沕

沕 U+6C95, 沕 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6C95 ← 沔 [U+6C94] CJK Unified Ideographs 沖 → [U+6C96]

Translingual

Han character

沕 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 水心竹竹 (EPHH), four-corner 3712₀, composition ⿰氵勿)

Derived characters

• 𫪏

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 611, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17208
• Dae Jaweon: page 1004, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1570, character 2
• Unihan data for U+6C95

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
脗	*minʔ
吻	*mɯnʔ
刎	*mɯnʔ
伆	*mɯnʔ, *mɯd
勽	*buːs, *mɯnʔ
沕	*mrɯd, *mɯd
忽	*hmɯːd
昒	*hmɯːd, *mɯd
惚	*hmɯːd
匫	*hmɯːd
笏	*hmɯːd
曶	*hmɯːd
淴	*ʔmɯːd
物	*mɯd
勿	*mɯd
芴	*mɯd
岉	*mɯd

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *mrɯd, *mɯd): semantic 氵 + phonetic 勿 (OC *mɯd).

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		沕
alternative forms		密 Hokkien

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mì (mi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mat⁶
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): bi⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bi̍t

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mì
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mì
    • Wade–Giles: mi⁴
    • Yale: mì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mih
    • Palladius: ми (mi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: mat⁶
    • Yale: maht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: med⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐt̚²/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: bi⁵
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: bī
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bi̍t
    • Tâi-lô: bi̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bit
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /bit̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bit̚¹²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: mit

Rime
Character	沕
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	質 (49)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	美畢切
Baxter	mit
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mˠiɪt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/mᵚit̚/
Shao Rongfen	/miet̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mjit̚/
Li Rong	/mjĕt̚/
Wang Li	/mĭĕt̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mi̯ĕt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mat6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*mrɯd/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	沕
Reading #	1/2
No.	13210
Phonetic component	勿
Rime group	物
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	密
Old Chinese	/*mrɯd/
Notes	見漢賦

Definitions

沕

1. (obsolete or Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien, Puxian Min) to submerge; to inundate; to drown
2. (Xiamen Hokkien) to secretly embezzle; to furtively misappropriate

Compounds

• 沕尾

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		沕

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wù (wu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mat⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wù
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wù
    • Wade–Giles: wu⁴
    • Yale: wù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuh
    • Palladius: у (u)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: mat⁶
    • Yale: maht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: med⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐt̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: mjut

Rime
Character	沕
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	物 (60)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	文弗切
Baxter	mjut
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mɨut̚/
Pan Wuyun	/miut̚/
Shao Rongfen	/miuət̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mut̚/
Li Rong	/miuət̚/
Wang Li	/mĭuət̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mi̯uət̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mat6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*mɯd/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	沕
Reading #	2/2
No.	13223
Phonetic component	勿
Rime group	物
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	物
Old Chinese	/*mɯd/
Notes	見史記

Definitions

沕

1. Used in compounds.

Compounds

• 沕漠
• 沕穆

References

• “沕”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
• “沕”, 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

沕

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ぶつ (butsu)、もち (mochi)、こつ (kotsu)、こち (kochi)
• Kun: かすか (kasuka)

Korean

Hanja

沕 (eum 물 (mul))

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Vietnamese

Han character

沕: Hán Nôm readings: vắt

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