Character: 添
Modern (Beijing) reading: tiān
Preclassic Old Chinese: thēm
Classic Old Chinese: thēm
Western Han Chinese: thjam
Eastern Han Chinese: thjam
Early Postclassic Chinese: thjem
Middle Postclassic Chinese: thjem
Late Postclassic Chinese: thjem
Middle Chinese: thiem
English meaning : to add, increase [Han]
Russian meaning[s]: 1) увеличить; добавить, дополнить; дополнительно; 2) заполнять (напр. бланк); 3) все более и более; 4) родить (ребенка)
Comments: Originally written as 沾 (among other readings of this character q.v.). Standard Sino-Viet. is thiêm.
Radical: 85
Four-angle index: 8333
Vietnamese reading: thêm
