黮

Translingual

Han character

黮 (Kangxi radical 203, 黑+9, 21 strokes, cangjie input 田火廿一女 (WFTMV), four-corner 6431₁, composition ⿰黑甚)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1521, character 19
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48156
Dae Jaweon: page 2056, character 13
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4752, character 6
Unihan data for U+9EEE

Chinese

trad.		黮
simp. ^#		黮
alternative forms		𪑓𪓂

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 黮
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
湛	ʔl'uːm, r'uːmʔ, *l'um
媅	*ʔl'uːm
黮	l̥ʰuːmʔ, l'uːmʔ
糂	*sluːmʔ
堪	*kʰluːm
戡	kʰluːm, ʔl'umʔ
嵁	kʰluːm, ŋɡluːm, ŋɡluːmʔ, sɡruːmʔ, *kʰruːm
歁	kʰluːmʔ, kʰluːb
勘	*kʰluːms
磡	*kʰuːms
墈	*kʰuːms
偡	*r'uːmʔ
碪	*ʔl'um
椹	*ʔl'um
揕	*ʔl'ums
踸	*l̥ʰumʔ
鍖	*l̥ʰumʔ
斟	*kljum
諶	*ɡljum
愖	*ɡljum
瘎	*ɡljum
煁	*ɡljum
甚	ɡljumʔ, ɡljums
葚	*ɦljumʔ

Etymology

From Kra-Dai. Compare Proto-Tai *C̥.damᴬ (“black”) (whence Thai ดำ (dam, “black”)) (Schuessler, 2003). See also 黔 and 紺.

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dǎn, dàn (dan³, dan⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄢˇ, ㄉㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daam⁶ / taam² / taam⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dǎn
  - Wade–Giles: tan³
  - Yale: dǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daan
  - Palladius: дань (danʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tän²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dàn
  - Wade–Giles: tan⁴
  - Yale: dàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dann
  - Palladius: дань (danʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tän⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: daam⁶ / taam² / taam⁵
  - Yale: daahm / táam / táahm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daam⁶ / taam² / taam⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: dam⁶ / tam² / tam⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːm²²/, /tʰaːm³⁵/, /tʰaːm¹³/

Note:

daam6 - colloquial;
taam2,taam5 - variant.

Middle Chinese: domX

Rime
Character	黮
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	覃 (159)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	徒感切
Baxter	domX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dʌm^X/
Pan Wuyun	/dəm^X/
Shao Rongfen	/dɒm^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dəm^X/
Li Rong	/dᴀm^X/
Wang Li	/dɒm^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/dʱăm^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	daam⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*l'uːmʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	黮
Reading #	2/2
No.	11269
Phonetic component	甚
Rime group	侵
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	禫
Old Chinese	/*l'uːmʔ/

Definitions

黮

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tàn, tǎn

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄢˋ, ㄊㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): taam³ / taan²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tàn
  - Wade–Giles: tʻan⁴
  - Yale: tàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tann
  - Palladius: тань (tanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰän⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tǎn
  - Wade–Giles: tʻan³
  - Yale: tǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taan
  - Palladius: тань (tanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰän²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: taam³ / taan²
  - Yale: taam / táan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: taam³ / taan²
  - Guangdong Romanization: tam³ / tan²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːm³³/, /tʰaːn³⁵/

Note:

taam3 - colloquial;
taan2 - variant.

Middle Chinese: thomX

Rime
Character	黮
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	透 (6)
Final (韻)	覃 (159)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	他感切
Baxter	thomX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tʰʌm^X/
Pan Wuyun	/tʰəm^X/
Shao Rongfen	/tʰɒm^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tʰəm^X/
Li Rong	/tʰᴀm^X/
Wang Li	/tʰɒm^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/tʰăm^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	taam²

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*l̥ʰuːmʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	黮
Reading #	1/2
No.	11268
Phonetic component	甚
Rime group	侵
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	襑
Old Chinese	/*l̥ʰuːmʔ/

Definitions

黮

Used in 黮闇／黮暗 (“unclear appearance”).
Used in 黯黮 (“dim; gloomy”).

Compounds

Pronunciation 3

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shèn (shen⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄣˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sam⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shèn
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄣˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shèn
  - Wade–Giles: shên⁴
  - Yale: shèn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenn
  - Palladius: шэнь (šɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂən⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: sam⁶
  - Yale: sahm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sam⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: sem⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐm²²/

Definitions

黮

Alternative form of 葚 (“mulberry fruit”)

Pronunciation 4

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhèn (zhen⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄣˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhèn
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄣˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhèn
  - Wade–Giles: chên⁴
  - Yale: jèn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenn
  - Palladius: чжэнь (čžɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵¹/

Definitions

黮

^‡ dirt; filth

References

Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B06250
“黮”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

黮

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

On (unclassified): たん (tan)、どん (don)、だん (dan)、ちん (chin)、じん (jin)
Kun: くろい (kuroi)

Korean

Hanja

黮 • (dam) (hangeul 담, revised dam, McCune–Reischauer tam, Yale tam)

black
dark