Chinese characters : List with all references

Character: 貪

Modern (Beijing) reading: tān

Preclassic Old Chinese: srhǝ̄m

Classic Old Chinese: r̥ǝ̄m

Western Han Chinese: r̥ǝ̄m

Eastern Han Chinese: r̥ǝ̄m

Early Postclassic Chinese: thǝ̄m

Middle Postclassic Chinese: thǝ̄m

Late Postclassic Chinese: thǝ̄m

Middle Chinese: thʌm

English meaning : be covetous, greedy

Russian meaning[s]: 1) жадный, алчный, корыстолюбивый, ненасытный; 2) страстно желать, жаждать; позариться на...; 3) разузнавать, прощупывать, см. 探

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 154

Four-angle index: 8008

Karlgren code: 0645 a

Vietnamese reading: tham

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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *thǝ̄m

Meaning: wish, desire

Chinese: 貪 *thǝ̄m to covet.

Tibetan: ãdam, ãdom to choose, select.

Kachin: tam¹ to seek, look for.

Lushai: tum to wish, to desire, want.

Comments: Cf. Kanauri dăm 'good'.

Chinese Dialects :

Number: 1299

Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology

Character: 貪

MC description : 咸開一平覃透

ZIHUI: 6304 1667

Beijing: than 11

Jinan: thã 11

Xi'an: thã 11

Taiyuan: thä̃ 1

Hankou: than 11

Chengdu: than 11

Yangzhou: thɛ̃ 11

Suzhou: thö 11

Wenzhou: thö 11

Changsha: than 11

Shuangfeng: thã 11

Nanchang: thɔn 11

Meixian: tham 11

Guangzhou: thām 11

Xiamen: tham 11

Chaozhou: tham 11

Fuzhou: thaŋ 11

Shanghai: thö 1

Zhongyuan yinyun: tham 1

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