滇

滇 U+6EC7, 滇 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6EC7 ← 滆 [U+6EC6] CJK Unified Ideographs 滈 → [U+6EC8]

滇 U+2F90C, 滇 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F90C ← 滋 [U+2F90B] CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 𣻑 → [U+2F90D]

Translingual

Han character

滇 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 水十月金 (EJBC), four-corner 3418₁, composition ⿰氵真 or ⿰氵眞)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 642, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18010
• Dae Jaweon: page 1049, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1694, character 6
• Unihan data for U+6EC7

• Unihan data for U+2F90C

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
寘	*tjels
䡩	*kʰriːn
黰	*ʔriːn, *ʔljinʔ
顛	*tiːn, *tʰiːns
滇	*tiːn, *tʰiːns, *diːn
齻	*tiːn
槙	*tiːn, *tjinʔ
瘨	*tiːn
傎	*tiːn
蹎	*tiːn
厧	*tiːn
巔	*tiːn
癲	*tiːn
瑱	*tʰiːns, *tins
填	*diːn, *diːns, *tin, *tins
窴	*diːn, *diːns
闐	*diːn, *diːns
磌	*diːn, *tjin
鷏	*diːn
嗔	*diːn, *tʰjin
搷	*diːn
鎮	*tin, *tins
縝	*tʰin, *ʔljinʔ, *tʰjin
真	*ʔljin
禛	*tjin
稹	*ʔljin, *ʔljinʔ
蒖	*tjin
鬒	*ʔljinʔ
瞋	*tʰjin
謓	*tʰjin
慎	*djins

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tiːn, *tʰiːns, *diːn) : semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 真 (OC *ʔljin).

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		滇
2nd round simp.		𰛬

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Diān (Dian¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): din¹ / tin⁴
• Eastern Min (BUC): Diĕng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): Tian

  (Teochew, Peng'im): diang¹ / diêng¹

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹ti; ⁶di

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Diān
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Dian
    • Wade–Giles: Tien¹
    • Yale: Dyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dian
    • Palladius: Дянь (Djanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: din¹ / tin⁴
    • Yale: dīn / tìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: din¹ / tin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: din¹ / tin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːn⁵⁵/, /tʰiːn²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Diĕng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tieŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tian
    • Tâi-lô: Tian
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diefn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɛn³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɛn⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: diang¹ / diêng¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tiang / tieng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiaŋ³³/, /tieŋ³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹ti; ⁶di
    • MiniDict: ti^平; di^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹ti; ³di
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ti⁵³/, /di²³/

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• Middle Chinese: ten

Rime
Character	滇
Reading #	2/3
Initial (聲)	端 (5)
Final (韻)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	都年切
Baxter	ten
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ten/
Pan Wuyun	/ten/
Shao Rongfen	/tɛn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tɛn/
Li Rong	/ten/
Wang Li	/tien/
Bernhard Karlgren	/tien/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	diān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	din1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*tiːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	滇
Reading #	1/3
No.	17039
Phonetic component	眞
Rime group	眞
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	顚
Old Chinese	/*tiːn/

Definitions

滇

1. (～池) Lake Dian (lake near Kunming, Yunnan, China)
2. (～國) (historical) Dian Kingdom
3. Short for 雲南／云南 (Yúnnán).
4. a surname

Compounds

• 滇劇／滇剧 (diānjù)
• 滇南 (Diānnán)
• 滇池 (Diānchí)
• 滇紅／滇红 (diānhóng)
• 滇緬／滇缅
• 滇緬公路／滇缅公路 (Diān Miǎn Gōnglù)
• 滇西 (Diānxī)

 

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		滇

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tián (tian²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tián
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tián
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien²
    • Yale: tyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tyan
    • Palladius: тянь (tjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: tin⁴
    • Yale: tìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: den, thenH

Rime
Character	滇	滇
Reading #	1/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	透 (6)
Final (韻)	先 (85)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	IV
Fanqie	徒年切	他甸切
Baxter	den	thenH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/den/	/tʰenH/
Pan Wuyun	/den/	/tʰenH/
Shao Rongfen	/dɛn/	/tʰɛnH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dɛn/	/tʰɛnH/
Li Rong	/den/	/tʰenH/
Wang Li	/dien/	/tʰienH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/dʱien/	/tʰienH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tián	tiàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	tin4	tin3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*diːn/, /*tʰiːns/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	滇	滇
Reading #	3/3	2/3
No.	17057	17050
Phonetic component	眞	眞
Rime group	眞	眞
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	田	瑱
Old Chinese	/*diːn/	/*tʰiːns/

Definitions

滇

1. Only used in 滇滇 and 滇㴐.

Etymology 3

simp. and trad.		滇

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhēn (zhen¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄣ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhen
    • Wade–Giles: chên¹
    • Yale: jēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jen
    • Palladius: чжэнь (čžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵/

Definitions

滇

1. ^† A river in Henan

Compounds

• 滇陽／滇阳

 

Etymology 4

simp. and trad.		滇
alternative forms		淀 闐／阗 甸 𣂎 滿／满

Pronunciation

• Eastern Min (BUC): diêng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tīⁿ / tǐⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): din⁶

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• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: diêng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiɛŋ²⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung, Hsinchu, Sanxia, Yilan, Kinmen, Magong)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tīⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tīnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dvi
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Yilan): /tĩ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kinmen): /tĩ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Lukang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tǐⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tǐnn
    • IPA (Lukang): /tĩ³³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tĩ²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: din⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tĭⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tĩ³⁵/

Definitions

滇

1. (Min) full
2. (Southern Min, of water) to rise

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 滿 (“full”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		滿
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	滿
	Taiwan	滿
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	滿
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	滿
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	滿
	Wuhan	滿
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	滿
	Hefei	滿
Cantonese	Guangzhou	滿
	Hong Kong	滿
	Yangjiang	瀰
Gan	Nanchang	滿
Hakka	Meixian	滿
Jin	Taiyuan	滿
Northern Min	Jian'ou	滿
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	滿, 滇
Southern Min	Xiamen	滿, 滇
	Quanzhou	滇
	Zhangzhou	滇
	Taipei	滇, 滿
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	滇, 滿
	Kaohsiung	滇, 滿
	Yilan	滇, 滿
	Changhua (Lukang)	滇, 滿
	Taichung	滇
	Tainan	滇, 滿
	Hsinchu	滇
	Kinmen	滇
	Penghu (Magong)	滇
	Singapore (Hokkien)	滇, 滿
	Chaozhou	滿, 滇
Wu	Suzhou	滿
	Wenzhou	滿
Xiang	Changsha	滿
	Shuangfeng	滿

Japanese

Kanji

滇

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. Lake Dian

Readings

• On (unclassified): てん (ten)、しん (shin)

Compounds

• 滇池(てんち) (Tenchi)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
滇
てん Hyōgai
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 滇 (MC ten).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tẽ̞ɴ]

Proper noun

滇(てん) • (Ten) 

1. (historical) Dian Kingdom

Korean

Etymology 1

Hanja

Wikisource

滇 (eumhun 성할 전 (seonghal jeon))

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Compounds

Compounds

• 전지 (滇池, jeonji)
• 전남택 (滇南澤, jeonnamtaek)

Etymology 2

Hanja

滇 (eumhun 고을 이름 진 (go'eul ireum jin))

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References

• Naver Hanja Dictionary: 滇

Vietnamese

Han character

滇: Hán Nôm readings: điền, chan, tràn, dàn, giàn

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