甜
See also: 甛
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Translingual
Han character
甜 (Kangxi radical 99, 甘+6, 11 strokes, cangjie input 竹口廿一 (HRTM), four-corner 24670, composition ⿰舌甘)
Derived characters
- 憇, 㵇, 𭗌
Related characters
- 甛 (Orthodox form in Kangxi dictionary)
References
- KangXi: 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
| trad. | 甜 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. # | 甜 | |
| alternative forms | 甛 䑚 䣶 餂／𱃺 𥑠 甛 䑚 䣶 餂／𱃺 𥑠 𦧩 𩚣 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 甜 | |
|---|---|
| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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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) : 舌 (“tongue”) + 甘 (“sweet”). Rearrangement of 甛.
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ljam (“sweet; fragrant”).
Pronunciation
Definitions
甜
- sweet
- (figurative) pleasant; comfortable; happy
- (figurative, of sleep) sound
- (dialectal) bland; tasteless; not salty
- (dialectal) delicious; tasty
- (neologism, of a price) cheap; inexpensive
- (Hong Kong Cantonese, figurative) romantic
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 甜 (“sweet”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words edit |
|---|---|---|
| Classical Chinese | 甘, 甜 | |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 甜 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 甜 |
| Tianjin | 甜 | |
| Chengde | 甜 | |
| Tangshan | 甜 | |
| Cangzhou | 甜 | |
| Baoding | 甜 | |
| Shijiazhuang | 甜 | |
| Chifeng | 甜 | |
| Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 甜 | |
| Heihe | 甜 | |
| Qiqihar | 甜 | |
| Harbin | 甜 | |
| Jiamusi | 甜 | |
| Baicheng | 甜 | |
| Changchun | 甜 | |
| Tonghua | 甜 | |
| Shenyang | 甜 | |
| Dandong | 甜 | |
| Jinzhou | 甜 | |
| Dalian | 甜 | |
| Yantai | 甜 | |
| Yantai (Muping) | 甜 | |
| Qingdao | 甜 | |
| Lijin | 甜 | |
| Zhucheng | 甜 | |
| Jinan | 甜 | |
| Jining | 甜 | |
| Luoyang | 甜 | |
| Wanrong | 甜 | |
| Shangqiu | 甜 | |
| Yuanyang | 甜 | |
| Zhengzhou | 甜 | |
| Lingbao | 甜 | |
| Xinyang | 甜 | |
| Baihe | 甜 | |
| Hanzhong | 甜 | |
| Xi'an | 甜 | |
| Baoji | 甜 | |
| Yinchuan | 甜 | |
| Tianshui | 甜 | |
| Lanzhou | 甜 | |
| Dunhuang | 甜 | |
| Xining | 甜 | |
| Hami | 甜 | |
| Ürümqi | 甜 | |
| Wuhan | 甜 | |
| Yichang | 甜 | |
| Xiangyang | 甜 | |
| Tianmen | 甜 | |
| Hong'an | 甜 | |
| Chengdu | 甜 | |
| Nanchong | 甜 | |
| Dazhou | 甜 | |
| Hanyuan | 甜 | |
| Xichang | 甜 | |
| Zigong | 甜 | |
| Chongqing | 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 | |
| Anqing | 甜 | |
| Xuzhou | 甜 | |
| Fuyang | 甜 | |
| Wuhu | 甜 | |
| Yangzhou | 甜 | |
| Lianyungang | 甜 | |
| Lianshui | 甜 | |
| Nanjing | 甜 | |
| Hefei | 甜 | |
| Nantong | 甜 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 甜 |
| Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 甜 | |
| Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 甜 | |
| Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 甜 | |
| Dongguan | 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 | |
| Lishi | 甜 | |
| Linfen | 甜 | |
| Changzhi | 甜 | |
| Linhe | 甜 | |
| Jining | 甜 | |
| Hohhot | 甜 | |
| Erenhot | 甜 | |
| Pingshan | 甜 | |
| Zhangjiakou | 甜 | |
| Handan | 甜 | |
| Linzhou | 甜 | |
| Suide | 甜 | |
| Min Bei | Jian'ou | 甜 |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 甜 |
| Min Nan | Xiamen | 甜 |
| Tainan | 甜 | |
| Chaozhou | 甜 | |
| Leizhou | 甜 | |
| Haikou | 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 edit |
|---|---|---|
| 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 甜
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Japanese
Kanji
甜
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)
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Readings
- On (unclassified): てん (ten)
- Kun: うまい (umai)
Korean
Hanja
甜 (eumhun 달 첨 (dal cheom))
- Hanja form? of 첨 (“sweet”).
Vietnamese
Han character
甜: Hán Nôm readings: điềm
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