浸／湿浸浸 濕漉漉／湿漉漉 (shīlùlù)

濕潤／湿润 (shīrùn) 濕濕／湿湿 煨乾就濕／煨干就湿 煨乾避濕／煨干避湿

Etymology 2

trad.		濕
simp.		湿
variant forms		漯

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tà (ta⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄚˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: tà
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄚˋ
    • Wade–Giles: t'a⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tah
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰä⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /tʰʌp̚/▼

Rime
Character	濕
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	透 (6)
Final (韻)	合 (160)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	他合切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tʰʌp̚/
Pan Wuyun	/tʰəp̚/
Shao Rongfen	/tʰɒp̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tʰəp̚/
Li Rong	/tʰᴀp̚/
Wang Li	/tʰɒp̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/tʰăp̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ta

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋ̊ʰl'ɯːb/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	濕
Reading #	1/2
No.	11440
Phonetic component	濕
Rime group	緝
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	錔
Old Chinese	/*ŋ̊ʰl'ɯːb/

Definitions

濕

1. an ancient river in Shandong

Compounds

濕陰／湿阴

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 濕 – see 隰 (“low, damp land, marsh, swamp”). (This character, 濕, is a variant form of 隰.)

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Japanese

Shinjitai	湿
Kyūjitai	濕

Kanji

濕

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 湿)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): しつ (shitsu); しゅう (shū)
• Kun: しめる (shimeru, 濕る)

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Korean

Hanja

濕 • (seup) (hangeul 습, revised seup, McCune–Reischauer sŭp, Yale sup)

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Vietnamese

Han character

濕 (thấp)

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