淡
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淡 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 水火火 (EFF), four-corner 39189, composition ⿰氵炎)
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倓 | *l'oːmʔ, *l'aːm, *l'aːms |
緂 | *l̥ʰaːm, *l̥ʰaːmʔ, *l̥ʰjam |
毯 | *l̥ʰaːmʔ |
菼 | *l̥ʰaːmʔ |
裧 | *l̥ʰaːmʔ, *l̥ʰjam, *l̥ʰjams |
賧 | *l̥ʰaːms |
睒 | *l̥ʰaːms, *hljamʔ |
舕 | *l̥ʰaːms |
談 | *l'aːm |
郯 | *l'aːm |
惔 | *l'aːm, *l'aːmʔ, *l'aːms |
錟 | *l'aːm |
淡 | *l'aːm, *l'aːmʔ, *l'aːms, *lamʔ |
痰 | *l'aːm |
餤 | *l'aːm |
啖 | *l'aːmʔ, *l'aːms |
腅 | *l'aːms |
剡 | *ɦljamʔ, *lamʔ |
覢 | *hljamʔ |
掞 | *hljams |
炎 | *ɦlam |
琰 | *lamʔ |
棪 | *lamʔ |
扊 | *lamʔ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *l'aːm, *l'aːmʔ, *l'aːms, *lamʔ) : semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 炎 (OC *ɦlam)
Word stems from something burning hot being tempered with water (ie spicy food "watered down"). As per the characters water + burning hot (ie to make mild or bland).
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For pronunciation and definitions of 淡 – see 䭕 (“(Min) tasteless; insipid”). (This character is a variant form of 䭕). |
From Middle Chinese 淡 (MC damX|damH). Recorded as Middle Korean 담〯 (tǎm) (Yale: tam) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.
Wikisource 淡 (eumhun 맑을 담 (malgeul dam))
淡: Hán Nôm readings: đạm, đượm, vạm, đặm
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