貪
See also: 贪
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Translingual
Han character
貪 (Kangxi radical 154, 貝+4, 11 strokes, cangjie input 人戈弓金 (OINC), four-corner 80806, composition ⿱今貝)
- greedy, covet
- covetous
Derived characters
- 僋 嗿 㵅 𦤰 𦹳
References
- KangXi: page 1205, character 16
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36680
- Dae Jaweon: page 1667, character 4
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3627, character 7
- Unihan data for U+8CAA
Chinese
| trad. | 貪 | |
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| simp. | 贪 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 貪 |
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| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) |
| Small seal script |
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Characters in the same phonetic series (今) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
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| 貪 | *kʰl'uːm |
| 嗿 | *l̥ʰuːmʔ |
| 僋 | *l̥ʰuːms, *luːms |
| 酓 | *qʰɯːm, *qlamʔ, *qlɯːms |
| 馠 | *qʰɯːm |
| 谽 | *qʰɯːm |
| 唅 | *qʰɯːm, *ɡɯːms |
| 含 | *ɡɯːm |
| 肣 | *ɡɯːm, *ɡɯːmʔ |
| 頷 | *ɡɯːm, *ɡɯːmʔ |
| 筨 | *ɡɯːm |
| 梒 | *ɡɯːm |
| 鋡 | *ɡɯːm |
| 莟 | *ɡɯːmʔ, *ɡɯːms |
| 琀 | *ɡɯːms |
| 浛 | *ɡɯːms |
| 盦 | *qɯːm, *qaːb |
| 韽 | *qɯːm, *qrɯːms |
| 玪 | *krɯːm |
| 妗 | *qʰrɯːm, *kʰjam, *qʰlɯːm, *ɡrɯms |
| 欦 | *qʰrɯːmʔ, *qʰram, *kʰlam, *kʰlamʔ, *qʰlɯːm |
| 黔 | *ɡram, *ɡrɯm |
| 鈐 | *ɡram |
| 鳹 | *ɡram |
| 雂 | *ɡram, *ɡrɯm |
| 念 | *nɯːms |
| 梣 | *sɡɯm, *sɡrɯm |
| 枔 | *sɢrɯm |
| 岑 | *sɡrɯm |
| 笒 | *sɡrɯm, *ɡrɯms |
| 涔 | *sɡrɯm |
| 侺 | *ɡjɯms |
| 今 | *krɯm |
| 黅 | *krɯm |
| 衿 | *krɯm |
| 衾 | *kʰrɯm |
| 坅 | *kʰrɯmʔ |
| 搇 | *kʰrɯms |
| 琴 | *ɡrɯm |
| 禽 | *ɡrɯm |
| 芩 | *ɡrɯm |
| 庈 | *ɡrɯm |
| 耹 | *ɡrɯm |
| 靲 | *ɡrɯm |
| 擒 | *ɡrɯm |
| 檎 | *ɡrɯm |
| 紟 | *ɡrɯms |
| 吟 | *ŋɡrɯm, *ŋɡrɯms |
| 訡 | *ŋɡrɯm |
| 廞 | *qʰrɯm, *qʰrɯmʔ |
| 陰 | *qrɯm |
| 霠 | |
| 飲 | *qrɯmʔ, *qrɯms |
| 蔭 | *qrɯms |
| 廕 | *qrɯms |
| 矜 | *ɡrɯn, *ɡɯn, *kɯŋ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kʰl'uːm) and ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : phonetic 今 (OC *krɯm, “open mouth”) + semantic 貝／贝 (“money”).
Pronunciation
Definitions
貪
- to be greedy
- 做人不要這麼貪心。 [MSC, trad.]
- Zuòrén bùyào zhème tānxīn. [Pinyin]
- Don't be so greedy in life.
做人不要这么贪心。 [MSC, simp.]
- to be fond of; to have an insatiable desire for
- 貪玩／贪玩 ― tānwán ― to be preoccupied with having fun
- 貪睡／贪睡 ― tānshuì ― to be a lover of sleep
- to pursue something (excessively or inappropriately)
- 貪便宜／贪便宜 ― tānbiànyí ― to be anxious to get things on the cheap
- 唔好貪快衝紅燈過馬路啊！ [Cantonese, trad.]
- m4 hou2 taam1 faai3 cung1 hung4 dang1 gwo3 maa5 lou6 aa3! [Jyutping]
- (please add an English translation of this example)
唔好贪快冲红灯过马路啊！ [Cantonese, simp.]
- to embezzle
- 貪官／贪官 ― tānguān ― corrupt official
- 貪了幾千萬／贪了几千万 ― tān le jǐ qiān wàn ― to have embezzled several hundred million
Synonyms
- (to embezzle):
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Compounds
Derived terms from 貪
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Japanese
Kanji
貪
(common “Jōyō” kanji)
- covet
- indulge
Readings
- Go-on: とん (ton)
- Kan-on: たん (tan)
- Kan’yō-on: どん (don, Jōyō)
- Kun: むさぼる (musaboru, 貪る, Jōyō)
Korean
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [tʰa̠m]
- Phonetic hangul: [탐]
Hanja
Wikisource貪 • (tam) (hangeul 탐, revised tam, McCune–Reischauer t'am, Yale tham)
- Hanja form? of 탐 (“covetousness, avarice, greed”).
Vietnamese
Han character
貪: Hán Nôm readings: tham
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