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See also:
U+8CAA, 貪
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8CAA

[U+8CA9]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+8CAB]

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 154, +4, 11 strokes, cangjie input 人戈弓金 (OINC), four-corner 80806, composition )

  1. greedy, covet
  2. covetous

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: 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
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Chinese

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Glyph origin

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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kʰl'uːm) and ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): phonetic (OC *krɯm, open mouth) + semantic (money).

Pronunciation



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Definitions

  1. to be greedy
    做人不要這麼 [MSC, trad.]
    做人不要这么 [MSC, simp.]
    Zuòrén bùyào zhème tānxīn. [Pinyin]
    Don't be so greedy in life.
  2. to be fond of; to have an insatiable desire for
       tānwán   to be preoccupied with having fun
       tānshuì   to be a lover of sleep
  3. to pursue something (excessively or inappropriately)
    便宜便宜   tānbiànyí   to be anxious to get things on the cheap
    唔好衝紅燈馬路 [Cantonese, trad.]
    唔好冲红灯马路 [Cantonese, simp.]
    m4 hou2 taam1 faai3 cung1 hung4 dang1 gwo3 maa5 lou6 aa3! [Jyutping]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  4. to embezzle
       tānguān   corrupt official
       tān le jǐ qiān wàn   to have embezzled several hundred million

Synonyms

  • (to embezzle):

Compounds

  • 使貪使愚 / 使贪使愚
  • 厭舊貪新 / 厌旧贪新 (yànjiùtānxīn)
  • 好事貪功 / 好事贪功
  • 怕死貪生 / 怕死贪生
  • 愛勢貪財 / 爱势贪财
  • 戀酒貪杯 / 恋酒贪杯
  • 戀酒貪色 / 恋酒贪色
  • 戀酒貪花 / 恋酒贪花
  • 戒貪 / 戒贪
  • 激貪厲俗 / 激贪厉俗
  • 狼貪 / 狼贪
  • 狼貪鼠竊 / 狼贪鼠窃
  • 畏死貪生 / 畏死贪生
  • 羊狠狼貪 / 羊狠狼贪
  • 肅貪 / 肃贪
  • 貪位取容 / 贪位取容
  • 貪位慕祿 / 贪位慕禄
  • 貪便宜 / 贪便宜 (tān piányi)
  • 貪冒 / 贪冒
  • 貪冒榮寵 / 贪冒荣宠
  • 貪功起釁 / 贪功起衅
  • 貪吏 / 贪吏 (tānlì)
  • 貪吃 / 贪吃 (tānchī)
  • 貪名圖利 / 贪名图利
  • 貪吃懶做 / 贪吃懒做
  • 貪吏猾胥 / 贪吏猾胥
  • 貪名逐利 / 贪名逐利
  • 貪嗇 / 贪啬
  • 貪嘴 / 贪嘴 (tānzuǐ)
  • 貪圖 / 贪图 (tāntú)
  • 貪多務得 / 贪多务得
  • 貪天之功 / 贪天之功
  • 貪夫徇財 / 贪夫徇财
  • 貪夫痴客 / 贪夫痴客
  • 貪婪 / 贪婪 (tānlán)
  • 貪婪無厭 / 贪婪无厌 (tānlánwúyàn)
  • 貪安好逸 / 贪安好逸
  • 貪官 / 贪官 (tānguān)
  • 貪官汙吏 / 贪官污吏 (tānguān-wūlì)
  • 貪官蠹役 / 贪官蠹役
  • 貪小便宜 / 贪小便宜
  • 貪小失大 / 贪小失大
  • 貪得無厭 / 贪得无厌 (tāndéwúyàn)
  • 貪心 / 贪心 (tānxīn)
  • 貪心不足 / 贪心不足 (tānxīnbùzú)
  • 貪心妄想 / 贪心妄想
  • 貪心無厭 / 贪心无厌
  • 貪念 / 贪念 (tānniàn)
  • 貪情 / 贪情
  • 貪愛 / 贪爱
  • 貪慌 / 贪慌
  • 貪慾 / 贪欲 (tānyù)
  • 貪慾無藝 / 贪欲无艺
  • 貪戀 / 贪恋 (tānliàn)
  • 貪戾 / 贪戾 (tānlì)
  • 貪昧 / 贪昧
  • 貪杯 / 贪杯 (tānbēi)
  • 貪榮冒寵 / 贪荣冒宠
  • 貪榮慕利 / 贪荣慕利
  • 貪權竊柄 / 贪权窃柄
  • 貪欲 / 贪欲 (tānyù)
  • 貪殘 / 贪残
  • 貪殘酷烈 / 贪残酷烈
  • 貪求 / 贪求 (tānqiú)
  • 貪求無厭 / 贪求无厌
  • 貪求無已 / 贪求无已
  • 貪求無饜 / 贪求无餍
  • 貪汙 / 贪污 (tānwū)
  • 貪汙腐化 / 贪污腐化
  • 貪汙舞弊 / 贪污舞弊
  • 貪泉酌飲 / 贪泉酌饮
  • 貪濁有狀 / 贪浊有状
  • 貪瀆 / 贪渎
  • 貪狠 / 贪狠
  • 貪狼 / 贪狼
  • 貪猥無厭 / 贪猥无厌
  • 貪玩 / 贪玩 (tānwán)
  • 貪生 / 贪生
  • 貪生害義 / 贪生害义
  • 貪生怕死 / 贪生怕死 (tānshēngpàsǐ)
  • 貪生惡死 / 贪生恶死
  • 貪生畏死 / 贪生畏死
  • 貪生舍義 / 贪生舍义
  • 貪睡 / 贪睡 (tānshuì)
  • 貪而無信 / 贪而无信
  • 貪聲逐色 / 贪声逐色
  • 貪花 / 贪花
  • 貪花戀酒 / 贪花恋酒
  • 貪財 / 贪财 (tāncái)
  • 貪財好色 / 贪财好色 (tāncáihàosè)
  • 貪財好賄 / 贪财好贿
  • 貪財慕勢 / 贪财慕势
  • 貪賄 / 贪贿
  • 貪贓 / 贪赃 (tānzāng)
  • 貪贓壞法 / 贪赃坏法
  • 貪贓枉法 / 贪赃枉法 (tānzāngwǎngfǎ)
  • 貪路 / 贪路
  • 貪鄙 / 贪鄙
  • 貪酒 / 贪酒 (tānjiǔ)
  • 貪酷 / 贪酷
  • 貪青 / 贪青
  • 貪靚 / 贪靓
  • 貪頑 / 贪顽
  • 貪食 / 贪食
  • 貪饞 / 贪馋 (tānchán)
  • 貪墨 / 贪墨 (tānmò)
  • 貪墨之風 / 贪墨之风
  • 貪墨敗度 / 贪墨败度
  • 起早貪黑 / 起早贪黑 (qǐzǎomōhēi)

References

  • 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long]; 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu]; 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying]; 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019), “”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 192.
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Japanese

Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)

  1. covet
  2. 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

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

(eumhun 탐(貪)할 (tamhal tam))

  1. hanja form? of (covetousness, avarice, greed)

Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: tham

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

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