覃

覃 U+8983, 覃 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8983 ← 覂 [U+8982] CJK Unified Ideographs 覄 → [U+8984]

Translingual

Han character

覃 (Kangxi radical 146, 襾+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 一田日十 (MWAJ), four-corner 1040₆, composition ⿱覀早)

1. reach to, spread to
2. extensive

Derived characters

• 𪒤, 譚

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1128, character 29
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34778
• Dae Jaweon: page 1598, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2807, character 10
• Unihan data for U+8983

Chinese

simp. and trad.		覃
alternative forms		𪉷 𪉲 𧟹 𪉞 𪉙 𪉷 𪉲 𧟹 𪉞 𪉙 𧟩

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 覃
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

	Old Chinese
鷣	*luː, *lɯm
撢	*l̥ʰɯːm, *l'ɯːms, *lɯm, *ʔl'aːnʔ
憛	*l̥ʰɯːms
潭	*l'ɯːm, *lɯmʔ
譚	*l'ɯːm, *l'ɯːmʔ
覃	*l'ɯːm
鐔	*l'ɯːm, *ljɯm, *lɯm
藫	*l'ɯːm
橝	*l'ɯːm, *l'ɯːmʔ
蟫	*l'ɯːm, *lɯm
燂	*l'ɯːm, *zlom, *ljum
醰	*l'ɯːm, *l'ɯːmʔ, *l'ɯːms
禫	*l'ɯːmʔ
嘾	*l'ɯːmʔ
贉	*l'ɯːmʔ, *l'ɯːms
瞫	*l'ɯːms, *hljɯmʔ
蕈	*zlɯmʔ
鱏	*ljɯm, *lɯm
簟	*l'ɯːmʔ
驔	*l'ɯːmʔ
磹	*l'ɯːms

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

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

Rime
Character	覃
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	覃 (159)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	徒含切
Baxter	dom
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dʌm/
Pan Wuyun	/dəm/
Shao Rongfen	/dɒm/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dəm/
Li Rong	/dᴀm/
Wang Li	/dɒm/
Bernhard Karlgren	/dʱăm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	taam4

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	覃
Reading #	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	tán
Middle Chinese	‹ dom ›
Old Chinese	/*N.rˁ[o]m/
English	extend, spread
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	覃
Reading #	1/1
No.	12320
Phonetic component	覃
Rime group	侵
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	覃
Old Chinese	/*l'ɯːm/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tán (tan²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taam⁴
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): tam²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): thâm

  (Teochew, Peng'im): tam⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tán
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tán
    • Wade–Giles: tʻan²
    • Yale: tán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tarn
    • Palladius: тань (tanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: taam⁴
    • Yale: tàahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tam⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːm²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: tam²
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰam¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thâm
    • Tâi-lô: thâm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: taam
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰam²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰam²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰam¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰam²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰam²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: tam⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thâm
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰam⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: dom

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*N.rˤ[o]m/

  (Zhengzhang): /*l'ɯːm/

Definitions

覃

1. (obsolete) long

   • 鳥乃去矣，后稷呱矣。實覃實訏，厥聲載路。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     鸟乃去矣，后稷呱矣。实覃实𬣙，厥声载路。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Niǎo nǎi qù yǐ, Hòujì guā yǐ. Shí tán shí xū, jué shēng zǎi lù. [Pinyin]

     When the bird went away,
     Hou-ji began to wail.
     His cry was long and loud,
     So that his voice filled the whole way.

2. (obsolete) to spread; to extend

   • 葛之覃兮，施于中谷。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Gě zhī tán xī, shī yú zhōnggǔ. [Pinyin]

     How the dolichos spread itself out,
     Extending to the middle of the valley!

3. (obsolete) to widely bestow
4. (literary) deep; profound
5. a surname

Compounds

• 研深覃精
• 研精覃奧 / 研精覃奥
• 葛覃
• 覃思 (tánsī)
• 覃恩
• 覃灣 / 覃湾 (Tánwān)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “From Zhuang Cimz?”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qín (qin²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cam⁴
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): qin²
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): cing⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qín
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cín
    • Wade–Giles: chʻin²
    • Yale: chín
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyn
    • Palladius: цинь (cinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰin³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: cam⁴
    • Yale: chàhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cem⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐm²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: qin²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰin¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cing⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshîng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiŋ⁵⁵/

Definitions

覃

1. a surname

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 覃 – see 剡 (“sharp; pointed”). (This character is an obsolete form of 剡).

References

• “覃”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

覃

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. deep, extend, large

Readings

• Go-on: どん (don)
• Kan-on: たん (tan)
• Kun: うまい (umai)、のびる (nobiru)、ながい (nagai)

Korean

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ta̠m]
• Phonetic hangul: [담]

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

覃

Wikisource 覃 (eum 담 (dam))

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Vietnamese

Han character

覃: Hán Nôm readings: đàm

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References

• Nom Foundation