淰

淰 U+6DF0, 淰 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6DF0 ← 淯 [U+6DEF] CJK Unified Ideographs 深 → [U+6DF1]

Translingual

Han character

淰 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 水人戈心 (EOIP), four-corner 3813₂, composition ⿰氵念)

Derived characters

• 𨢯

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 631, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17685
• Dae Jaweon: page 1034, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1655, character 4
• Unihan data for U+6DF0

Chinese

trad.		淰
simp. #		淰

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
淰	*rnɯːmʔ, *nɯːmʔ, *hnjɯmʔ
唸	*tɯːms, *tɯːns
埝	*tɯːms, *nɯːb
趝	*klɯːms, *n̥ʰɯːms
諗	*hnjɯmʔ
稔	*njɯːm
棯	*njɯmʔ
腍	*njɯmʔ
捻	*nɯːb
錜	*nɯːb
敜	*nɯːb
惗	*nɯːb, *sens
菍	*nɯːb, *nɯːd

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *rnɯːmʔ, *nɯːmʔ, *hnjɯmʔ): semantic 氵 + phonetic 念 (OC *nɯːms).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): niǎn (nian³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): naam⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: niǎn
    • Wade–Giles: nien³
    • Yale: nyǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nean
    • Palladius: нянь (njanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɛn²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: naam⁵
    • Yale: náahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: naam⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: nam⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naːm¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: nreamX

Rime
Character	淰
Reading #	3/3
Initial (聲)	娘 (12)
Final (韻)	咸 (151)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	女減切
Baxter	nreamX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɳˠɛmX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɳᵚæmX/
Shao Rongfen	/nɐmX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɳəɨmX/
Li Rong	/nɐmX/
Wang Li	/nɐmX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/nămX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	nǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	naam5

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*rnɯːmʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	淰
Reading #	1/3
No.	9488
Phonetic component	念
Rime group	侵
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	𦊔
Old Chinese	/*rnɯːmʔ/

Definitions

淰

1. muddy, turbid, dirty, filthy
2. calm or still water
3. to fish

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): niǎn (nian³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nim⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: niǎn
    • Wade–Giles: nien³
    • Yale: nyǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nean
    • Palladius: нянь (njanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɛn²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: nim⁵
    • Yale: níhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nim⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: nim⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /niːm¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: nemX

Rime
Character	淰
Reading #	2/3
Initial (聲)	泥 (8)
Final (韻)	添 (157)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	乃玷切
Baxter	nemX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/nemX/
Pan Wuyun	/nemX/
Shao Rongfen	/nɛmX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/nɛmX/
Li Rong	/nemX/
Wang Li	/niemX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/niemX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	niǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	nim5

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*nɯːmʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	淰
Reading #	2/3
No.	9491
Phonetic component	念
Rime group	侵
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	淰
Old Chinese	/*nɯːmʔ/

Definitions

淰

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Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shěn (shen³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄣˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sam²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shěn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄣˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shěn
    • Wade–Giles: shên³
    • Yale: shěn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheen
    • Palladius: шэнь (šɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂən²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: sam²
    • Yale: sám
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sam²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sem²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐm³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: syimX

Rime
Character	淰
Reading #	1/3
Initial (聲)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	侵 (139)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	式任切
Baxter	syimX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕiɪmX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕimX/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕjemX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕimX/
Li Rong	/ɕiəmX/
Wang Li	/ɕĭĕmX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɕi̯əmX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shěn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sam2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*hnjɯmʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	淰
Reading #	3/3
No.	9495
Phonetic component	念
Rime group	侵
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*hnjɯmʔ/
Notes	見禮記荏由任校改

Definitions

淰

1. (literary, of fish) to be scared away; to be scared off

   • 何謂四靈？麟鳳龜龍，謂之四靈。故龍以為畜，故魚鮪不淰；鳳以為畜，故鳥不獝；麟以為畜，故獸不狘；龜以為畜，故人情不失。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
     何谓四灵？麟凤龟龙，谓之四灵。故龙以为畜，故鱼鲔不淰；凤以为畜，故鸟不獝；麟以为畜，故兽不狘；龟以为畜，故人情不失。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]

     From: The Book of Rites, c. 4^th – 2^nd century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Héwèi sìlíng? Línfèngguīlóng, wèi zhī sìlíng. Gù lóng yǐwéi xù, gù yúwěi bùshěn; fèng yǐwéi xù, gù niǎo bùyù; lín yǐwéi xù, gù shòu bùxuè; guī yǐwéi xù, gù rénqíng bùshī. [Pinyin]

     What were the four numinous creatures? They were the lin, the feng, the tortoise, and the dragon. When the dragon becomes a domestic animal, (all other) fishes and the paddlefish do not dive underwater scared (from men). When the feng becomes so, the birds do not fly from them in terror. When the Qi-lin does so, the beasts do not scamper away. When the tortoise does so, the feelings of men take no erroneous course.

Compounds

• 淰淰 (shěnshěn)
• 淰躍 / 淰跃

Pronunciation 4

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nam⁶

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: nam⁶
    • Yale: nahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nam⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: nem⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɐm²²/

Definitions

淰

1. (Cantonese) thoroughly soaked
2. (Cantonese, of sleep) sound; deep

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 沉 (“deep; sound (sleep)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		沉, 熟
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	死, 實
	Taiwan	沉, 熟
Cantonese	Guangzhou	淰
	Hong Kong	淰
Hakka	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	淰
Southern Min	Tainan	沉

Japanese

Kanji

淰

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): でん (den)、だん (dan)、ねん (nen)、あん (an)、おん (on)
• Kun: にごる (nigoru)

Tày

Noun

淰 (transliteration needed)

1. Nôm form of nặm (“water”).

Zhuang

Noun

淰

1. Sawndip form of raemx