See also:
U+8CAA, 貪
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8CAA

[U+8CA9]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+8CAB]

Translingual edit

Han character edit

(Kangxi radical 154, +4, 11 strokes, cangjie input 人戈弓金 (OINC), four-corner 80806, composition )

  1. greedy, covet
  2. covetous

Derived characters edit

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1205, character 16
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36680
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1667, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3627, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+8CAA

Chinese edit

trad.
simp.
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Glyph origin edit

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *kʰl'uːm) and ideogrammic compound (會意会意) : phonetic (OC *krɯm, open mouth) + semantic (money).

Pronunciation edit



  • Dialectal data
VarietyLocation
MandarinBeijing/tʰan⁵⁵/
Harbin/tʰan⁴⁴/
Tianjin/tʰan²¹/
Jinan/tʰã²¹³/
Qingdao/tʰã²¹³/
Zhengzhou/tʰan²⁴/
Xi'an/tʰã²¹/
Xining/tʰã⁴⁴/
Yinchuan/tʰan⁴⁴/
Lanzhou/tʰɛ̃n³¹/
Ürümqi/tʰan⁴⁴/
Wuhan/tʰan⁵⁵/
Chengdu/tʰan⁵⁵/
Guiyang/tʰan⁵⁵/
Kunming/tʰã̠⁴⁴/
Nanjing/tʰaŋ³¹/
Hefei/tʰæ̃²¹/
JinTaiyuan/tʰæ̃¹¹/
Pingyao/tɑŋ¹³/
Hohhot/tʰæ̃³¹/
WuShanghai/tʰø⁵³/
Suzhou/tʰø⁵⁵/
Hangzhou/tʰẽ̞³³/
Wenzhou/tʰø³³/
HuiShexian/tʰɛ³¹/
Tunxi/tʰɔ¹¹/
XiangChangsha/tʰan³³/
Xiangtan/tʰan³³/
GanNanchang/tʰɵn⁴²/
HakkaMeixian/tʰam⁴⁴/
Taoyuan/tʰɑm²⁴/
CantoneseGuangzhou/tʰam⁵³/
Nanning/tʰam⁵⁵/
Hong Kong/tʰam⁵⁵/
MinXiamen (Hokkien)/tʰam⁵⁵/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min)/tʰaŋ⁴⁴/
Jian'ou (Northern Min)/tʰaŋ⁵⁴/
Shantou (Teochew)/tʰam³³/
Haikou (Hainanese)/ham²³/

Rime
Character
Reading #1/1
Initial () (6)
Final () (159)
Tone (調)Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)Open
Division ()I
Fanqie
Baxterthom
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/tʰʌm/
Pan
Wuyun
/tʰəm/
Shao
Rongfen
/tʰɒm/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/tʰəm/
Li
Rong
/tʰᴀm/
Wang
Li
/tʰɒm/
Bernard
Karlgren
/tʰăm/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
tān
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
taam1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading #1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
tān
Middle
Chinese
‹ thom ›
Old
Chinese
/*r̥ˁ[ə]m/
Englishto covet

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading #1/1
No.6552
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
3
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kʰl'uːm/

Definitions edit

  1. to be greedy
    做人不要這麼 [MSC, trad.]
    做人不要这么 [MSC, simp.]
    Zuòrén bùyào zhème tānxīn. [Pinyin]
    Don't be so greedy in life.
  2. to be fond of; to have an insatiable desire for
      ―  tānwán  ―  to be preoccupied with having fun
      ―  tānshuì  ―  to be a lover of sleep
  3. to pursue something (excessively or inappropriately)
    便宜便宜  ―  tānbiànyí  ―  to be anxious to get things on the cheap
    唔好衝紅燈馬路 [Cantonese, trad.]
    唔好冲红灯马路 [Cantonese, simp.]
    m4 hou2 taam1 faai3 cung1 hung4 dang1 gwo3 maa5 lou6 aa3! [Jyutping]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  4. to embezzle
      ―  tānguān  ―  corrupt official
      ―  tān le jǐ qiān wàn  ―  to have embezzled several hundred million

Synonyms edit

  • (to embezzle):

Compounds edit

  • 使貪使愚使贪使愚
  • 厭舊貪新厌旧贪新 (yànjiùtānxīn)
  • 好事貪功好事贪功
  • 怕死貪生怕死贪生
  • 愛勢貪財爱势贪财
  • 戀酒貪杯恋酒贪杯
  • 戀酒貪色恋酒贪色
  • 戀酒貪花恋酒贪花
  • 戒貪戒贪
  • 激貪厲俗激贪厉俗
  • 狼貪狼贪
  • 狼貪鼠竊狼贪鼠窃
  • 畏死貪生畏死贪生
  • 羊狠狼貪羊狠狼贪
  • 肅貪肃贪
  • 貪位取容贪位取容
  • 貪位慕祿贪位慕禄
  • 貪便宜贪便宜 (tān piányi)
  • 貪冒贪冒
  • 貪冒榮寵贪冒荣宠
  • 貪功起釁贪功起衅
  • 貪吏贪吏 (tānlì)
  • 貪吃贪吃 (tānchī)
  • 貪名圖利贪名图利
  • 貪吃懶做贪吃懒做
  • 貪吏猾胥贪吏猾胥
  • 貪名逐利贪名逐利
  • 貪嗇贪啬
  • 貪嘴贪嘴 (tānzuǐ)
  • 貪圖贪图 (tāntú)
  • 貪多務得贪多务得
  • 貪天之功贪天之功
  • 貪夫徇財贪夫徇财
  • 貪夫痴客贪夫痴客
  • 貪婪贪婪 (tānlán)
  • 貪婪無厭贪婪无厌 (tānlánwúyàn)
  • 貪安好逸贪安好逸
  • 貪官贪官 (tānguān)
  • 貪官汙吏贪官污吏 (tānguān-wūlì)
  • 貪官蠹役贪官蠹役
  • 貪小便宜贪小便宜
  • 貪小失大贪小失大
  • 貪得無厭贪得无厌 (tāndéwúyàn)
  • 貪心贪心 (tānxīn)
  • 貪心不足贪心不足 (tānxīnbùzú)
  • 貪心妄想贪心妄想
  • 貪心無厭贪心无厌
  • 貪念贪念 (tānniàn)
  • 貪情贪情
  • 貪愛贪爱
  • 貪慌贪慌
  • 貪慾贪欲 (tānyù)
  • 貪慾無藝贪欲无艺
  • 貪戀贪恋 (tānliàn)
  • 貪戾贪戾 (tānlì)
  • 貪昧贪昧
  • 貪杯贪杯 (tānbēi)
  • 貪榮冒寵贪荣冒宠
  • 貪榮慕利贪荣慕利
  • 貪權竊柄贪权窃柄
  • 貪欲贪欲 (tānyù)
  • 貪殘贪残
  • 貪殘酷烈贪残酷烈
  • 貪求贪求 (tānqiú)
  • 貪求無厭贪求无厌
  • 貪求無已贪求无已
  • 貪求無饜贪求无餍
  • 貪汙贪污 (tānwū)
  • 貪汙腐化贪污腐化
  • 貪汙舞弊贪污舞弊
  • 貪泉酌飲贪泉酌饮
  • 貪濁有狀贪浊有状
  • 貪瀆贪渎
  • 貪狠贪狠
  • 貪狼贪狼
  • 貪猥無厭贪猥无厌
  • 貪玩贪玩 (tānwán)
  • 貪生贪生
  • 貪生害義贪生害义
  • 貪生怕死贪生怕死 (tānshēngpàsǐ)
  • 貪生惡死贪生恶死
  • 貪生畏死贪生畏死
  • 貪生舍義贪生舍义
  • 貪睡贪睡 (tānshuì)
  • 貪而無信贪而无信
  • 貪聲逐色贪声逐色
  • 貪花贪花
  • 貪花戀酒贪花恋酒
  • 貪財贪财 (tāncái)
  • 貪財好色贪财好色 (tāncáihàosè)
  • 貪財好賄贪财好贿
  • 貪財慕勢贪财慕势
  • 貪賄贪贿
  • 貪贓贪赃 (tānzāng)
  • 貪贓壞法贪赃坏法
  • 貪贓枉法贪赃枉法 (tānzāngwǎngfǎ)
  • 貪路贪路
  • 貪鄙贪鄙
  • 貪酒贪酒 (tānjiǔ)
  • 貪酷贪酷
  • 貪青贪青
  • 貪靚贪靓
  • 貪頑贪顽
  • 貪食贪食
  • 貪饞贪馋 (tānchán)
  • 貪墨贪墨 (tānmò)
  • 貪墨之風贪墨之风
  • 貪墨敗度贪墨败度
  • 起早貪黑起早贪黑 (qǐzǎotānhēi)

Japanese edit

Kanji edit

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. covet
  2. indulge

Readings edit

Korean edit

Etymology edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

Pronunciation edit

Hanja edit

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

(tam) (hangeul , revised tam, McCune–Reischauer t'am, Yale tham)

  1. Hanja form? of (covetousness, avarice, greed).

Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

: Hán Nôm readings: tham

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.