Chinese characters : List with all references

Character: 沉

Modern (Beijing) reading: chén

Preclassic Old Chinese: dhrǝm

Classic Old Chinese: dhrǝm

Western Han Chinese: ḍhǝm

Eastern Han Chinese: ḍhǝm

Early Postclassic Chinese: ḍhim

Middle Postclassic Chinese: ḍhim

Late Postclassic Chinese: ḍhim

Middle Chinese: ḍim

English meaning : to sink in, plunge in

Russian meaning[s]: см. 沈

Comments: Frequently confused with 沈. Regular Sino-Viet. is trầm. Another probable Viet. loan from the same source is Viet. d_ắm 'to sink'. For *dh cf. Xiamen thiam⁶ (reflecting *dhrǝm-s), Fuzhou theŋ².

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 85

Four-angle index: 7700

Vietnamese reading: chìm

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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *dh(r)ɨm

Meaning: deep place, pond

Chinese: 沉 *dhrǝm to sink in, plunge in.

Burmese: thumh pond.

Lushai: dūm a pool in a stream.

Chinese Dialects :

Number: 425

Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology

Character: 沉

MC description : 深開三平侵澄

ZIHUI: 3089 2059

Beijing: c̣hǝn 12

Jinan: c̣hẽ 12

Xi'an: c̣hẽ 12

Taiyuan: chǝŋ 1

Hankou: chǝn 12

Chengdu: chǝn 12

Yangzhou: chǝn 12

Suzhou: zǝn 12

Wenzhou: ʒaŋ 12

Changsha: c̣ǝn 12

Shuangfeng: ʒ́in 12

Nanchang: chǝn 12

Meixian: chǝm 12

Guangzhou: čham 12

Xiamen: tim 12; tiam 12

Chaozhou: tim 12

Fuzhou: thiŋ 12

Shanghai: zǝŋ 32

Zhongyuan yinyun: čhiǝm 12

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