尖

尖 U+5C16, 尖
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5C16
← 尕
[U+5C15] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 尗 →
[U+5C17]

Translingual

Han character

尖 (radical 42, 小+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 火大 (FK), four-corner 90430, composition ⿱⿻丨八大(GTV) or ⿱小大(HJK))

References
  • KangXi: page 297, character 2
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7480
  • Dae Jaweon: page 591, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 562, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+5C16

Chinese
simp. and trad.
 尖

Glyph origin

小 (“small”) + 大 (“large”) – the width of an object gradually changing from small to large.

Pronunciation
Rime
Character 尖
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 精 (13)
Final (韻) 鹽 (153)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 子廉切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /t͡siᴇm/
Pan
Wuyun		 /t͡siɛm/
Shao
Rongfen		 /t͡sjæm/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /t͡siam/
Li
Rong		 /t͡siɛm/
Wang
Li		 /t͡sĭɛm/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /t͡si̯ɛm/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 jiān
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 尖
Reading # 1/1
No. 5977
Phonetic
component		 尖
Rime
group		 談
Rime
subdivision		 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 尖
Old
Chinese		 /*ʔslem/
Notes 鑯之後起字

Definitions

尖

  1. sharp; having a sharp tip; pointy
  2. acute
  3. shrewd

Compounds
Derived terms from 尖

Japanese

Kanji
尖

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings
  • On (unclassified): せん (sen)
  • Kun: とがる (togaru, 尖る); するどい (surudoi, 尖い)

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

尖 • (cheom) (hangeul 첨, revised cheom, McCune–Reischauer ch'ŏm)

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Vietnamese

Han character

尖 (tiêm, nhọn, tem)

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