浸

浸 U+6D78, 浸 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6D78 ← 海 [U+6D77] CJK Unified Ideographs 浹 → [U+6D79]

浸 U+2F904, 浸 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F904 ← 浩 [U+2F903] CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 涅 → [U+2F905]

Translingual

Han character

浸 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 水尸一水 (ESME), four-corner 3714₇, composition ⿰氵𠬶)

Derived characters

• 𠺸, 𢟖, 寖, 蓡, 䆮, 𩅕, 薓, 𡩻, 𡫏, 𥧲

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 625, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17505
• Dae Jaweon: page 1027, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1635, character 4
• Unihan data for U+6D78

• Unihan data for U+2F904

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (侵) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
鋟	*ʔsem, *sʰem, *sʰimʔ
綅	*sem, *ʔsim, *sʰim
祲	*ʔsim, *ʔsims
埐	*ʔsim, *zim
梫	*ʔsim, *sʰimʔ, *sʰrim
濅	*ʔsimʔ, *ʔsims
浸	*ʔsims, *sʰim
侵	*sʰim
駸	*sʰim, *sʰrim
寢	*sʰimʔ
寑	*sʰimʔ
薓	*srim

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ʔsims, *sʰim): semantic 水 + phonetic 𡩠 (qǐn).

Etymology 1

trad.		浸
simp. #		浸
2nd round simp.		𪫆
alternative forms		濅 寖 𥧲 𣹰 㴆 濅 寖 𥧲 𣹰 㴆 䆮 𣹦

Cognate with Burmese စိမ် (cim, “to steep; to soak”), Burmese စိမ့် (cim., “to seep; to ooze”) (Schuessler, 2007). Probably unrelated to 沉 (OC *l'um).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jìn (jin⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zam³

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): dim¹

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): chim

  (Meixian, Guangdong): jim⁴

• Eastern Min (BUC): céng
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zing⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chìm

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zim³

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵cin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jìn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jìn
    • Wade–Giles: chin⁴
    • Yale: jìn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinn
    • Palladius: цзинь (czinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zam³
    • Yale: jam
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzam³
    • Guangdong Romanization: zem³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐm³³/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: dim¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tim³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chim
    • Hakka Romanization System: jim
    • Hagfa Pinyim: jim⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sim⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: jim⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡ɕim⁵³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: céng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɛiŋ²¹³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: zing⁴
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ci̍ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siŋ⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chìm
    • Tâi-lô: tsìm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cixm
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sim²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sim⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sim²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sim¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sim²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zim³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsìm
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sim²¹³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵cin
    • MiniDict: cin^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²jin
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕin³⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: tsimH

Rime
Character	浸
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	侵 (139)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	子鴆切
Baxter	tsimH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡siɪmH/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡simH/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sjemH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡simH/
Li Rong	/t͡siəmH/
Wang Li	/t͡sĭĕmH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡si̯əmH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jìn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zam3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsims/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	浸
Reading #	1/2
No.	10482
Phonetic component	侵
Rime group	侵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	浸
Old Chinese	/*ʔsims/
Notes	說文作濅

Definitions

浸

1. to soak; to sit in water (or liquid)
2. to immerse something in water (or liquid)
3. (literary) gradually

Synonyms

• (to soak):

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• 泡 (pào)
• 浸泡 (jìnpào)
• 浸漬 / 浸渍 (jìnzì)
• 浸潯 / 浸浔 (qīnyín) (literary)

• (to immerse): 滲入／渗入 (shènrù), 滲透／渗透 (shèntòu)
• (gradually):

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• 慢慢
• 步步 (bùbù)
• 浸漸 / 浸渐 (jìnjiàn) (literary)
• 浸潯 / 浸浔 (qīnyín) (literary)
• 漸次 / 渐次 (jiàncì)
• 漸漸 / 渐渐 (jiànjiàn)
• 稍稍 (shāoshāo)
• 逐步 (zhúbù)
• 逐漸 / 逐渐 (zhújiàn)

Compounds

• 受浸 (shòujìn)
• 巨浸
• 施浸 (shījìn)
• 沉浸 (chénjìn)
• 浸信會 / 浸信会 (Jìnxìnhuì)
• 浸入 (jìnrù)
• 浸劑 / 浸剂
• 浸微
• 浸微浸消
• 浸染 (jìnrǎn)
• 浸死
• 浸水 (jìnshuǐ)
• 浸泡 (jìnpào)
• 浸浴 (jìnyù)
• 浸漬 / 浸渍 (jìnzì)
• 浸漸 / 浸渐 (jìnjiàn)
• 浸潤 / 浸润 (jìnrùn)
• 浸潤之譖 / 浸润之谮
• 浸濕 / 浸湿 (jìnshī)
• 浸禮 / 浸礼 (jìnlǐ)
• 浸禮會 / 浸礼会
• 浸種 / 浸种 (jìnzhǒng)
• 浸膏
• 浸蝕 / 浸蚀 (jìnshí)
• 浸製 / 浸制
• 浸透 (jìntòu)
• 濕浸浸 / 湿浸浸

Etymology 2

trad.		浸
simp. #		浸
alternative forms		濅 寖 𥧲 𣹰 㴆 濅 寖 𥧲 𣹰 㴆 䆮 𣹦

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jìn, qīn (jin⁴, qin¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣˋ, ㄑㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cam¹ / zam³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jìn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jìn
    • Wade–Giles: chin⁴
    • Yale: jìn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinn
    • Palladius: цзинь (czinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, literary variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cin
    • Wade–Giles: chʻin¹
    • Yale: chīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chin
    • Palladius: цинь (cinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: cam¹ / zam³
    • Yale: chām / jam
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsam¹ / dzam³
    • Guangdong Romanization: cem¹ / zem³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐm⁵⁵/, /t͡sɐm³³/

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• Middle Chinese: tshim

Rime
Character	浸
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	侵 (139)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	七林切
Baxter	tshim
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰiɪm/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰim/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰjem/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰim/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰiəm/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰĭĕm/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡sʰi̯əm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qīn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cam1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sʰim/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	浸
Reading #	2/2
No.	10485
Phonetic component	侵
Rime group	侵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	侵
Old Chinese	/*sʰim/

Definitions

浸

1. Used in compounds.

Compounds

• 浸凌
• 浸淫
• 浸漁 / 浸渔
• 浸潯 / 浸浔 (qīnyín)
• 浸潭
• 浸蠹

Etymology 3

trad.		浸
simp. #		浸
alternative forms		沉

From 沉 (MC drimH).

Pronunciation

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zam⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): zim⁵

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zam⁶
    • Yale: jahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzam⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: zem⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐm²²/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: zim⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sim³²/

Definitions

浸

1. (Cantonese) to drown

Compounds

• 浸嚫 / 浸𰈍
• 浸底
• 浸死
• 浸豬籠 / 浸猪笼

Etymology 4

trad.		浸
simp. #		浸

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zam³

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zam³
    • Yale: jam
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzam³
    • Guangdong Romanization: zem³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐm³³/

Definitions

浸

1. (Cantonese) Classifier for layers/sections.

Etymology 5

For pronunciation and definitions of 浸 – see 𠹻 (“classifier for smells (Cantonese)”). (This character is a variant form of 𠹻).