潯

See also: 浔

潯 U+6F6F, 潯 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6F6F ← 潮 [U+6F6E] CJK Unified Ideographs 潰 → [U+6F70]

Translingual

Han character

潯 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 水尸一戈 (ESMI), four-corner 3714₆, composition ⿰氵尋)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 650, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18280
• Dae Jaweon: page 1061, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1748, character 1
• Unihan data for U+6F6F

Bailang

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan. Related to Burmese လှုံ (hlum, “to bask; to warm”).

Adjective

潯 (*sləm)

1. warm
2. harmonious

Alternative forms

• 尋 (*sləm)

References

• Hill, Nathan W. (2017) “Songs of the Bailang: A New Transcription with Etymological Commentary”, in Bulletin de l'École française d'Extrême-Orient‎^[1], volume 103, pages 386—429

Chinese

trad.		潯
simp.		浔

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 潯
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
襑	*l̥ʰuːmʔ, *ljum
憳	*l̥ʰuːmʔ
蕁	*l'uːm
撏	*zluːm, *ɦljom, *ljum
燖	*ljom, *ljum
尋	*ljum
潯	*ljum
樳	*ljum
鄩	*ljum

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xún (xun²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cam⁴
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): sing²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): jīm / sîm

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xún
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syún
    • Wade–Giles: hsün²
    • Yale: syún
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyun
    • Palladius: сюнь (sjunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕyn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: cam⁴
    • Yale: chàhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cem⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐm²¹/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: sing²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬiŋ¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jīm / sîm
    • Tâi-lô: jīm / sîm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jim, siim
    • IPA (Xiamen): /d͡zim²²/, /sim²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /d͡zim⁴¹/, /sim²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zim²²/, /sim¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /d͡zim³³/, /sim²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /zim³³/, /sim²³/

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• Middle Chinese: zim

Rime
Character	潯
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	邪 (17)
Final (韻)	侵 (139)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	徐林切
Baxter	zim
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ziɪm/
Pan Wuyun	/zim/
Shao Rongfen	/zjem/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/zim/
Li Rong	/ziəm/
Wang Li	/zĭĕm/
Bernard Karlgren	/zi̯əm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xín
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cam4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ljum/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	潯
Reading #	1/1
No.	14128
Phonetic component	尋
Rime group	侵
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	尋
Old Chinese	/*ljum/

Definitions

潯

1. (literary) waterside
2. Alternative name for 九江 (Jiǔjiāng, “Jiujiang (in Jiangxi province, China)”).
3. (～江) Xun River
4. (～水) An ancient river in the southeast of Ju County, going southwest and entering Shu River.
5. (～州) An ancient zhou in now Guiping, Guangxi.
6. (obsolete) Alternative name for 海尋／海寻 (“nautical fathom”).

Compounds

• 南潯／南浔 (Nánxún)
• 江潯／江浔
• 江潯海裔／江浔海裔
• 潯江／浔江 (Xúnjiāng)
• 潯陽三隱／浔阳三隐

 

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yín (yin²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yín
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yín
    • Wade–Giles: yin²
    • Yale: yín
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yn
    • Palladius: инь (inʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /in³⁵/

Definitions

潯

1. ^† Only used in 浸潯／浸浔 (qīnyín, “to imbue; gradually”).

References

• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “浔”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 272.

Japanese

Kanji

潯

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): じん (jin)
• Kun: ふち (fuchi)

Korean

Hanja

潯 • (sim) (hangeul 심, revised sim, McCune–Reischauer sim, Yale sim)

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Vietnamese

Han character

潯: Hán Nôm readings: tầm

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