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Character: 漸
Modern (Beijing) reading: jiān
Preclassic Old Chinese: ćam
Classic Old Chinese: cam
Western Han Chinese: cam
Eastern Han Chinese: cjam
Early Postclassic Chinese: cjem
Middle Postclassic Chinese: cjem
Late Postclassic Chinese: cjem
Middle Chinese: cjem
English meaning : to seep into, get wet
Comments: Also read: jiàn, MC ʒjém, OC *ʒ́(h)amʔ 'to advance gradually; gradually'; chán, MC ʒ̣ạm, OC *ʒ́(h)rām 'be craggy'.
Radical: 0
Four-angle index: 0
Karlgren code: 0611 f
Shijing occurrences: 58.4
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ćăm
Meaning: moisten, soak
Burmese: ćhamh to scatter or sprinkle (a liquid upon an article of food).
Kachin: čam2 be soaked, saturated.
Lepcha: ǯam to dip into water, to immerse
Comments: The OCh. word is also written as 瀸, which is a later (since Han) graphic variant.
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Number: 1847
Character: 漸
MC description : 咸開三上琰從
ZIHUI: 3362 1843
Beijing: ćian 3
Jinan: ćiã 3
Xi'an: ćiã 3
Taiyuan: ćiɛ 3
Hankou: ćian 3
Chengdu: ćian 3
Yangzhou: ćî̃ 3
Suzhou: zî 32
Wenzhou: ɦi 32
Changsha: ciẽ 31
Shuangfeng: ʒã 32
Nanchang: ćhiɛn 32
Meixian: chiam 3
Guangzhou: čim 32
Xiamen: ciam 32
Chaozhou: ciǝm 22
Fuzhou: cieŋ 32
Shanghai: zî 32
Zhongyuan yinyun: ciem 3
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