諶

See also: 谌
諶 U+8AF6, 諶
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8AF6
← 諵
[U+8AF5]
CJK Unified Ideographs 諷 →
[U+8AF7]

Translingual

Han character

諶 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+9, 16 strokes, cangjie input 卜口廿一女 (YRTMV), four-corner 04611, composition ⿰訁甚)

References

  • KangXi: page 1171, character 15
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35739
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1636, character 23
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3994, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+8AF6

Chinese

trad. 諶
simp. 谌

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 諶
Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɡljum) : semantic 言 (“speech”) + phonetic 甚 (OC *ɡljumʔ, *ɡljums).

Pronunciation


Note: shèn - variant pronunciation for the surname (inferred using the youbian dubian method).

Rime
Character 諶
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 常 (25)
Final (韻) 侵 (139)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 氏任切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/d͡ʑiɪm/
Pan
Wuyun
/d͡ʑim/
Shao
Rongfen
/d͡ʑjem/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/d͡ʑim/
Li
Rong
/ʑiəm/
Wang
Li
/ʑĭĕm/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʑi̯əm/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
chén
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
sam4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 諶
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
chén
Middle
Chinese
‹ dzyim ›
Old
Chinese
/*[t.ɢ][u]m/
English reliable, to trust

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 諶
Reading # 1/1
No. 11292
Phonetic
component
甚
Rime
group
侵
Rime
subdivision
3
Corresponding
MC rime
諶
Old
Chinese
/*ɡljum/

Definitions

諶

  1. (literary) to believe
  2. (literary) sincere; honest
  3. (literary) indeed
  4. a surname
    諶龍/谌龙  ―  Chén Lóng  ―  Chen Long (Chinese badminton player)

Japanese

Kanji

諶

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. sincere
  2. faithful

Readings

  • On (unclassified): しん (shin), じん (jin)
  • Kun: まこと (makoto)

Korean

Hanja

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

  1. truth
  2. to believe

Vietnamese

Han character

諶: Hán Nôm readings: kham, thầm, thòm, xầm

  1. (Rare) A Vietnamese surname (pronounced as xầm)
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